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Engineering is decent; leadership is bad - Software Engineering Director Harvard Business Publishing Employee Review

1.0
Jun 20, 2024
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Pros

Mix of good people and pompous ones. Good benefits, especially for employees in Boston area. Opportunities to learn. Talented engineers.

Cons

Tech leadership is all over the place; they change their minds randomly take a u-turn at the last minute. For a company creating management content they are horrible at keeping time: Leadership consistently goes over time in meetings they organize sometimes doubling the scheduled time, which shows how poorly they value the junior employees. Would not recommend at all for tech. Salary is grossly below average. At best they pay entry level fresh graduate salary for senior managers. Company has some name recognition only because of its affiliation with the university. Don't count on tuition reimbursements.

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Harvard Business Publishing Response
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I am dismayed to read this -- as you are still with HBP, I encourage you to reach out so we can learn even more about your concerns. Regarding pay, we aim to pay competitively and test our compensation structure regularly to maintain our market position. I can be reached at angela.cheng-cimini@harvardbusiness.org if you are willing. I hope to hear from you. Thank you.

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