Great misson - Toxic leadership - Anonymous employee Stella Center Employee Review

1.0
May 20, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Remote work environment - Talented and compassionate colleagues - Meaningful mission and work that directly helps patients

Cons

- Leadership is narrow-minded and hierarchical. Unless you're in the C-suite or part of the inner circle, your voice doesn’t matter. - Culture at the top is very much a “boys club.” Promotions are based on favoritism and personal loyalty rather than performance, experience, or merit. - The former COO (now CSO), Moss, is a toxic presence. He actively blocks growth opportunities for anyone who challenges him or fails to play along. - An example of this: a favored employee with no project management experience was given a PM title and a $20K raise purely based on personal loyalty - not qualifications. - The VP of Nursing, Karen, demonstrates clear bias and poor leadership, often allowing personal judgments to interfere with clinical decisions and equitable care. Despite managing a large team, she offers no real support or guidance to her staff. - The culture at the flagship is cliquish and unprofessional. Advancement is based more on who you know and how much you flatter them than on capability or contribution. - Raises are rare, promotions are unclear, and there's no formal structure for advancement. - The company severely lacks diversity in upper leadership. Unless you're a white man (C-suite) or a white woman (VP), there's little chance of moving up. The few people of color in leadership roles came through acquisitions, not internal promotions. - Communication around major organizational decisions - like site closures, is poor. Often, those impacted find out days before changes happen. - Turnover is high, largely due to limited career growth and lack of transparency.

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5.0
Jun 20, 2023
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Pros

Stella Center is a great fit for those with an innovative spirit, who are grounded in science and medical literature. Visionary leadership in the C-Suite A deeply meaningful mission Compassionate, heart-driven team Opportunity to see innovation unfold in a responsible way that is grounded in science. Geographic accessibility, with many jobs remote or partly remote Work with some of the best healers in the country.

Cons

A fast-growing company - best for those who are agile and flexible in nature Not optimal for those who are seeking a "job" but rather those who crave the sense of "mission" Not a great fit for those who seek safety in the well-trodden path of known treatment modalities, Stella is best for those with the courage to support innovation, with a team that innovates in a grounded, responsible way.

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1.0
Jul 16, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Because of the nature of the company some of the people who worked there were kind.

Cons

The very long negative review that detailed each individual is very accurate. They got rid of some great people. Zero guidelines on actual performance corrections. A person literally scheduled someone in the wrong facility and it wasn't caught until the patient showed up; but someone else had the same situation and caught their mistake and fixed it before the appointment but because THAT patient threw a fit they got in trouble. Zero standing behind your employees. Yes you work with a delicate population, that means even more you have to look out for your employees; chances are if they are unstable they may act explosively or irrationally. Just overall turned into a money grab. You can get the SGB in Maryland from James Lynch for a 3rd of the cost.

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