Caradigm Reviews

Pros

Good ideas, right domain, well positioned

Cons

Bad execution, no clear vision

Pros

Timely opportunity to impact and change a large industry by bringing the best of today's technology to healthcare IT. If you don't have experience working in a startup best advice is to not look at Caradigm. On the other hand if you like a vibrant environment, get energized by a fast pace, don't mind wearing many hats and doing whatever it takes to delight customers... don't wast any time; join in the fun at Caradigm. No, I don't work in Marketing, nor am I in HR. I am on the engineering team and I absolutely love working at the company. Working at Caradigm is a rare blend of a startup (been a company for about a year) with the benefits and backing of very large and profitable parent companies (GE and Microsoft). Combine this with the four company values Customer, Teamwork, Simplicity and Promises and you get the culture in the company. This is one company that actually lives its values. Very transparent corporate culture resulting in no politics!

Cons

Startup environment so expect there to be more work than people to get the job done. Meaning, you will work long hours but everything you do will have a direct impact to the toughest engineering and business issues our country and economy faces today. Schedules are tight and execution focus is keenly watched so very little room for error. What this means is you will work with senior leadership regularly so everyone is expected to lead their area. If this kind of work is not for you, don't join the company.

Pros

Great people to work with

Cons

No confidence on top management

Pros

Solid comp and benefits - merged benefits from their parent companies so you get the best of both worlds between GE and MSFT. Good interaction with their customer base. Need to keep tapping that and make sure that the solutions stay generic for the rest of health care market. The products they are working on is really ground breaking and can make a huge difference on the data that is in the hands of care workers, truly enabling them to improve the way that they care for their patients. Start-up mentality so always kept busy.

Cons

Had a need to meet contractual commitments made by either GE or MSFT prior to spinning off the Joint Venture. This caused some serious date driven releases which were pretty taxing on the team. Seems like these are finally winding down so direction can be done on what is best for improvement of the product. Really need to make sure to schedule appropriately going forward.

Pros

The pay is decent Benefits are good In certain divisions, with the right manager, you get the opportunity to make a real difference as this young company continues to evolve.

Cons

Company is Engineering-driven, that is timeline oriented rather than solution oriented. The customer needs are outweighed by an existing product roadmap, created in a vacuum by a bunch of Engineers, that is far removed from customer requirements, resulting in fire drills at every customer when they realize how far short the product falls from their expectations, yet nothing changes; no course correction, no introspection, instead they reward these folks who have created sub-par applications and perpetuate the cycle. If every customer is unhappy and most released products are so far from target and take the entire village to deploy, it is probably time to evaluate if there is something fundamentally wrong with status quo.

Pros

I love my job. Caradigm offers flexible work hours, remote work opportunities, travel to the customer, and so much more. My boss is doing a fantastic job of over site and having my back while letting me work independently. Caradigm offers above average compensation and decent benefits. Yes the insurance coverage has reduced over the past few years, but that is the nature of benefits with any employer - transition employees to the HDHP and reduce employer contribution every year. I work with many talented people on a product that is in the forefront of the population health industry. It is exciting to be in this space and I feel lucky to be with Caradigm.

Cons

The reorg late summer shook things up and the dust hasn't settled yet. We lost some very talented folks and the impact of those losses can still be felt.