HCSS reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(235 total reviews)
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Steve McGough

95% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

HCSS has an employee rating of 4.1 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
3.0
Oct 14, 2021

Keep your expectations low

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-The people I worked with were mostly great- there are management issues, if you have a good manager your experience will be much better! -Good compensation (at least pre-buy out) -Google Suite is used which is a pro for me, could be a con for someone whose experience is solely in Microsoft. -Growing customer base, the sales pipeline is set -Good products overall but some truly broken ones and some desperately needed features are delayed. Not sure this is a pro or a con but the company is currently being acquired by a huge private equity firm. If you’ve been at a company that’s been acquired before, you know what it’s in for. I truly hope they can keep these “pros” intact as things inevitably change.

Cons

A lot stems from the fact that the CEO/Founder is very traditional and gets the final say in nearly everything. He knows how to run a successful company, absolutely, but he is very out of touch with the day to day issues at the company and what the modern worker wants in 2021. -The people here are fantastic yet they are SO burned out. In nearly every department I interacted with burnout is a serious issue. The work has increased and hiring is not keeping up with the pace of increased workload. This doesn’t shock me as HCSS is not attracting the modern worker. Y’all need to hire if you’re gonna keep growing because your employees are burnt out from a crazy workload. -WFH is a huge issue, I saw a corporate reply to a review that they offer 2 days WFH for employees with two years of experience, but it is actually for two years of experience IN OFFICE— so if you were hired during COVID, you have to do two full years of 4 days/week in office to qualify for the two days WFH. They say it’s so you can get a feel for the company culture, which I understand, but that is at the expense of your employees work life balance. Again, not surprising given that they just finished building a third building, and now are paying for three buildings that they don’t want to sit empty. For people who live super close to the office or really like going into the office, I’m sure this isn’t an issue, but for people who enjoy WFH and the time not spent commuting, it’s a huge con. -Employees frequently get surveys and are asked for feedback on how things are going in the department, yet nothing changes. Or really small things change that don’t address the core issues. It gets really frustrating calling out the same issue over and over and management doing nothing. Tl;dr — if you’re thinking this is a progressive tech company, you are not in the right place. If you’re okay with an old fashioned but reliable place to work, then this is for you! It’s not a bad company but if you want a progressive or modern company this is not the place.

2.0
Jul 27, 2011
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Pros

HCSS is an excellent place for people looking to gain some experience at a software or technology company. It can serve as a terrific launching pad leading to a successful career somewhere else. They offer a good health insurance plan, a generous profit sharing and a strong sense of camaraderie among the entry to mid level employees. As noted by several of the interview reviewers, the interview process is long and seems overly complicated, but exists to only hire people who management believes will be a good fit for the company culture. This continues in the first weeks of employment as they hold classes and workshops to indoctrinate new hires into the company culture. This culture as presented is about empowering each employee to think and act like owners of the company.

Cons

The downsides of HCSS only become apparent after working there for some time. The company presents the idea of employees being empowered to think like owners, but the truth is you are really only empowered to think like THE owner. Mike Rydin is the founder, president & CEO of HCSS and holds the stock majority in the company. Every decision (and I do mean every) must go through him. From the colors of the software icons and the user interface layout to what each development team is to work on next must be approved by him. His decisions seem capricious and whimsical, and he will often contradict himself or completely reverse his position from week to week. This is the natural result of him trying to stay abreast of too many diverse action items and being unwilling to trust his employees to act. He and the senior management team that supports him refuse to recognize that there are some inherent problems with the technology platform (Visual Dataflex - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_DataFlex) the company has used since the company started in the mid 1980's. They have a couple of new and unsuccessful products that use C#, but the company has no plans to migrate any of their flagship products to a current technology. The one place where Rydin does not often micro-manage is Technical Services (Technical Support, Software Implementation and Training). This part of the company comprises around one third of the manpower employed by HCSS and is, for the most part, left alone by President Rydin. Unfortunately, the result is a cliquish mob whose leadership is dictatorial and petty. Scheming is rampant among the different cells of employees whose quest to increase their power base is most often at the expense of another employee's reputation.

1.0
Oct 6, 2023

Nepotism at its finest

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the people here are great and honestly deserve better.

Cons

Management plays favorites. If you aren’t in the “in” group or catering to their egos, you will find yourself in a losing battle for your job. They protect people who have done vile things because they are their “buddies”. I’d share the stories but they’d be against community guidelines. I can say this, lots of “conflicts of interest” going on here. Lots of little man syndrome in the leadership. They are just in it for the money until the company goes public or sells off anyways.

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Thank you for your feedback. We strive to maintain professionalism and the utmost ethical principles not only at the leadership level but throughout the company. Trust and respect are key to our relationships internally and with the customers we serve. It is disheartening to hear you believe there may be impropriety. You are encouraged to speak to someone in management or HR for the matter to be reviewed.
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