A Poison Apple - Anonymous employee Patientco Employee Review

Patientco has a few BIG issues that the leadership is reluctant to address, namely blatant racism and homophobia in the workplace. I know of instances where former executives used the F word slur to shame a sales rep for drinking a cocktail and another executive that refused to promote someone because of their sexual orientation (using coded language like “not strong enough” and “too feminine”). Also, the company has a history of racial bias. Leaders use coded language like “sassy,” “confrontational,” and “loud” to reprimand black coworkers for the exact same actions a white coworker is taking (and the white coworker receives no reprimand). Also, the hiring manager has openly expressed personal beliefs among coworkers about the laziness of certain racial groups. This is something that is honestly well known around Patientco but a lot of people turn a blind eye because they’re unsure what to do. There are also cases of gender based discrimination in salary. An employee was fired for disclosing salaries of other employees, but through that it became apparent that one male employee with little experience and no advanced degree was making ~$100,000 while a female employee of similar rank with an advanced degree was only making 70% of that (trying to avoid actual numbers because the company is small enough to know who these people are). They pressure people to not discuss salaries to avoid realization of this disparity. Whenever these discriminatory acts are brought up, management just hand waves over it, talks about diversity training, and moves on. There’s no movement to introduce diversity into the all white leadership board, employees are talked to about “respect” when the real conversation should be the glaring, pervasive discrimination. Also, in much less big of a deal, there is virtually no job growth. They’ll promise you a job opportunity that will never come to fruition. I loved the people I was with but my time there set my career path back instead of moving it forward. I would literally never recommend someone I like to work at Patientco because I don’t want to set them up for stress, failure, and likely discrimination.