Great Company (Not So Great Pay) - Senior Analyst Engineer Health Catalyst Employee Review

4.0
Feb 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

We have a strong work from home culture with great perks to offset costs. We're proactive in the changing market and ensuring our product meets ongoing needs. We want to grow and be a positive change on healthcare. Employees lives outside of work have value. They've done a great job supporting employees through the COVID crisis in a lot of ways. I love that I'm working with clinicians at my client improving healthcare and patient care.

Cons

When I was hired on in fall of 2019, I was told there would be a 5% pay increase that January. That increase, the 401K match, the company vacation days, and the work from home capability was what made me accept a pay offer that was a little lower than market. January came and my raise was pro-rated to my time there—something that hadn't been told to me. I ended up making $20 more a paycheck. Okay, I figured, it isn't ideal but I still have the other stuff and a raise in 2021. Then with COVID we lost our 401K. Okay, it's a downturn those things happen but eventually it'll come back. Then we're told it's only coming back to 3% permanently. Now I start to get frustrated. I'm making less money than I should at my level and my 401K is actually less than it was at all my previous jobs. Then we're told company holidays are decreasing, which makes it harder to take PTO even if our total days aren't changing and no raises in 2021. Now I start to wonder if I made a mistake in leaving my old job as all the reasons I came are disappearing. I'm told even if I get the promotion I've been working towards, I won't see any raise due to the pay bands. Then I find out that people with experience commiserate with mine are being hired on at higher pay levels than me. Now I'm questioning staying long term. I love what I do, but I feel like I would be more valued if I quit and came back in a year.

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Health Catalyst Response
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I appreciate this review and feedback, and have read and reread it to try to ensure that I'm internalizing some important insights that have come through your feedback. I apologize for the multiple ways that the last twelve months have been discouraging for you, including changes that we've made to your compensation and benefits that have been negative. I sincerely hope that the equity grant and total compensation update you received this past Friday was a meaningful positive element to help counterbalance some of those negatives. It took some time to work our way through that approval process with the board, but I'm grateful for the end result, which has been the opportunity to recognize each team member at Health Catalyst with some meaningful increased ownership and equity, as a result of your tremendous hard work and contributions to our success. I acknowledge that this positive news has been a long time coming, but I hope that there is more positive news moving forward, both generally and specifically. I'd welcome the opportunity to visit with you 1:1 and/or encourage you to visit with Linda Llewelyn 1:1 as well to ensure we're internalizing your feedback and are working to advocate as effectively as possible on behalf of team members. Best, Dan

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