Harding Loevner reviews

4.2

68% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

David Loevner

100% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Harding Loevner has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Harding Loevner employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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22 reviews
2.0
Aug 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Firm encourages employees to improve and make suggestions to processes. Gym in building, free food sometimes.

Cons

- Long hours, lack of training, and Austere work environment. Management was too serious and took the fun out of work. Some upper level positions would be given to co-workers that came from previous companies. Micro-management is very common in the firm. Departments are very narrowly focused, leaving lower level employees in the grey about important changes and information. -Firm puts so much emphasis on investment team, making other departments feel inferior. - Lack of younger employees. -Need to be at the firm for 5 years to get full 401k matches, or other incentives. -Firm puts so much emphasis on investment team, making other departments feel inferior. -Tenured employees tend to be immune from criticism of errors.

4.0
Jan 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The work is not difficult, the hours are good, the cost-of-living is much lower in NJ than in NYC. They'll pay for your CFA exams, and the performance reviews (and bonuses) are very fair. Reading the emails that bounce around from the Research side of the office is educational and entertaining, to the point of distraction.

Cons

Roles outside the Investment side of the business can get really tedious really fast. Don't think of them as a "foot in the door" so you can move over to the Investment side of the business, it probably won't work. If that really is your goal and you ignore this tip, make sure to give 120% of your effort to the job you don't want so you can get the one you do want. If you feel yourself getting really bored at work, start applying for other jobs - management really doesn't hesitate to fire people once they make mistakes!

3.0
Feb 24, 2016

Associate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Laid back culture, everyone is very kind and friendly. Everyone is also very smart (50% literally seem to have CFAs) and serious about life. An eclectic group of multinational employees, which make the atmosphere quirky, but interesting. People genuinely want to help you out, and if you really try to make the most of it you can end up learning quite a lot. Good long term compensation...if you stay for 5+ years to experience them. They give you a phone, and some other standard perks, breakfast once a week, etc.

Cons

Pay is not up to par with other firms in the industry looking for the same level talent. Horrible location in suburban NJ. Some people are too serious. Almost everyone, even those 24-28 years old, were married or close to it. I found the older employees to be more relatable in many ways, as most of the younger people at the firm were 20 going on 40 in my book. It made for a rigid environment at times. I saw some serious micro-managing going on. Almost definitely due to the growing pains, of going from 20 employees and $2bb in AUM to 100 and $40 in just a few years. No flexibility in terms of working from home, and no intentions to change that anytime soon. I know people who work for big wall street firms that work from home once-twice a week, the only time you'll do it here is when it's a blizzard outside. I very much so got the sense that certain people competed amongst each other to give off the impression that they were working harder, sucking up to managers, coming in early just to browse the web, or other 'fake' behavior. It never seemed like many people at the firm were friends outside of work, and that's like due to some of the things I mentioned above. Make sure you like the fit before you take a job.

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