Pros
I’ve held leadership roles at several organizations. I wasn’t sure what to expect at SCAN. It has surpassed any expectation I had and given me things in a role I didn’t even know I needed.
The work is genuinely consequential. This isn’t a company that talks about changing healthcare; it’s actually doing it. The problems are hard, the stakes are real, and you feel that every day. If you want a comfortable seat at the table or to just coast, this isn’t the place for you. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, it might be.
The culture of inclusion isn’t performative. I’ve worked at companies with DEI for show and not much else underneath. Here, belonging is embedded in how decisions get made, who’s in the room, and who actually gets credit. The CEO wants to hear from the people actually doing the work, not just the leaders. He shares his cell phone with every employee and his email with every member. He and the entire executive team have a true open door policy. We have specialty plans for various communities and a street medicine division that transforms the lives of people experiencing homelessness.
The challenger culture is real and it goes both ways. You’re expected to push back, question assumptions, and bring your sharpest thinking. I’ve seen ideas from every level of the organization reshape strategy. That kind of intellectual honesty is hard to manufacture and harder to sustain.
The values we have posted up around the office are reinforced with shocking regularity and show up in how people are treated when things get hard.
At the end of the day, you’re not just empowered to get things done, you’re expected to. Which is a great feeling when you’re someone who wants to have an impact not just generate output.
If you like transformation, human-centered technology investments, true egalitarian, empowered, performance-driven culture - then there’s nowhere better to be.
Cons
The pace is intense (which it should be given what we owe the people who count on us), and the bar is high. But if you’re energized by being in the middle of something that matters — and you want to grow faster than you thought possible — you’ll find your people here.
