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Mar 30, 2023

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Company Mission/Vision

To improve access to high quality mental health care

Venture Capital-backed

Funding

Series C

More than 200

# Full Time Employees

Payer / Health Plans, Consumers

Primary Customers

More than 200

# Mental Health Professionals

Are therapists at this company generally providing 50-minute, in-person or video-based therapy services, or is there some specialization/innovation to the way they do most of their clinical work?

Yes, our therapists generally provide traditional 45 min - 60 min therapy sessions

If there is some specialization / innovation, please describe:

Are therapists generally hired as W2 employees, 1099 contractors, or both?

Are therapists eligible for employment if they require supervision, or does the company only hire independently licensed clinicians?

We only hire independently licensed therapists

How many hours per week are therapists expected to provide client-facing, direct clinical services (assuming they have a FULL caseload)?

Are starting therapist salaries adjusted based on geography or cost of living?

Yes

Are starting therapist salaries adjusted based on professional degree/training background?

What would the starting salary be for a full-time, independently licensed, masters-level therapist doing 100% clinical work? Please give an estimate or range.

$38-$40/session

What is the salary range or where can prospective therapists find more information on salary?

Does this company offer bonuses to therapists? If yes, what is the bonus based on?

What policies and/or practices does the company have in place to ensure equitable pay?

Are W2 therapists granted stock options as part of their compensation package?

Does your company stock options agreement include clawback rights for vested equity granted to employees after they leave the company or for any other reason?

We do not offer equity to therapists

What is the monthly employee cost of health insurance on your cheapest plan?

Just under $100 per month

What is the annual deductible on your cheapest health insurance plan?

On the lowest cost health insurance plan (or through the company EAP), how many mental health outpatient sessions are covered and what is the copay?

Do you offer any other mental health benefits such as an EAP program or digital health subscription? If yes, please describe:

Is there a remote work stipend, and if so, what is it?

$30/month for internet

How many days of paid time off are offered to W2 clinicians?

Calculated based on service hours provided; 67 hours per year if you average 26 clients per week

How many paid sick and/or mental health days are offered to W2 clinicians?

Does your company have any other protocols to assess and prevent clinician burnout, above and beyond the benefits mentioned above?

40 hours unpaid leave

Does this company offer free CEUs or a stipend for continued clinical education?

Does this company offer professional development stipends and/or professional development opportunities outside of clinical development for therapists (e.g., leadership training)?

Do therapists at this company have opportunities for salary increases, promotions, and professional advancement?

Currently there is a wage freeze however the company policy says that after a year you can request an increase

Please describe:

Does the growth plan use data that is objective, measurable, and transparent? Please describe:

How many people on the board of directors are from marginalized or under-represented groups (in terms of gender, race, LGBTQ+ identity, disability status, etc.)?

What percent of the company leadership/executive team are from marginalized or under-represented groups?

What percent of the clinical leadership (managers and above) are from marginalized or under-represented groups?

Anything prospective therapists should know about DEIB at this company?

Aside from DEIB lead, most leadership is White. DEI efforts do not really exist at this company. No ERGs. Clinicians take a cultural competency training every year but it is about 10 minutes long. Any employee who holds an oppressed identity-- steer clear.

Do therapists have the opportunity for local/regional or company-wide in-person gatherings, sponsored by the company?

Do you collect ratings of employee satisfaction or company culture? If yes, can you share any data on the clinical/therapy team overall employee satisfaction?

Current/Recent Therapist Employees - Satisfaction Ratings

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Date	Company	Would You Recommend (0/no to 10/yes)	Clinical Leadership	Company Leadership	Respect for Clinical Voice	Ethics	HIPAA compliance	Tech	Clinical Input	Care Model	Measurement Based Care	Clinical Escalations	Legal Questions Answered
10/03/2022	Foresight Mental Health	1	Satisfied	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Ok	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied

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Therapist Written Reviews

Current/Recent Therapist Employees - Written Reviews

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Date	Company	If Don't Recommend, Why?	Important To Know	Anything Else?
10/03/2022	Foresight Mental Health	They try to justify not paying therapists for their time (i.e. meetings) and have even cut down on supervision and meetings to cut costs while C-suite staff continue to get their full salaries. The stipend that they promised to provide therapists while they grow their caseloads were also cut. CEO hosts town halls that last 1.5 hours which provides pertinent information about what is going on at the company but doesn't think he should pay staff to attend. CEO also uses outdated problematic language when referring to the subject of sexual orientation and gender identity ("sexual preference" and "gender preference"). CEO also subtly blamed transgender folk for billing errors because they submitted the "wrong information" (i.e didn't disclose their legal name or sex assigned at birth). The issue however was with whoever was collecting intake information from potential clients that didn't have enough knowhow or training about trans needs and how to collect needed information. There is also the issue of longevity. Foresight almost went bankrupt in May 2022 and their procedures continue to not make sense from a business perspective. If it lasts into 2023, I will be surprised. They also bill insurance $250 per session but pay therapists less than a 5th of that per session.	Don't trust Glassdoor reviews. The negative reviews have been removed and they have been trying to incentivize/push staff to write positive ones. There have been a lot of mismanagement and lack of understanding of what is needed to run a mental health start-up. Do not trust the promises that they make. So many promises have already been broken (major layoffs for ops teams leaving therapists to do more work with no increase in pay). If you are of color, queer, trans, or have a disability, I would say to get away as fast as possible and be prepared to be misgendered, experience micro aggressions, and be dismissed. There is no support for folks with oppressed identities. The DEIB team runs monthly events that are superficial at best. There is no ongoing DEIB workshops or training at all. Staff employed at Foresight have no collective understanding of oppressed identities and Foresight does not give them any baseline training. Therapists get paid less than a 5th of the fee that the company is getting reimbursed for by insurance and that is not made up for in benefits or operation support. Foresight almost went bankrupt in May 2022 and their procedures continue to not make sense from a business perspective. If it lasts into 2023, I will be surprised. The lack of foresight put into building this company is phenomenal (not enough research done on mental health licensing/requirements for each state, not enough legwork in gathering potential clients prior to hiring therapists, etc). I can go on and on but the bottomline is to be very wary.