Good culture, Truly Cares About Employees and Clients - Anonymous employee Health Catalyst Employee Review

4.0
12 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pretty good compensation/benefits Great work life balance (PTO not tracked, flexibility on when/where you do your work, as long as you get it done) Talented/committed colleagues Wide variety of interesting projects Not overly large/bureaucratic - ability to every single person to be heard, make suggestions, take on more responsibility, etc.. Project teams not too large/specialized, which allows for more effective software/analytics development

Cons

At times, it seems certain groups of employees can feel siloed within a specific customer, role, or department Re-orgs have made career path and work responsibilities a little unclear (roles evolving, and unsure if evolving in the way specific employees hoped/anticipated) Small size limits promotion/growth opportunities to some degree. Though the company tries very hard to promote from within and increase employee's responsibilities as company growth permits. Much of the direction/strategy is dominated by corporate HQ teams. Teams outside may feel a bit like passengers, or non very involved on key long-term initiatives, priorities, etc..

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thank you for this feedback, I think it is fair and it resonates with me. We've felt a great desire to enable every team member, in every location, to feel and sense that they have a bright future with many career path options available to them. But I also know of some of the challenges of living and working in a different location from the company headquarters. I think in many ways we've made some really positive strides in enabling a positive team member experience for those outside of Utah. But we still also have work to do there. I do feel encouraged that as we update our contract relationships relevant to our team members in Minneapolis, that we are building in more flexibility regarding team member assignments, to provide greater opportunities for you to contribute in multiple settings and clients and roles. And we'll keep emphasizing with our leaders and managers the importance of regular 1:1s which should include a discussion of how to enable a bright career path for each team member. Thank you for your daily contributions to the mission, over the past three-plus years, and the work you do in Minneapolis is such incredible, mission-centric work, and so effective. You and your colleagues have my love and respect as you have enabled such profound improvement in outcomes! Keep up the great work. Best, Dan

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