athenahealth Reviews

Pros

Great work/life balance They're finally focusing on getting us thorough training (this is LONG overdue) Interesting, impactful work Excellent response and support during COVID. No complaints at all there.

Cons

Pay is okay for the area, but it could definitely improve.

Pros

When I arrived, athena had an excellent analytics/data science team culture, with a pronounced emphasis on successful onboarding. The people on my team were very positive and operated with a great deal of integrity. While the company was focused on serving the smaller provider practices, leadership was effective at staying on mission. They company made continual improvements to the Watertown campus with meaningful perks like a high-quality, healthy, subsidized cafeteria and bonding events off-site.

Cons

The company took a turn as they over expanded into the hospital space and started to take heat from activist investors (you can read about it in the New Yorker). Leadership panicked and got confused, which resulted in multiple re-orgs which laid people off and left the remaining people without a clear role (Some teams were so purposeless that the phrase 'athenacation' was coined to describe the state of permanent goofing off.) At that point I left, and the company was taken private and may be a very different place now.

Pros

Amazing people who care about your success If you put the work in you will be rewarded Truly care about their clients

Cons

Can be a bit political

Pros

Almost everyone I worked with was committed to improving healthcare. My co-workers were committed to doing the right thing.

Cons

Changing directives and conflicting goals can make it a difficult place to work.