Mostly the best company there is - Analytics Engineer Health Catalyst Employee Review

4.0
5 Oct 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Meaningful work helping Health Systems find outcome improvements for their patients. Generous time off and compensation packages. Work/Life balance is the best I have experienced anywhere.

Cons

Environment can feel very cliquish at times. We have changed our philosophy a couple of times, and I have only worked with clients on an older model (clients paying for FTEs,) and I feel like I am being left behind. I love my job, but I don't feel like I am in the right crowd in order to get on highly visible projects. I have resigned myself to staying in my current role and don't feel very optimistic about advancement..

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thanks for sharing this feedback. I hope we can make some adjustments were you feel like you have a fantastic set of career opportunities at Health Catalyst, no matter where your client assignments take you. We are right now in the midst of renewing and re-negotiating some of our contract relationships with a few of our largest clients, and updating some of the structures around professional services, which should be a win for our clients, and a win for team members, as it will build in more flexibility as to who performs what work where. I think this will add to your opportunities to provide meaningful contributions at your assigned client and elsewhere as well. This will come into effect over the next six months or so. These large client relationships are incredibly important to the company, and I sincerely appreciate your direct contributions to their success -- those contributions matter a great deal to me and to our company's future. Thank you for your commitment to the company for over three years, and for taking the time to share this feedback. Best, Dan

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