HCSS reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(61 total reviews)
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Steve McGough

95% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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2.0
Mar 5, 2018

Shiny on the outside, but gloomy once you've been here a while

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fitness center (small) with workout equipment and trainers Fruit and snacks, drinks in kitchen Free lunch on Friday Flexible hours WFH once every 2 weeks Profit sharing at end of year

Cons

TERRIBLE medical/dental/vision insurance. They "pay" your health insurance, but claims are an absolute mess and your out-of-pocket max and deductible are sky-high. No maternity/paternity leave Don't question authority or management decisions Fitness benefits ONLY if you like to run People get promoted based on their ability to say "yes," not on skill or merit Some people take the whole workload while others slack off Only see your full profit share if you stay with the company for 6 years, otherwise you lose 25% per year. Outdated programming systems mean every developer has to be "trained" when hired (because CEO refuses change). CEO/Owner micromanages every department. CEO's political views forced onto employees (and customers).

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HCSS Response
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Thanks for your review! To clarify, $12,000 is the maximum out of pocket family limit for out-of-network claims annually. Amounts outside of this will be covered by insurance. To counter rising healthcare costs, we subsidize the premiums and take care of our team by also contributing $3000 to a family HRA account every year, which rolls over indefinitely! - Jackie
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
Sep 21, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The list of pros is almost too large to fully enumerate. The atmosphere is unparalleled; Everybody is bursting with kindness and a willingness to support fellow team members in their success. The benefits are wonderful; Employer paid medical/dental, end of year profit sharing, onsite fitness facilities, and the list goes on. The training process for new hires is also very thorough and appropriately paced. Entry level applicants, if chosen, will find no trouble in learning the software and acclimating to the HCSS culture.

Cons

I have yet to find a downside to working at HCSS.

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