Q&A With WebMD Health Employees

No pay rise unless you're a buddy of someone from upper management.

You get an annual that depends on your performance which is pretty much set in stone meaning you will never do so too well that you are giving a significant pay raise or promotions no matter how hard you work. The system basically is set up that you get a 3 for excellent work but never a 4 or 5 which institute a pay raise or promotions. Raise are between 1 and 2%. But what you come in with is what you are stuck with until you leave.

There are several offices but New York is pretty much stay within your own. Nobody talks to each other besides a few relationships that have happened. But mainly everyone keeps to themselves and stay for themselves

You have cliques and groups. New people usually do not get acknowledged until some tenure is built up.

It is a very mixed pot. You have great, smart and talented people but you also have your fair share of questionable characters where some of them are in leadership

Depends where you work and what department. You have great people and then you do have your "could do without"

Depends on your role but most likely all of them will be role specific and test your abilities and skill level

Many technical questions, situational scenarios and approach concepts.

Depends on the department. You will most likely go through several rounds with different individuals from the department that will work with you.

Will vary from department to department. Usually several rounds of interviews with several individuals from different departments that the position will interact with.

Hard to tell at this point. The company is under transition. Looking at the Glassdoor reviews of current Internet Brand employees and what WebMD employees require, there will be a culture clash and most likely those that made the company what it is will either be laid off or leave. The WebMD is today will most likely no longer be. It is too early to tell and to make adjustments

Focus on the employees, recognize their commitment and treat them accordingly. Good employees drive the business from innovation to execution.

Many did not approve of the old CEO as most didn't trust his agenda which turned out to be true. No transparency and all information that was released was deemed more so as fluff.

There is a lot of mistrust. Huge disconnect from the actual workforce to the upper management. Employees feel that there is a lack of transparency in the objectives. Employees are being told one thing but see another and whenever there is a town hall the hard questions are usually danced around or have a pre-canned answer as it is all okay. It appears that C-Levels have been focused on selling the company for the last several years where supply and demand for the internal needs have been difficult for the sake to keep the numbers to look good.

It really depends on what your job is and what department you work with. It can be very demanding and stressful if you are a stakeholder in the companies overall operation. But there are many positions that let you just coast through life.

It depends what you consider work life balance? You get the occasional WFH but it usually constitutes to more work. The developers and engineering folks usually work like a 24 on call type of deal. They are always fixing, monitoring and working on projects from home or office.

A lot of times it is survival mode.

It depends where and what department you are in. Now that WebMD is being bought out, there is no telling what will happen. Many employees may will leave since the new ownership doesn't operate like the current and there is a lot of concern what the brand will become. Generally, it's a lot of work, have been understaffed for quite some time. Camaraderie differs from department to department, some work really well together but then others operate like dog eat dog. QA, Engineering, Development usually have good synergies since they are responsible for a lot of things and have to juggle many projects so having a good working relationship is to the best interest.

HR at WebMD is totally corrupt and incompetent. Their job is to protect corrupt and abusive managers and file fake cases against hard working employees.

It is all politics. No real formula. Hard work is on a factor when it comes to denying a promotions but most are done by favoritism and politics nothing else.

That's one thing really good about the company you get all the holidays and above average vacation and sick days which are separate

Pace is very fast in terms of your work but actually launching something take a long time because you have to go through many stakeholders and everyone is never on the same page

the best part is that you get work on some good things and get a paycheck along with benefit. It is not the greatest but it is definitely not the worst but it all will most likely change with this new ownership

There are none or very little. People do not mingle here.

A lot of the challenges are internal. You can learn a lot and get to focus on figuring out solutions but the most cannibalizing is surviving

Depends on your position and department. Many of the engineering and dev folks are connected to the business 24 hours

There good days and there bad days. The work itself is good for your portfolio, you will do a LOT. You are required to do for two people. Getting your hands dirty is never a problem. But the company thrives on politics across even if you are trying to stay away from it. That is the culture

There is none and do not engage HR as that is a complete no no. If you are not happy or have a grievance your best bet is to leave.

It's really difficult to say. Talent is not really appreciated. Most successful people are those "yes men", if you roll up really well, you will do well. Many hard working and talented individuals who are responsible for the business itself are continuously overlooked whereas the politicians who usually do not work a lot get all the perks and promotions.

Know your stuff, don't come in thinking every thing is easy. Have a good personality and don't be weird, you will be surprised what came through the door.

It is totally not secure. It consistently changes. No one has job security unless you have a pretty high up position but the mentality is that everyone is expendable and replaceable at any given time.

Depends on the office location. New York the headquarters gets everything Barista, free yogurt, fruit, kind bars, cereal, snacks, etc. The other offices such as Atlanta doesn't get as much mainly free coffee with Keurig machines, a fruit basket and once a month free cake.

Open space, shared space, loud

It is very diverse, people from all walks of life, race, ethnicities, etc...