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Harvard Business Publishing

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Harvard Business Publishing reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(211 total reviews)
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Ellen Desmarais and Sarah McConville

52% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Harvard Business Publishing has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 211 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Harvard Business Publishing employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.4 stars).

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211 reviews
2.0
Jun 26, 2023

Anti-Sales Culture

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

Great content and some leaders

Cons

anti-sales culture with virtually no brand awareness and marketing outreach to build business. Sales is also the target and scapegoat for company problems and unfairly targeted by other departments

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Harvard Business Publishing Response
3y
We are disappointed to hear about your experience but also encouraged by your feedback. Under new leadership, we believe we have addressed many of your concerns: we have refined our go-to-market strategy, realigned functions to work more collaboratively, and set new expectations for a sales culture that celebrates client-centricity, agility and collaboration across functions, amongst other aspects. I encourage you to reach out to me at angela.cheng-cimini@harvardbusiness.org so I can learn more. I hope to hear from you and appreciate your willingness to connect.
4.0
Jan 12, 2017

Senior Director

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Tremendous opportunities for growth and development. Strong intellectual firepower everywhere. They practice what they publish and seek to continuously learn and improve as an organization. Great place to build general management skills. Innovation is encouraged and rewarded.

Cons

Silo'd units. Efforts to work cross-organizationally are labored.

4.0
Apr 21, 2014

Supportive but Hectic

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Business Outlook

Pros

Great camaraderie and team building are core values at HBP. Leaving this organization felt like moving away from home. Despite being advanced in my career, I built many new lifelong professional and personal relationships.

Cons

Product delivery demands are very high and the workload is not in keeping with the compensation. Despite having excellent direct and fringe benefits, the total comp including base salary was disappointing year after year.

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