Okay to Work For - Anonymous employee Harmonia Employee Review

3.0
May 11, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits including PTO, insurance, and flexible work from home. Employees are usually willing to help out with problems even if they aren't on the same project. Anil Garg is hard on his team but will work with them to improve and grow.

Cons

For all its talk about being a women-owned business, it doesn't really do anything for women. No coverage for daycare, paternity leave is basically non-existent, maternity leave is just the bare minimum requirement. Jai has some serious anger issues and is prone to throwing temper tantrums instead of handling problems like an adult. McLean office has serious competency issues in both the business and engineering personnel. Not many paths for promotion for engineers beyond team lead positions, which really just equates to less coding time and more paperwork.

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Harmonia Response
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We do work hard to provide good benefits; however, being a smaller company, we aren't able to do it all. Thanks for recognizing that and for understanding that teamwork and collaboration go a long way toward creating a positive work environment. And yes- you recognize rightly that with management comes responsibility, and if you aspire to move into a management or leadership role, you will, in fact, be asked to spend less time "doing" and more time "managing". Luckily, management isn't required for leadership, and it sounds like you prefer to lead from within versus taking on a formal leadership role-- and that's okay with us too! All types are needed! We would appreciate it if you would reach out to us directly regarding your concerns with specific management versus making anonymous reviews in a forum that doesn't allow for a fair response. We are always looking for ways to improve and grow, and your thoughtful and contextual feedback would be appreciated.

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