Right direction... need keep pulse on "game time" adjustments... - Technical Director Health Catalyst Employee Review

5.0
3 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture, mission, and leaders. We are very forward thinking and look to meet client needs. We continue to build a holistic and integrated set of tools and products that will help clients with their data and analytic needs to help save lives and resources.

Cons

Salaries are competitive, but COVID has slowed the compensation growth curve and goal posts have changed a bit in relationship to raises, bonuses, etc. I would have hoped for compensation to have stabilized a bit more now that we are a year into COVID, but these are difficult times. Software development and client support, I think we are in a crucial time with clients and our DevOps teams as figure out the balance between scalability, profitability, and customer needs. We need to keep making sure clients are clear on what we can and can't offer, and also make sure we are not sacrificing client needs for the sake of scalability and profitability.

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Health Catalyst Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback, and thank you for your 5-7 years of contributions at Health Catalyst, and in such a demanding and critical role of Technical Director. I sincerely appreciate the work that you and your colleagues perform so capably for the company day-in and day-out. I also appreciate very much your support and your optimism for our company's future, even navigating the pressures of being a publicly-traded company, with associated expectations to achieve profitability and growth targets that are challenging to do simultaneously. I also hope that this week in particular will feel like a week of good news on the compensation front, as you receive news about an equity refresh grant and an update to our companywide bonus plan that should both be favorable to each team member at Health Catalyst. We'll discuss these items on Friday during our next All Team Member meeting, all in the context of our desire to keep our promise to every team member to strive towards paying above-market for every position, every team member, across every function, even with meaningful financial constraints. I agree also that we need to continue to make meaningful technology scalability progress, and this is certainly a theme of 2021 strategic planning, and we'll continue to make investments to improve here. Thank you again for your many contributions these past 5+ years at Health Catalyst. Best, Dan

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We’re happy to hear you’re experiencing a healthy work-life balance. We hear your concern about benefits. These are critical areas, and we continue to review our compensation and benefits strategies to ensure competitiveness. We are committed to being data-informed in these decisions, and your input helps us do so. Thank you for your continued commitment during this transformational time.
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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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