A litany of gross failures by senior leadership that I genuinely think they aren't phased by, but are becoming much more widely known in this space. I am very concerned by the emerging theme of misleading Glassdoor comments (statements about saving 'thousands of lives' that are nonsensical compared to user numbers, 'generating lots of IP', and person-identifying trademark grammar flaws).
You may start Huma as someone with experience and expertise, but please do not expect this at any time to be valued. Instead, expect to have your opinions and knowledge to be belittled, thrown aside and disregarded by a senior leadership team that has no genuine health/R and D/product experience. Expertise is a dirty word, as is strategy. Taking time to research and actually develop something properly is apparently completely unacceptable.
There is a very small, powerful group that believe the answer to any problem is to 'pitch bigger', play with the truth and sell ideas that aren't even fully formulated or discussed with people with relevant experience, never mind practical to build, license or get registered. It is a small committee who genuinely believe they are at some sort of vanguard, yet in reality they are underqualified and dangerous. The only clinical voices listened to are the ones from people that none of the other clinicians (who have almost all left) trust. The clinical R and D leadership has no experience in R or D and this shows in everything they suggest, or argue with you about.
Despite being able to attract 'talent' and valuable expertise, there is no emphasis or apparent desire to develop, listen to, or value the vast majority of people. Rather, it is a case of churning through as many people as are needed to desperately try and 'just get deals signed'. Only a tiny minority make it past 12 months because they can't handle the morality and ways of doing things.
Several times when challenging something, I was later gaslighted. Whenever I laid out what best practice is, I was labelled a blocker or a 'pain'. Whenever people misrepresented my group's work by falsely attaching 'sexier claims' to it, it became my problem to fight the fire.
There is no desire to genuinely innovate. There is no desire to actually build up capabilities. There is no desire by senior leadership to work ethically, effectively and efficiently within this highly regulated space.
There is a bizarre fixation that it is all about 'being all in', that a start up 'is all about working long hours' or 'run fast and break things' is a legitimate concept in healthcare. Senior people seem to forget that many employees come from stressful careers (doctors work night shifts and weekends, bankers work 100hrs/week, etc.) so the issue is not about work duration. The real issues are that iterating presentation decks ad nauseam is not constructive, that actually using some of the 50m USD raised to test your ideas is expected but rejected almost every time, and having to fire fight due to some senior members promising things to clients without the team's agreement/knowledge is soul destroying.
If you value yourself, your skills, your development, or being able to develop something to be proud of without it being damaged by people that are unqualified, then I implore you to join a different company. I have seen too many people join Medopad/Huma with the best intentions (or turn down other opportunities) and be damaged by the experience. There is bullying, there is disrespect and there is a complete disconnect between the way 'it should be' and the way the senior team seem to want it to be. Take the LinkedIn posts with a large pinch of salt and interpret them from the perspective that Huma is in Series C and has only produced 1 small feasibility study despite over 50m dollars raised.
