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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Really appreciate their commitment to diversity and improving employee satisfaction.
Cons
Not many honestly..it's nice to be able to work from home.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Solid Place to Work
Mar 8, 2023 - Associate Customer Success ManagerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexible about schedule and good work/life balance Collaborative team Give you tools you need
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Not a lot of room for growth Bonuses unreliable and not based on any actionable items Constant changes
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Restrcture Roulette
Mar 16, 2023 - Production Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Comraderie between work teams was excellent.
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Too few people in the hard deadline focused production work. Recent layoffs seeemedvto make it worse.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Best Job I've Ever Had!
Jan 10, 2023 - Customer Service Representative (CSR) in Portsmouth, NHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Work does not interfere with home life - Yearly raises - Hybrid - Options to move to another department/growth
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- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Nice benefits and time off. Nice people to work with.
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Some managers micro-manage and expectations are high.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Moving in the right direction
Sep 29, 2022 - Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good leadership, sincere in their efforts to move HMH into a commanding position in Ed Tech; mission attracts great people who are both smart and fun to work with
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Unrealistic timeline for transformation, given the investments needed to develop the team
Continue readingThank you for taking the time to share your thoughts about HMH. We are incredibly proud of our culture, benefits, development opportunities and the amazing people that work here. We’d love to learn more about your experience and how we can improve. To provide further feedback, please email us at careers@hmhco.com.
- Former Contractor, more than 1 year★★★★★
Good pay, good mission, old tech
Aug 29, 2022 - Program Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good pay, people and mission
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Old tech killing products and not enough investment to maintain well.
- Former Contractor, less than 1 year★★★★★
It was fine....
Aug 15, 2022 - Human Resources Business PartnerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
there were a lot of Good coworkers
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there were a lot of bad managers
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great Place to work
Jul 7, 2022 - Marketing Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great atmosphere, great benefits. Good location. Very nice people
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salary could use a bump up
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Good work life balance. Low pay and benefits
Sep 1, 2022 - Senior Sales Operations Manager in Orlando, FLRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good people to work with
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Low pay. The company needs to change its strategic direction.
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Manager professionals working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 189 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Manager Jobs at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Manager interview questions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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