Pros
Genuinely important place in the realm of decreasing healthcare costs while improving actual health and quality of life, one person at a time. Pay is high for the health coach industry. The mission of the company attracts healthcare professionals who are frustrated by traditional healthcare systems which minimize the autonomy and potential of the individuals seeking care.
Cons
Managed by friends of the principle funder/owner, not necessarily based on their managerial experience or acumen. Management is dissociated from the health guides who deliver the actual program to coach individuals on lifestyle health self management. Guide/coach input and ideas on everyday delivery are not heard, or sometimes even tolerated. It is a company designed to have health care experts coach individuals on how to care for their own health. Management people have little or none of this experience, and do not respect input from the coaches who do. Lack of transparency and guidance by management as to what parameters/metrics a coach needs to adhere to in order to protect their employment. Management/business departments routinely fail to land clients, and when business gets low, guides/coaches, who outperform other companies in the marketplace get laid off.