Healthfirst (New York) Reviews

Pros

Friendly. Organized, comfortable work environment competitive benefit package

Cons

Not many opportunities to grow

Advice to Management

Raise salary when cutting budget for travel expenses

Pros

Healthfirst’s mission is focused on providing outstanding care to its members. You can really get behind that. It also has a transformational IT department and growing business focused on people.

Cons

With growth comes a lot of change and opportunities. The opportunity that comes with the change is good while the change can be challenging at times.

Pros

Employee appreciation and good benefits

Cons

Communication, professionalism and accountability in workplace.

Advice to Management

n/a

Pros

Opportunity to learn and grow.

Cons

The past two years the culture of the organization is very bad. Firing talents and hiring their close friends.

Advice to Management

Please pay attention to what is really going on in the company.

Pros

Great medical, dental, 401k, PTO benign package.

Cons

No room for growth.

Pros

clear expectations, wonderful benefits, great incentive options

Cons

little career advancing opportunities at the moment, high tax on bonuses

Pros

Healthcare analysts have a lot of autonomy and respect within the organization. Work/Life balance is decent depending on the team. High expectations, which is good for hard workers.

Cons

Many of the software and systems are outdated, and getting things done in a large organization can take a long time due to bureaucracy and outmoded systems. There is an awareness of this and significant attempts to change the culture and systems we use.... but it takes time.

Advice to Management

Provide more training to people managers -- just because someone is a good individual contributor does not make them a good manager. Provide more training to junior staff to allow them to learn new things and grow.

Pros

Take a hard look at the company culture.

Cons

This is hard to write, because there are good people here. Healthfirst has good potential, but the atmosphere is rife with confusion and there is little organizational discipline. As a result, it usually takes thrice the effort to get one simple thing done. It's Sisyphus pushing a boulder up the mountain. It is a low functioning organization that operates at a CMMI level 1 maturity level. There are few processes,...

Advice to Management

None