Pros
1) Culture of Partnership: HealthPartners is a relationship-oriented, collaborative culture. I truly valued getting to know my colleagues - both in professional and personal capacities - across the organization. The majority of colleagues are dedicated to doing good work, willing to share information, and help you succeed. 2) Benefits: Hands down, HealthPartners has strong healthcare, retirement and PTO benefits. It's a company that encourages work/life balance. For example, I was able to purchase 10 additional PTO days each year and always found time to use all my PTO.
Cons
1) Job Title Deflation: Job Titles in Quality Improvement, Process Engineering, Analyst, and Project Management roles too often don't translate to other companies or industries. So many highly skilled and experienced colleagues at senior or principal levels have job titles that end in "Coordinator" or "Specialist." For example, principal- and senior-level Project Managers are often called a "Senior Project Administrator," "Organizational Improvement Project Specialist," "Senior Quality Coordinator" or "Quality Improvement Specialist." These job titles completely devalue our skills, experience, and ability to deliver value. 2) Training Devalued: While HealthPartners is a great place to gain incredible hands-on experience, the culture doesn't provide pathways for employees to stay up-to-date in their professional disciplines and certifications (ie, Lean/Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, Agile CSM/CPO, Prosci, PMP, Data Science, etc.). Not only does this lead to teams not being on the cutting edge of their professional disciplines and speaking a shared language, it also makes it challenging to find comparable positions once you leave HealthPartners.
