Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Employee Reviews
Out of 42 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt employee reviews, 63% were positive. The remaining 37% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Houghton Mifflin Harcourt improve their work culture.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Need to get better at Everything
2-way communication; manage change better; be more sophisticated and dtrategic about cutting costs (do layoffs more strategically).
Actually communicating with ALL employees and making us feel like stakeholders in the direction of the company.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Comp is fine; benefits are weak.
Its not the best in the world which is what I strive for.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Literally all I do is attend meetings. Sometimes we have meetings to plan future meetings.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Valuing not inly 'what'' is contibuted but 'how' staff are expected to act. Leadership needs model company values, or stop pretenfing that they matter.
Upper management should model how important our customers are and have a service attitude. Nothing positive will happen if it doesn't start at the top. Upper management appears to focus on their careers and power versus delivering the best product and services we can for our customers.
Most people are unhappy .
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Better communication, behavioral interviewing to demonstrate their committment to unbiased hiring.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Please reference the previous comments.
Multiple rounds of layoffs and good people leaving for other opportunities takes a toll on morale. Pay us more and we'll stay.
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Flatten management/solidify decision making. We've been floundering.