Great company but losing competitiveness on recruiting - Anonymous employee Health Catalyst Employee Review

3.0
7 Oct 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexibility on working schedule, humble coworkers.

Cons

Extended working hours for some of the departments, compensation level has been less and less competitive on the market, people who talk more and do less tend to be preferred.

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thank you for your review and feedback. We are working to make progress in some of the specific areas you've mentioned, like compensation, work/life balance, and recognizing extraordinary individual performance, as I've written at length in a couple of other recent review responses. We'll discuss some of these specific items in tomorrow's all team member meeting, as well as in the November all team member meeting. We do intend to keep our long-term commitment to team members to pay above-market compensation. And we'll share more of the detailed commitments we'll be making for 2022, starting in the November All Team Member meeting. Thank you again for your review. Best, Dan

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Cons

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Great Talent & Culture: The people here are highly capable, collaborative, and committed to helping each other succeed. The partnership between onshore and offshore teams works well and is a real strength. There’s a culture of grit and stability that has helped the company navigate multiple major transitions over the years. Mission-Critical Engineering: The work involves complex data infrastructure that requires deep technical expertise. It can be demanding, but seeing these systems run successfully and support real-world operations is consistently rewarding.

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Wage Compression and Retention Risk: Compensation for tenured and high-performing staff has not kept pace with the market for specialized data engineering and support leadership. In practice, tenure can feel undervalued or even penalized. This creates risk around losing institutional knowledge and operational continuity. Stagnant Career Progression: Contrary to stated expectations, strong performance ratings do not consistently translate into meaningful, market-aligned compensation growth. The process of how compensation is benchmarked lacks clarity in practice, obscuring how compensation decisions are made and what is required to advance.

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