Fabulous Company - Analytics Engineer Health Catalyst Employee Review

The remote team member experience has been really great for me aside from one experience: a promotion review. It's challenging to bring up the topic of personal promotions or raises in any setting; I think doing so in a remote environment makes it even more challenging due to the fact that intent in messages/emails is more susceptible to being misunderstood than in face-to-face communication. That took place during my promotion review process earlier this year. I worried that I had displayed an attitude of entitlement/greed because I had requested a promotion to a level that I felt I was at, which my immediate managers seemed to agree with but department leadership did not. I respect the decision that was made but feel that I didn't receive a clear answer for what I needed to work on in order to qualify for the level that I was hoping to be promoted to (note - I did receive a promotion, which I'm grateful for, just not the one I had originally proposed). The overall experience was stressful and uncomfortable for everyone involved. To the department leadership team's credit, they have prioritized improving the promotion review process and have made great progress there; I really appreciate them going out of their way to meet with me in person to listen to my feedback.