Not for me - werkgeversreview Remote Financial Counselor bij Spring Fertility

great team, awesome learning experiences

pay, high stress, slow movement on changes

-Patients were genuinely rewarding to work with, especially helping individuals and couples through fertility treatment journeys. -Fast paced environment that helped build multitasking, time management, and clinical skills quickly. -Gained hands on experience with fertility procedures, patient coordination, and women’s health care.

I worked as a Medical Assistant at this fertility clinic and experienced an extremely stressful and poorly managed work environment. MAs were frequently overloaded, expected to manage other coworkers’ patients and responsibilities while still being held individually accountable for delays and mistakes. Staffing and workflow issues created constant pressure and made it difficult to provide patients with the level of care they deserved. There was a noticeable lack of support from leadership, inconsistent communication, and the lack of support from leadership came from poor training in the management department . Concerns about workload, fairness, and workplace treatment did not feel taken seriously. I also experienced situations that felt discriminatory and dismissive, which made the environment even more uncomfortable and discouraging. One of the biggest issues was the expectation placed on Medical Assistants compared to the compensation provided. MAs were expected to be cross-trained across clinic operations, ASC responsibilities, and phlebotomy, often juggling multiple roles in a single shift without pay that reflected the workload, skill set, or level of responsibility required. ASC MAs also frequently did not receive lunches on time, often going past the 5th hour or missing breaks entirely due to staffing and workflow demands. This was a consistent issue that staff raised, yet nothing meaningful was done to address it. The workload and expectations placed on support staff were unsustainable and contributed heavily to burnout and low morale. The clinic culture often prioritized keeping up appearances and patient volume over employee wellbeing. Burnout among staff seemed very common, and morale was consistently low. Instead of addressing operational issues directly, responsibility was frequently pushed onto support staff. While working in fertility care can be rewarding and the patients themselves were wonderful, the internal environment made it difficult to grow professionally or feel valued as an employee.