If you want to change the world, this is how you do it! - Anonymous employee Forward Employee Review

5.0
5 June 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Mission. This company is honestly going to do so much good. They are building the future of healthcare if a very intelligent, deliberate, albeit breakneck-paced manner. The mission, to make the best possible healthcare available to the entire world, for free is unbelievably audacious. But they are actually doing it!! In the right way! The tech development is expensive and takes work upfront, which is why you start with a premium product (like cell phones, cars, tvs, everything you use), then after you develop the tech and get more users, it becomes cheaper and more widespread until it is essentially free (like email, the internet, etc). I'm so excited for where we are headed!! What a crazy, awesome mission and team to be lucky enough to work with! - Team. My coworkers are unbelievable. Every single person is not only wicked smart and capable, but also very fun and they type of person you'd like to go on a weekend campout with. I've never worked with such consistently high-performing and awesome people. Love them all with giant, bone-crushing bear hugs! - There is so much transparency and so much to learn. The founders share so much of their thought process, decision making, board meeting feedback, etc with the company - it's refreshing. - Ownership - each person is encouraged to own their area of responsibility. As soon as you've mastered it, the amount of work for you to do and things to learn is unlimited. And nobody is shy about giving you more scope and letting you own more!

Cons

- Changing the world is hard. It's a lot of work. Nothing easy about it. It takes flexibility. I'm reading these reviews, and honestly, I think there are a lot of people that just aren't well-suited to being a mover and shaker. We work hard, but it is the cost of making something incredible. - Work life balance is a tricky one, because, while we all care immensely and work really hard, whenever anything hits the fans, management & teammates are so generous and gracious, bending over backwards to take care of each other. We really feel like family. A very dedicated, hard-working family. - Past issues (with compensation, training, etc. - all inherent to working at a startup) are all getting sooooo much better. The company has grown up a ton, and a lot of these past niggling annoyances are getting cleared up. Having the most amazing head of HR too has already made an enormous difference.

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5.0
14 Jan 2026
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Pros

Supportive and collaborative team, strong product mindset, clear goals, and respect for design. High ownership, trust, and autonomy. Leadership is open to feedback, and designers are involved in real product decisions, not just visuals.

Cons

Fast-paced environment with a lot of responsibility, which may not be ideal for someone looking for a slower or more structured workflow. Priorities can shift as the company grows, but this is typical for scaling teams.

3.0
30 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Smart and friendly coworkers 2. Good engineering culture 3. Opportunities for growth

Cons

1. Not-profitable - Forward never found a working model to solve the problem, and anchored heavily on solutions that lacked market-fit evidence. Contradictory to the problem-focused culture at Forward. 2. The finance problems lead to urgency. Work was demanding and tough across the org. However, engineering velocity was not the problem to begin with, leading to a vicious cycle of unmet goals -> tighter deadlines. 3. Frequent and fundamental shifts in company priorities leading to disorganized sprints and planning. A lot of work were throw away despite long hours invested.

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