Great place to work - Anonymous employee Health Catalyst Employee Review

4.0
19 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I cannot say enough about the CEO and his passion for taking care of the people at HC. I truly believe that when he says people are his first priority, we are. During one of the worst times this year in 2020, where many companies had layoffs, or furloughs, the biggest hit to our employees here was a temporary removal of a 401k match. I have worked for and know many companies who do not do a match so in the grand scheme of things, this was minor. We have a company that cares about our well being and will work w/ us if we need the time for family or a mental break. As an employee of Health Catalyst we are lucky to have leaders who care first about taking care of people.

Cons

We are growing quickly (yay) but tend to release solutions to the market w/o them being ready.

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thank you for your feedback and for your generous words. Thank you also for your many contributions these past seven years at Health Catalyst -- you have helped us grow and succeed through many periods of growth and maturation! We'll work to become better at our release of solutions, and in keeping our communication lines open as careful listeners, and we'll try to provide useful information to each of our teammates on a regular basis, including in today's all-team-member meeting! Best, Dan

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