Boston Public Health Commission Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Boston Public Health Commission full-time for more than a year

Pros – Dedicated, professional work staff with their eyes on the goal. Great benefits, ample opportunity to learn new skills and languages, friendly environment.

Cons – Located in a not so great neighborhood with few restaurants and hard to get to by metro (though there are buses that stop right in front). Constituent services can always be rough.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Public Health Commission full-time for more than a year

Pros – Mostly great people, compromised with work.

Cons – Too many people too comfortable with their jobs, leading to mediocre performances.
Too many directors = too much egos.
Location

Advice to Senior Management – Please, get some training on how to manage employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Public Health Commission as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Flexible hours, light workload, high compensation

Cons – Slow paced (which allows for great work-life balance)

Advice to Senior Management – Allow more training opportunities for interns to grow

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston Public Health Commission

Pros – The population was challenging and forced me to think outside the box in my service approach. In leaving BPHC I was sad to say goodbye to my clients as the experience in working with them gave me a deeper understanding of their needs and challenged me to research ways to address those needs by finding evidence based practices to offer quality service.

Cons – There is a lack of professional boundaries held by much of the staff from the administrative level to the entry level. The organizational structure is one which promotes from within through a mixture of seniority and popularity.

Advice to Senior Management – Require professional development workshops specific to the service population to all staff. These workshops should be mandatory and respectfully attended/participated. Staff who are grossly negligent, prejudice, disrespectful, abusive to clients should be terminated on the spot with no movement to a different program.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston Public Health Commission

Pros – The management is great. Everyone who works there has a solid sense of purpose - they are making Boston a better place to live. There are truly some talented people there.

Cons – From department to department, communications can be lax. It is a bureaucracy so it suffers from the things that bureaucracy tend to suffer from.

Advice to Senior Management – More open communications amongst management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend