Pros
The company has some lofty ideals about what it could one day be - if only it tried to embody those words. Compensation and benefits are on par for the industry. The New York office has a beautiful view.
Cons
We can learn a lot about a company from the way it has handled the COVID-19 crisis. HHC chose to let go of most of its employees, and then send them an email bragging about a "generous donation" made to a charity that "is prepared to provide financial assistance with rent, mortgage, utility and food" while acknowledging that this charity provides no individual grants and this donation is functionally useless to the jobless employees fearful for their families' futures. To add insult to injury, attached to the email was instructions on how to apply for food stamps. This is typical of operations of this company. The white, male leadership makes unilateral, ill-advised decisions without regard for the advice of those hired to help them steer the company in the right direction. Middle management acts as a barrier between the employees and leadership. Communication is a failure at every level: meetings are held to distribute old, contradictory, or useless information, while useful information is kept secret and employees are challenged to prove why they need critical details to do their jobs. Meanwhile, the nepotistic patriarchy is kept alive and well by creating special positions for the sons of white leadership. Well-designed lip service is paid to social causes on social media (when the lawyers and financial projections have determined it’s safe) but take a look at the leadership – that will speak louder than any pretty, convenient words. If you end up on an interview here, don’t let them read their values off a poster. Ask them how they demonstrate those values. For me, they couldn’t.
