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Q&A With HERE Technologies Employees
Are you full of ideas to move forward, and driven by a desire to give back? There may be a place for you at HERE. We’re looking for people who are doers as well as thinkers, can adapt fast, and thrive when working with others. We have offices in 53 countries, including North America, Germany, India, France and our HQ in the Netherlands. You’ll enjoy a positive, stimulating and fun environment – with opportunities to grow, a fast-paced approach to technology, and a place that values diverse perspectives.
How employees describe working at HERE Technologies
Deploy digital navigation experiences. Deliver safer
career growth, opporunities and guidance
Inclusion diversity and belonging is core
Very good work, extremely poor management
The work is challenging and the teams work well together.
Review from Engineering Dept
What it's like to work at HERE Technologies
- HERE Technologies employees generally work 9.2 hrs a day
- Employees at HERE Technologies report the work pace is comfortably fast
- 85% of HERE Technologies employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- HERE Technologies employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
- 100% of HERE Technologies employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- HERE Technologies employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
- 73% of HERE Technologies employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With HERE Technologies Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 24
How does HERE Technologies make decisions around promotions?
You need to have a Godfather for getting promotion for Project Leader and above....at least in India...
Politics
Only when people leave (and someone gets promoted by necessity into their job) or if a person goes outside and get an external offer or has some other kind of leverage.
What unique perks and benefits does HERE Technologies provide?
Top Employee Response
Mandatory 2 week vacations at Christmas!
You get to teach Software Managers how to do their jobs.
100% true- who needs money for Christmas presents?
How do I do well in an interview at HERE Technologies?
Show up - the bar is shockingly low for some groups sadly.
Depending on the team it's not hard. Quite a low bar in various teams sadly. My team's acceptance rate is about 1 in 5 of those we interview in person (which is 1 in 4 of those we screen). Other team's its 1 in 2 or 1 in 3. And once they're in it's like a tenured professorship - it's forever.
What's the Engineering team like at HERE Technologies?
A bunch of managers with limited knowledge of how to run a software project. And a bunch of pretty smart engineers shaking their heads at how we got to this point.
Good people dragged in too many directions
How's the leadership on the Engineering team at HERE Technologies?
Having trouble with Management 101 - prioritization and understanding that developers don't have infinite capacity or that motivation and engagement matter.
Overworked
Does HERE Technologies have any remote positions?
Top Employee Response
CEO role is apparently remote - we never hear from him
A few in IT
How's the vacation policy at HERE Technologies?
Discretionary Time-off policy - up to your manager
In flux from fixed PTO policy to a Discretionary Time-off Policy
what's your workflow? agile? waterfall?
Spiral (Waterfall upfront with agile iterations)
Agile, all the way. The hardware teams use a blend of waterfall because hardware.
How much diversity is there among employees at HERE Technologies?
Very very little
What's the pay like for Engineering roles at HERE Technologies?
Great (it's combat pay!)
What's the office layout like at HERE Technologies?
The Zoo - without cages.
How's the feedback proccess at HERE Technologies?
Top Employee Response
It appears now to be all top-down now whereas previously there was 360 feedback and the previous leadership didn't shy away from solving problems at the organizational level. For better or worse this current leadership is "hell bent" on "keep moving forward" ignoring the cost in human capital
What are you most excited about working at HERE Technologies?
Top Employee Response
Seeing the massive amounts of data needed to keep automated cars driving safely
What benefits does HERE Technologies provide?
Top Employee Response
We keep our customers ahead in the Highly Automated Driving revolution against the likes of Google, Apple and Tesla
How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?
This is one area where HERE excels, especially in Berkeley. We have lots of really talented women on the engineering teams as well as in important operational and leadership positions. It can always be better so they do have a some other programs for supporting women as well as social activities like getting together with the women at other companies like Pinterest and Uber and having speakers come and talk. Really great stuff!
How do the current devs on the team act towards new developers that join?
The teams have mentoring programs for pairing people up on their first few weeks to get them used to the environment and start fixing bugs. In general all new employees get tours, intros and swag when they join which is nice.
How are the benefits at HERE Technologies for employees in Engineering?
HERE Technologies' Engineering team rates their overall benefits an A- and most of them think the perks are Bad. 83% of HERE Technologies employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get Unlimited of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.
How's career growth and advancement at HERE Technologies?
50% of the same employees also feel like HERE Technologies is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at HERE Technologies.
How are the managers in the Engineering department at HERE Technologies?
HERE Technologies' Engineering team rates their manager a B or 73/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (67%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at HERE Technologies?
HERE Technologies employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B- or 67/100. 55% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 67% of employees get raises every year.
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Should I work at HERE Technologies?
43% of HERE Technologies employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 18% are neutral and 39% would not recommend working at HERE Technologies to their friends.
| 43% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 18% | Passive |
| 39% | Detractors |
