Great company but slow promotion potential - Team Lead Waystar Employee Review

4.0
Sep 7, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and holiday schedule. Work from home positions available. CEO is high energy and motivating.

Cons

The company continues to grow, but with continuous acquisitions many jobs become redundant which will slow career growth. If you are not a "legacy" Waystar employee, you have very little chance of career growth. ELT is very big on great core values, but unfortunately as you get below that level the day-to-day leadership is less excited about those values. They are a great company to work for if you are looking for a paycheck with flexibility for family life. But negotiate a good starting salary and do not expect that to climb much.

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Waystar Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. We are consistently evaluating our benefits programs and strive to strengthen them each year including an extra PTO day for your birthday in 2023. We are disappointed to hear that leaders you have worked with have not shown as much passion for Waystar’s values. Please share your concerns anonymously though our ethics line, directly to your manager, or to your strategic business partner representative. If you don’t know who your strategic business partner is, you can find out by contacting the People Team.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Strong in office culture, catered lunch weekly Meaningful work, interesting problems Many opportunities for growth Better gender diversity than other engineering orgs Great teamworking, many opportunities to make real impact. Opportunities for recognition Quarterly on-sites which could promote remote employee inclusion (if they actually showed up)

Cons

Intense on-call rotations, every 2-5 weeks depending on team. No additional compensation for on-call work even if team is smaller and rotations are more frequent. Legacy tech stack, little focus on tech debt as clients are king. Overworked SRE team so devs own as much of infrastructure as they can. Re orgs almost every year, usually more confusing than helpful from an individual contributor level Alcohol heavy culture. Explicitly, not a great place to be if you have a strained relationship with drinking. Product dept had some star team members but a few PMs were unengaged, lacking knowledge, and difficult to interact with Pay was not competitive. Leadership has varying levels of engagement in / knowledge of the work and varying levels of respect for work-life balance. Very young leadership team. Junior to senior ratio > 2. Co-ops can get more attention and exposure than some new hires. Mission has shifted from a focus on patient satisfaction to a focus on profits for providers. Remote employees given food/lodging during onsites, but local employees not compensated. All new hires expected to be local which limits talent pool, espc for senior engineers.

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Waystar Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share such a detailed reflection on your experience at Waystar. We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear that our culture, meaningful work, and opportunities for growth and recognition made a positive impact. We also value the collaboration across teams and our focus on inclusion. As Waystar scales, feedback like this helps us identify where we can improve. We recognize the importance of supporting sustainable workloads, providing clarity during organizational changes, and driving consistent leadership engagement across teams. We also focus on advancing our technology, strengthening cross-functional partnership, and enhancing our total rewards approach to meet the needs of our team members. We want to be clear that Waystar is not, nor do we aspire to be, an environment centered around alcohol. We focus on building a professional, inclusive, and balanced culture where employees can connect in ways that are comfortable for everyone. From time to time, we host optional social events (as many organizations do), but we’re intentional about offering a variety of ways for employees to engage - both with and without alcohol. We’re always working to improve, and we appreciate perspectives that help ensure our culture reflects who we strive to be. We appreciate you sharing your perspective. Your feedback helps us build a more balanced and supportive experience for all team members. If you’d like to discuss this further, please reach out to peopleteam@waystar.com.
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