Is athenahealth a good company to work for?

athenahealth has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 3,006 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 84% of employees would recommend working at athenahealth to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about athenahealth have been left by employees working as Intern , Sales Associate and Marketing Associate .

Does athenahealth pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, athenahealth employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at athenahealth. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at athenahealth?

84% of athenahealth employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated athenahealth 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at athenahealth?

Member Of Technical Staff (118) , Software Engineer (80) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (59) , Manager (55) , Senior Software Engineer (55) , Associate (50) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (48) , Senior Associate (46) , Product Manager (45) , Software Developer (44) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (42) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (41) , Senior Manager (38) , Project Manager (36) , Customer Success Manager (34)

What are the pros of working at athenahealth according to real employee reviews?

"There ARE some nice perks and the corporate culture is great if you are single in your mid" ((in 351 reviews)); "Work life balance is good and flexible" ((in 329 reviews)); "Great people and they make time for your professional development" ((in 220 reviews)); "Work culture is good enough" ((in 122 reviews)); "Good benefits and facility admin" ((in 114 reviews))

What are the cons of working at athenahealth according to real employee reviews?

"Most of the managers have been brought in from service oriented companies and they try to adversely impact the culture of the company" ((in 91 reviews)); "Lots of employee changes and poor management." ((in 85 reviews)); "Company has a lot of great (and some not so great) ideas that come down from Senior leadership." ((in 80 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs" ((in 31 reviews)); "Old technology but nowadays shifting in new" ((in 29 reviews))

What are employees saying about athenahealth layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about athenahealth layoffs and their outlook for job security at athenahealth in 2026.

What are the top reviewed athenahealth locations?

Watertown , Boston , Atlanta , Belfast , Austin , San Francisco , Chicago , New York , Los Angeles , Phoenix , Seattle , Alpharetta , Dallas , Waltham , Salt Lake City , Tucson , Bangor , Burlington , Fort Collins , Portland , Tampa , Allston , Lexington , Worcester , Remote , Princeton , Birmingham , Norfolk , Saint Louis , Albany

athenahealth reviews

Item: athenahealth
Rating: 4
Author: Mid/Senior Management

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,864 total reviews)

Bob Segert

87% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.0

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

athenahealth has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,864 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good 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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

Oct 21, 2010

Great place to work.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Athena is a great place to work if you are looking for a company that values culture. They strongly believe that culture is the driving force to a great work environment. Leadership is great. Jonathan Bush is a great leader and makes you want to work for him just to see what he'll come up with next. Athena is a fun place to work and they are always coming up with ways for staff to blow off some steam.

Cons

If you don't like "culture" type companies, then this place isn't for you. The enterprise is still young so don't be surprise if they don't have all the answers. It's also easy to get lost if you don't apply yourself; no one is going to hold your hand. Some groups are treated better than others, but I think this is slowly started to go away.

4.0

Jan 4, 2010

Great culture, strong mission and smart people, but can be tough place to get things done and a rat race.

Mid/senior management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong mission driven culture, great learning environment with lots of smart people. The strongest business model in healthcare IT. Opportunities abound, good investment in developing people and being a learning organization. Metric driven business with great support from the company to deliver results. The company fails gracefully and is very strong at iterative improvements.

Cons

Somewhat unique organizational structure and decision making. Power and control focused on people who've been there since the beginning (can have a family owned business feel). CEO swoops in and disrupts things, sometimes positively and somtimes not. Org structure wastes talent (requires people to work harder than they should because of ambiguity). Does not value experience from the outside - tends to be a self-learning approach, discounting folks who've done it before. Jobs/promotions can be defined around people rather than needs of company or organization - sort of like "making partner" in a prof services firm. CAn be a rat race - competitive, people without good work-life balance win. Upper management is strong and engaging, but the layer just under that is focused on power and control for themselves, not always the best thing for the overall company.

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