Culture

At Health Union, people are the most important aspect of building and sustaining our growing portfolio of condition-specific online health communities. To that end, our philosophy of “meeting people where they are” in our online health communities extends to our organizational culture.

As we grow, Health Union’s core values are ingrained in everything we do. They are the key principles that guide not only our online health communities, but also our workplace offerings, environment, and the widespread altruism of our people across the United States.

Core Values

Inclusion
Harnessing diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives is critical to continued growth and development. At Health Union, respect for everyone is essential. Listening to our communities and to each other helps us to cultivate an inclusive environment for our employees and for the communities we serve.

Commitment to DEI
At Health Union, diversity is central to our culture and identity. Inclusion has long been an essential part of our organization, as well as the way we recognize, treat, and perceive all experiences and differences. We believe that when people feel respected and included they can be more creative, innovative, and successful.
Community
A sense of community is how we at Health Union inspire and support each other to work, learn, and grow together. Community is what we believe in, how we act, and what we accomplish as a company.
Excellence
By learning from successes and failures, we experiment, refine, and grow–making excellence the standard Health Union has set as a way we want to think and work every day.
Transparency
When we communicate with clear goals and intentions, we’re building trust within our communities, with our external partners and clients, and with our employees. Transparency allows us to promote a safe and understanding environment.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Health Union cares about elevating our people, our community, and the philanthropic and economic growth of our company roots.

Elevate, the company’s corporate social responsibility program, focuses on a few key areas driven by our own employees: collaboration and culture, sustainability, and volunteering.

Collaboration and Culture

Health Union aims to foster a cohesive work environment and culture where employees respect each other, listen to new ideas, and work seamlessly together by creating and supporting opportunities for intentional collaboration. We provide opportunities for networking, connection, and career growth while leveraging opportunities for diversity and inclusion. This is often accomplished through a variety of events that encourage in-person and virtual socialization, professional development, and employee wellness.

Additionally, Health Union offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits and retirement planning, as well as generous paid time off, summer Fridays, an employee referral bonus, flexible work options, and an individual employee budget for professional development.

Sustainability

Health Union works to evaluate gaps in company sustainability and implement strategies to manage waste, like properly recycling end-of-life company hardware and encouraging low-waste practices in the Philadelphia office. We also identify opportunities to promote sustainability among employees by connecting people with events like food sustainability and biking opportunities, or clothing swaps and donation events in their local cities.

Volunteer

In addition to offering employees paid time off for volunteer opportunities, Health Union actively works to connect employees with in-person and remote opportunities to offer service back to local communities. As a company that supports remote work with employees in many states, the philanthropic passions of our people extend into many causes across the country. Through the MLK Day of Service, paid volunteer time off and charitable matching gifts program, individual team members commit their time, resources and attention to non-profit charities and causes near and dear to them.