HCSS reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(235 total reviews)
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Steve McGough

95% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

HCSS has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 235 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The HCSS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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235 reviews
5.0
Nov 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

HCSS is an amazing place to work as long as you fit. It is one of those rare places where they care about you as a person. It is one of those places I would go back to for a pay cut if I still lived in the Houston area. I enjoyed going to work. The company to always improve its quililty of life for employees and in the software it rights. I always felt supported when wanting to move things to better practices and standards. I also felt that I was allowed to try new things and improve how the software worked. They provide food on Friday's and they try to have multiple company wide events during the work day to bring everyone together. Oh and lastly there is a slide. The slide was a great way to get from the 2nd floor to the first.

Cons

I felt like a lot of communication became more hallway based and you would lose track of who said what. This was more of a problem when people were told 2 different things or just forgot. I also felt that some of the ideas from upper management sound great on paper and they pushed down with out making sure it really would work. Also the company started feeling like it was becoming a little more corporate as it grew but still not that bad Lastly I feel like the pay was well below market rate for developers. The end of the year bonus for the most part would bring total pay for the year to market rate but it always a gamble as 1 bad year and ones pay is well below market rate.

5.0
Jan 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you are willing to stick your neck out, you will be heard. Too many don't figuring there may be a backlash. There won't be unless you are burning down the house! You can make a difference. You have a chance to make a new feature/product better.I have done it time and time again. It is great to hear from customers and trainers about how you did something to make their jobs better! If you want to hide in a corner and get a check, I guess you can. You won't get far for long. If you are good,work hard and even better have new ideas, you can really make a difference, be respected and make good money. What else do you want? We also get great profit sharing each year.

Cons

The company has gotten large enough to start having too many meetings instead of just doing.

5.0
Apr 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Full Disclosure: I am in management here and came to do a review to lend a different perspective. I have been in software product development for 25 years and have been at HCSS for 4 years. In that time, I have been in leadership roles helping the company double in revenue and roll out a whole new generation of mobile and web applications that are setting us up for many years of healthy growth. I can honestly say that this is the best job I have ever had. Why? - Our customers fanatically love us - We are a stable 30 year old market leader - We act and work like a "hungry" start up - There org is very flat - Very little politics - We are doing cool work in SaaS with fresh mobile and web applications - The people I work with act empowered and put action and decisiveness over analysis and risk mitigation - We are getting pretty good at launching new products - We are adopting new cultural norms focused on better collaboration, communication, intent, commitment management and focus on results. This is not a superficial change, but fundamental cultural change that is impacting the company performance.

Cons

The next few years will be challenging as we push through the 300-400 employee levels. We are maturing the next generation of middle management and that should help us make it through the growing pains, but it will be challenging none the less.

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