Harris Interactive Reviews

Pros

Most of the people are nice

Cons

Too many people dissatisfied with the state of the company

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Looks OK on a resume.

Cons

Benefits are pretty awful, pay is below average, constant downsizing and restructuring making it difficult to get anything done.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in your employees or lose them.

Pros

good starting salary, flexible with working remotely, good learning experience, good benefits package, some good decent people to work with/for

Cons

Too many private 'behind your back' conversations going on, no respect for your experience or background, if someone doesn't like you they're find a way to get rid of you and in the process deceive your team members, upper management will always side with middle management & HR and take their word at face value, certain divisions try to stress a 'team attitude' but don't treat you like you're part of the team, no concern for employees' personal lives, too many egos.

Advice to Senior Management

Upper management needs to realize there are many hard-working, dedicated employees who deserve to be treated much, much better. There are other loyal employees besides yourselves that work for Harris Interactive.

Pros

Great office. Amazing View. Some really nice people.

Cons

Most entry level jobs are underpaid.

Advice to Senior Management

Give your employees a raise.

Pros

Friendly co-workers, good learning experience

Cons

Very limited room for career growth, hard work often goes unnoticed

Advice to Senior Management

Notice hard work

Pros

Smart, committed, hardworking, loyal people.

Cons

Poor benefits, salary, limited chance for promotion except a choosen view, poor strategic focus.

Advice to Senior Management

Why keep cutting and closing, just sell the company?

Pros

Casual environment. Good people. Good training.

Cons

constantly trying to re-invent themselves and suffering the pains of this change.

Pros

A good name to have on your resume.

Cons

Harris used to be among the best market research suppliers. After Kimberly Till's tenure it is a third tier supplier at best and dropping fast. Even after she was fired, Harris management still believes that being able to allow people to take surveys on ipads will save the company. It will not when every operations department from survey programming to data processing is broken and barely functioning.

Advice to Senior Management

Project management cannot be outsourced. Harris will not survive unless project management is brought back inhouse.

Pros

A good company to work for with a great reputation. Everyone has heard of The Harris Poll and respects the company.

Cons

Trying to expend the company at a rapid rate and making a few missteps along the way. Expansion could be more thought out.

Advice to Senior Management

Everyone has heard of the Harris Poll---put the name back in the name of the company for the recognition factor.

Pros

- Challenging work environment that forces you to learn a lot about market research
- Technology team is very good

Cons

- Layoffs/the best people leave, many secretive talks, low employee morale, many overworked employees
- Too many layers of management

Advice to Senior Management

Practice better ethics and increase employee morale. Realize outsourcing is not always the way to go. Invest in better benefits.