ZoomCare reviews

2.8

34% would recommend to a friend

(381 total reviews)
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Jeff Fee

37% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

ZoomCare has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 381 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ZoomCare employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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381 reviews
3.0
Mar 15, 2016

Clinic Associate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working at ZoomCare has been a great learning experience! You are trained on being a receptionist, phlebotomist, lab tech, and a clinic manager. In general, I really enjoyed what I did every day. Most patients are very thankful for your help! I would recommend to a friend ONLY for the experience and as a stepping stone for new grads. Almost everyone working at ZoomCare is AWESOME! Providers and associates are all super friendly and willing to help. That being said, I've never worked at HQ so I can't speak on them. The schedule is great if you get the first half of the week shift. I've also never had PTO requests denied.

Cons

Since there are many responsibilities as an associate, it can be a very long day. You are expected to come to the front within 5 seconds if a patient walks in. On busy days, it can be near impossible to sit down and eat lunch or take a break. This can be very tough because if the provider comes out of the room, you also have to do what ever labs or assistance they need. I can't believe that this hasn't been mentioned on here, but the uniform for the associates is down right awful. The shirts are not flattering and never fit right. I wish we could wear scrubs and actually look like a respectable healthcare professional. We'd look 100 times better and be much more comfortable. Little regard for your comfort. All you get to sit in is a crappy stool. Most associates complain of back pain. This has been brought up to management many times, but nothing has been done. A simple solution would be to give us chairs with back support (like the providers get)! For me, the health care plan was fine, but if you aren't a young and healthy person or have a family the benefits SUCK! Very high out of pocket max and nothing outside of ZoomCare is covered. Sucks especially if you live in Seattle where ZoomCare only has the primary care offices. The company cherry-picks its patients. We refuse to see anyone with Medicare or Medicaid, automatically throwing out any low-income or old patients. Patients also have to settle their balance with us the day of the appointment; we do almost no billing later. This makes for hard conversations with patients with high deductible plans as they are often upset that they have to spend $150+ to be seen and they must pay that day. Management gives you feedback often which is tough to take seriously when your manager probably couldn't make it through a shift at a busy clinic. Pay during your first year is way below what other companies will offer you. They say that this is because they invest so much in your training. Not sure how true this is, but I think for the amount of work and responsibilities we have, starting salary should be $18 an hour.

1.0
Feb 7, 2014

Very strange environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

some opportunity for growth. For many fresh out of college a chance to work on some interesting business projects. For providers a chance for experience.

Cons

Those that are given a chance to work on new projects have little experience and often make mistakes. Benefits and HR have major issues--it seems that while you do get paid, you have to double check to make sure things are correct. Others have noted--the main medical providers--PA and NPs--are salaried and do not collect overtime, but get most of their salary from production--ie amount of patients seen and revenue generated. While there are "breaks" in the schedule if there is an urgent need to see a walk in patient you will lose your break. Once in a while is ok, but when it becomes a daily event its painful. Same for a patient that walks in at closing. Its policy you see them, but it can often turn a long day into a much longer day. Schedules and expectations can change at the drop of a hat, and you are expected to readily accept them. If you don't feel well and work your shift, but can't finish, its not 4 hours notice so its a mark on your record. If you don't feel the slightest bit off, you should call out 4 hours in advance to avoid any possible repercussions. But yes, you can be in more trouble for trying to work with illness than just calling out. I guess if you go to work and start puking all over, keep working! The company has odd PTO policies and when HR makes mistakes, it often takes time and effort to fix them. HR blames payroll, payroll/comptroller blames hr. The tone from management to staff is very paternal and patronizing. Actually getting to USE your PTO is often difficult without planning time off way in advance. PTO is first come first serve so if the person that just started puts in pto ahead of you, you have no recourse. Those that question the salary or policies are usually not long for the company. Any attempt to revise, review or correct unfair policies are usually met with silence. Concerns about low pay, clinics slower than expected, or clinics double staffed by hiring issues or HR issues are never addressed. Or a an email that basically says that this is the zoomcare way and its the most fair, best way in the world. Very little insight into company policies--they assume they are doing it better than any other healthcare company on the planet. Support Staff are very busy, have a ton of work but very low pay. Any who complain about low pay are usually not around long. Despite tough work and long hours, more staff is heavily micromanaged to the point many quit. High turnover puts much more stress on providers. system is set up to see as many patients as possible--stay late-never turn anyone anyway. Good for experience but high stress. Pressure to stay on time AND see all comers. Computer system is limited. Expect to stay an hour or more after a 10 hour shift to call back patients and complete paperwork. No error checking with prescriptions, no e-prescribing and not even any interaction checking built it. My biggest complaint is that there is little to no work life balance. Expectations are high , salary poor, and stress also very high. Policies around holidays are difficult--you will generally work many days in a row and for longer hours around major holidays to get some more time off. Policies about who gets what holiday off appears to be pretty arbitrary While patients can self pay, there seems to be confusion about insurance and verifying benefits. Patients often have to pay more than expected if benefits can't be verified after hours. This is stressful for everybody involved as patients waste their precious 15 minutes trying to argue with front desk or provider that their copay is X and why are they paying $140 with a promise to refund once benefits are verified. Again stressful on all staff.

1.0
May 6, 2017
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Pros

Fellow coworkers are great to work with.

Cons

Management is completely out of touch with the moral of the workers. Can't seem to understand that continual layoffs might be stressful. They have no idea what they are doing and the story changes daily. It really is as bad as the ratings on glassdoor. Don't waste your time.

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