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Challenging leadership style - Anonymous employee Maxwell Health Employee Review

2.0
2 Dec 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You can learn form others there. They've hired some very smart and talented people who were always willing to share best practices and help others. The company was also very open to sharing information with everyone on the team. Very inclusive environment even for people outside of management.

Cons

The leadership style at times is overly controlling. A couple of executives tend to be involved with each single detail of what goes on day to day including some of the most minor things. The controlling style was particularly glaring in the customer service area where the ability to give credit to others or allow them to be the center of attention or recognition didn't exist. It's a systemic problem seen and felt by former and current team members. There seemed to be fear of not being the smartest person in the room for some reason. I saw it stunt opportunities for personal growth and for others on my team to be recognized.

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5.0
16 Jun 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The Team work was awesome, everyone looked out for each other if help was needed.

Cons

Couldn't think of cons really

5.0
29 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I've worked at a lot of places over the years so I've developed a strong sense of "red flags" over my time. Before I accepted a position at Maxwell I wanted to meet the founders because I've learnt the hard way that the culture of a company generally starts from the top down. Luckily for me the founders at Maxwell are both incredible and honestly, truly, want to build an amazing company that makes benefits better in America. They are both incredibly passionate about Maxwell, and the mission, and they live up to their own values constantly. If you're reading this you probably already know how rare that is, and how often values disappear when money is on the table. This is not the case at Maxwell and it makes me proud to be here. The other big pro (and when it comes down to it what else really matters) are the people at Maxwell. Incredibly smart, hard working, and just downright nice people surround me every day I'm at work and it's a constant pleasure to work with them. Everyone is genuinely committed to doing whatever it takes for our customers and I've witnessed people really going out on a limb to help in any way they can. Oh, and a minor point but we're starting to build up a really strong remote work culture which I personally think is incredibly important.

Cons

I honestly don't have a huge amount to write about here. Our problems are similar to any company of this age and size, some tech debt to fight, struggles to get conference rooms because we've grown so fast, and touchy wifi! Nothing major to complain about.

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Maxwell Health Response
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Thank you for providing your perspective and insights. I echo all your feedback Maxwell Health is a company that is passionate driven and focused on building great technology with an amazing team. Kathy Breslin VP People
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