Working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Boston, MA: 13 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Boston, MA Area

"Large company that is in the middle of change in parallel with the educational publishing industry. The new CEO has a nice vision and wish him and the company the best as they move forward at this time. It will be some time until results and changes are seen to be impactful."

"I worked with Syrinx Consulting for six months as a Software Development Engineer at a local publishing company. I found my contact at Syrinx to be helpful and responsive, and the people I worked with on assignments were a pleasure. They happily assisted me in my ramp-up and were invested in my success. I left when they notified me that my team was being moved offshore."

"I worked for HMH for 3 years. The coworkers were great to work with, as was my management team. Unfortunately upper management always seemed to be in flux and there was little opportunity for advancement."

"I have worked for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt since our acquisition. They strive to do the right thing but often let bureaucracy hinder the actual work. My supervisor is a really good person and tries to do the best for their subordinates, and I think that is common with most of the managers. The executive staff is too far removed from the reality of the day to day issues to actually affect any change, but that is common in larger corporations."

"I work for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Although one of the leading education companies they are very behind in the sales operations and technology solution development. The leadership is not in tune with the day to day sales executives and customer needs. They are completely out of alignment with their product and go to marketing strategy or lack there of!"

"Please avoid this company like the plague. Several years ago, I believe Glassdoor ranked this company as one of the worst companies to work for. If you are trying to look for job stability, please stay away."

"HMH provides wonderful opportunities for those who want to work in the educational industry."

"Excellent large enterprise environment with potential for upward mobility"

What do you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"adaptation to new IT technologies"

What don't you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"hardly"

What do you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"Friendly people, nice environment, everyone was readily accessible, I got to work with customers every day, commitment to quality,"

What don't you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"Once you have been in Tech Support, the company culture was such that you were never considered capable of doing jobs such as marketing, sales, editorial - you were a techie and forever pegged as a techie"

"Don't join this company"

What do you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"I like the individuals who I work with that were not laid-off."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't interview with the company...AVOID"

What don't you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"Everything....poor benefits, poor salary,"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat your most valuable assets, your employees, with fair compensation and fair treatment."

"It's a good company to work. People are friendly"

What do you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"Flexible, encouranging lontime employment"

What don't you like about working at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?

"AS the copmnay had chnaged lots of hands in a very short span of time, copmnay was expoed lots of changes"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management is overall good, but due to lots of acquitions and meregers, the processes are yet to jell"