Great place to start - Anonymous employee Health Catalyst Employee Review

5.0
27 Jul 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Catalyst stresses maintaining a good work life balance - almost to the extreme. Also, all of the resources needed to complete my tasks and strengthen my technical skills.

Cons

Until recently it has been difficult to know what opportunities exist for promotion or advancement in the company. The leadership team is actively working to remove this concern, however.

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Health Catalyst Response
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Thanks for your thoughts on our company and culture. I agree that we place a high priority on work life balance around here. Happy to hear that you are finding more opportunities for advancement, and that you've noticed an improvement in focus in this area. We are actively working to improve internal opportunities as we grow, so stay tuned!

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