HARMAN reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(5,962 total reviews)

Christian Sobottka

79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

HARMAN has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,962 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HARMAN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Aug 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Cool products, interesting technology. Great opportunities if you are in the H1B visa program from India or China. Flexible work times (you can work any 12 hours of the day you want). Lots of overtime available (unpaid). Lots of free lunches because you will be expected work through your normal lunch.

Cons

No work/life balance. Worst vacation policy in SE Michigan (you get your 4th week after 15 years of service). Constant fire fighting and new management team has no idea how to bring this under control. People are pretty disappointed in the current direction of the company and the company prospects. A few years ago, in a surprise move to most people, they laid off 50% of the audio group to send those jobs to India and China. Lots of customer dissatisfaction due to OEM yard holds. Management team works so many hours (including lots of weekend meetings) that they don't know how to appreciate your extra efforts.

2.0
Jul 27, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

1. Getting to work on Infotainment systems, which is the most versatile systems in the vehicle. 2. Challenging work and potential to move if you are ever recognized for your work value. Which can be difficult depending on if you have the right boss (one with a backbone) and if it is the right phase of the moon for Harman.

Cons

1. Quality is not controlled and/or communicated properly. 2. Software and hardware do not work collaboratively. 3. When there is a problem, people there throw it over to wall to the next person. 4. New technology/ideas are not really welcome or appreciation 5. No management appreciation or recognition. 6. No bonus offered to employees even though the CEO is one of the highest paid 7. No appreciation for products. The CEO only shows his face when absolutely necessary, even when there is a product/contract rolling out that is well over $1 billion in revenue...come on be a leader! 8. No employee value, even when you step outside of your job in a daily basis that is still not enough for any type of recognition. At least with the boss I had. 9. Not staying ahead of the customer and competition, Harman is 2 to 3 steps behind. Just playing catch up when a product is in the quoting phases. 10. One of the most stressful jobs you will most likely have. Along with pay that is not comparable to other companies in the market.

1.0
Sep 20, 2013

Avoid at all costs - miserable people led by blind CEO

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You can get discounted electronics (refurbished sometimes).

Cons

Cost cutting of US work force for India. They have let go of all the good engineers and scramble when projects the engineers were working on suddenly go into crisis. Poor executive management that needs pinches pennies on individual contributors but fly half way around the world for a "meeting" . Poor company wide organization. Executives lead through fear - if you don't play ball or drink the Kool-aid then don't bother coming to work. CEO makes blind decisions and has blatantly lied in the press twice.

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