Great company with solid values - Analytics Director Health Catalyst Employee Review

4.0
Oct 7, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They put team members as their top priority, which was evidenced by leadership proactively encouraging me to take irreplaceable time off with family during a very challenging season even though a project deadline was approaching. They brought in extra help and everyone pitched in. Also, I love the fact that I have access to people within the organization who are world class in what they do whether it’s clinical, financial, operational, data science, etc. Tapping into those resources allows me to learn in weeks what would otherwise take me months or years.

Cons

One challenge I experienced is that we promised too much in an area where our expertise was not strong. This caused stress and missed expectations. I believe we will learn and adjust.

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thank you for your review and feedback, and I'm so glad to hear that when you needed to take time off for a family situation you felt supported by the team. That is absolutely our goal for every team member, and this includes leaders like yourself, occupying such an important role as an Analytics Director. I also love the world-class talent that exists inside of Health Catalyst, and our ability to tap into that talent is a fantastic aspect of working here! We'll keep working on under-promising and over-delivering, and I'm sorry to hear that we didn't quite live up to that in one instance -- an opportunity for us to do better in the future. Thank you again for your four years of contributions and leadership at Health Catalyst. Best, Dan

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