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If you're looking to do meaningful work and average benefits - this may be your place.  If you value working for a company with a reputable corporate culture, work life balance or promotion opportunities, then this is not your place. 

Leadership promotes a very toxic workplace culture.  Some senior leaders are quick to throw you under the bus and won't hesitate to call you out in front of other peers.  There seems to be a total disregard for adhering to any corporate "values."  

Overall work-life balance is average at best.  While flex time is supported, management is often resistant to staff taking extended periods of time off for a vacation.   When staff are sick and stay home to recover, there was an implied expectation that they would still work from home.  

Their annual review process was unorganized and there was a limited opportunity to be promoted unless someone left the company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Remote Workforce Supported Well using Company Laptop, VPN, Teams, Sharepoint, and Best Practices for HIPAA Compliant Infrastructure elements.   Remote Teamwork was seamless. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It was not stressful at all.   

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment was collegial, collaborative and personal-growth supportive.  Culture was one supporting early adoption of DEI. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup... 

Then entered my home office to see if anything happened overnight with the Rhapsody Servers that I was responsible for. 

Attended daily scrum. 
Undertook high priority tasks assigned. 
Took the time to add trainings to the schedule of the new Integration Engineers.
Available through teams for any ad-hoc conversations that were needed
Reviewed accomplishments for my own planning and time-usage purposes. 
Daily Time Reporting. 

Rinse. 
Repeat.

During my time at the company, I found the compensation and benefits to be competitive, and I had the pleasure of working alongside a talented and supportive group of colleagues. The team environment was generally positive, and day-to-day collaboration with peers was one of the highlights of the job.

However, the company experienced frequent changes in leadership, which often led to inconsistent direction and shifting priorities. These management transitions created uncertainty and made it difficult to maintain momentum on long-term projects. Additionally, the lack of new contract acquisitions became a growing concern. As existing projects reached completion, there were few opportunities for redeployment or transition into new initiatives. Unfortunately, this led to layoffs that impacted even high-performing employees.

Overall, while the people and compensation made the work rewarding at times, the instability in leadership and business development ultimately affected job security and long-term career growth within the organization.

The benefits are good but the work culture is not. They pride themselves on growth and flex time. However, with that growth they are willing to let go anyone without reason. I was there 2 months with little to no training and expected to know the job and company and be fully capable of doing everything on my own. There was no direction as to daily job duties and very little communication as to what needed done. There is a double standard with flex time. Upon interviews and orientation it is what they pride themselves on. However, once I started they did not like me to flex or use vacation time. While management flexed their time daily. 

There seemed to be no workplace culture or anything employee oriented with remote employees. 

I am not sure if this is departmental or across the company but I would be cautious. 

Altarum is full of really smart, dedicated people. The work culture is inconsistent across groups and projects, and so is the management, job security, and overall working environment. The upper end of the management makes over half a million dollars a year, in contrast with the vast majority of workers, who make well under $100K. Most consultants/analysts make around $75 - $80 K, and that is only the beginning of disparities between management and the rest of the company. I would recommend this company for only certain groups and managers, and would not recommend it for others. Overall, the company's benefits are very poor, and on the low end for most workers.

My experience at this company started out positive and ended with bitter memories. There is extremely high turnover and much of the staff is disrespectful to those in lower positions and very self-centered both individually and as a department or group. There is little chance for advancement unless you start out at a high level. There is a lot of gossip and negative behavior that I found distasteful and not beneficial to a healthy, happy workplace.

I truly believe that Altarum's mission is wonderful and that many departments are achieving wonderful things.  However, the technology side is struggling under poor management. You will not be listened to. You can have several people agree with you and none of your suggestions will be adopted. Before you accept a job here ask to speak to manager and architect for your project. Ask them tough technical and procedural questions. If they can't answer you well don't sign.

I was honored to be part of a family that has such strong convictions towards their Values and Missions. The commitment of helping others is very strong. I'm so happy I worked at Altarum Institute for 17 years!  Every aspect of the company, the values, the mission and the commitment from the family of employees make every day a GREAT day!"


Altarum does goverment contracting, as you should expect when contracts are good,  work is good. 2 years ago the CEO of over 20 years retired, after that Altarum went into a decline. The new CEO has people jumping ship left and right and the ones that stay have the lowest morale. The C-Level suite is pretty much worthless. I'd recommend Altarum for someone looking for a job desperately or someone looking for a temporary job.  

The company has a plethora of idealist, educated employees that wish to do well.  There is no leadership from the Executive team to the Center Leads.  The organization silos itself and has a distorted image of its abilities and those of the market.   It needs experience from the outside and needs to hear from the outside when talent is employed.  

COO is not qualified in the said role.  Most of the management are not skilled in, nor in the correct roles as managers much less leaders.   


Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Analyst 6 salaries reported	$76,333 per year
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Software engineer 3 salaries reported	$103,333 per year
Procurement specialist 3 salaries reported	$89,927 per year
Human resources coordinator 1 salary reported	$65,647 per year

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