athenahealth reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,859 total reviews)
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Bob Segert

88% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

athenahealth has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,859 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The athenahealth employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Mar 21, 2017

This company SUCKS

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Pros

You can dress casually and you can bring your dog to work. Other than that, this place absolutely, positively, without a doubt, SUCKS.

Cons

- recruiters tell you that you'll be performing one job, but when you start you're doing something completely different! Classic bait and switch - there is no structure! Constant re-Orgs - entire departments have been fired with little to short notice - entire departments have been dissolved and employees have been told they can switch to client facing departments or quit - racial bias - bias based on tenure - Crappy management - responsibilities are added to your plate without an increase in pay - did I mention management SUCKED?! - HR sucks - a pro and a con, You can bring your dog to work. Constant barking and dogs jumping on you - dogs in the meeting rooms - dogs walking in on your stall while your in the bathroom - if you submit a notice, management won't let you stay until your desired end date. You will be "let go" the very next day - the company is WHITE WASHED there is no kind of diversity here - the minorities that are hired are only hired for call center positions - severely underpaid - promotions don't exist unless your best friends with management - no one does their job - everyone tries to blame someone else for a mishap - work from home comes with many contingencies (working 10 hour days) - you're told you have to work 9 hour days if you want to take a lunch - you're not allowed to take lunches if there is a pointless meeting scheduled or else you will be reprimanded - no opportunity for growth

5.0
May 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- You won't work with anyone who is neither technically incompetent nor unable to communicate, because they don't get hired in the first place. - Best teamwork I've seen in my career. Engineers work directly with product management and together do great things. - Awesome benefits: a $300 yearly budget for personal items, nearly unlimited free snacks and drinks, regular outings and fun events - The company really values their employees and make you feel important. They spend a lot of money on us. - Meaningful work with the ability to really improve healthcare and people's lives on a daily basis. - Great flexibility on hours and good work/life balance. Some people work 100% remotely. - Lots of opportunity for growth, as the company itself is growing rapidly.

Cons

- Continues to use older technologies (Perl, Perforce) with no sign of incoming changes. - Monthly/bi-monthly release cycles means that you can feel frequently pressured with deadlines. - Development practices are too focused on solving short-term solutions. Good practices like refactoring, documentation, and unit testing are often not given any time. Software quality and development time suffers as a result. - Many managers seem like they struggle with work/life balance and regularly work many more hours than they should have to. - Not much in terms of a technical development track. If you want to move up in the company, you're pretty much not going to be writing code anymore.

4.0
Apr 16, 2016

Worst Company I have ever worked for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work space is open and beautiful.

Cons

Poor management. athenahealth promotes based on favoritism (office politics). If you have your own mind and speak out your days are numbered. Management will partner with one another and construct lies to ensure that you are terminated. The company does not hold to it's culture and values.

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