HARMAN International Reviews

Former Employee – worked at HARMAN International

Pros – Brands, Products history, Compensation and benefits

Cons – Dictatorial work culture with management having a factory culture mindset. Respect for the employees is absolutely lacking and people are in for a shock when you join for the Brand name but find high misuse of power in the top management with sycophancy and crude treatment of employees. Negative bureaucracy. Technology awareness is bleak at the top and so is the ability to do business in the market. Innovation is impossible at this center.

Advice to Senior Management – Value employees. Empowerment in the centers can be misused to the core. Though a big global org, it is a small start up in the country. Management arrogance will lose the talent necessary for a budding center. Technology team is certainly questionable for not having technical depth.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at HARMAN International

Pros – Long history of audio expertise

Cons – New and small office in bangalore, where depending on the group opportunities differ greatly

Current Employee – been working at HARMAN International full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Infotainment is a very interesting business, continuous challenges and satisfaction from finished product. There are always new programs to work on and it's never boring to come to work.

Cons – Heavy workload, long hours, very aggressive deadlines and high throughput expectations. It is very hard to have a good life/work balance because of the shortage of resources and the continuous demands to meet program deadlines.

Advice to Senior Management – Focusing on employee retention is going to bring a lot of long term success

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at HARMAN International full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great products and technology. Dedicated people. Global operations - lots of moves; many opportunities. Company focused on great customer experience. For audiophiles the place to be!

Cons – Moved production out of US to china and mexico. Ruthless management that cared little about employees. Lot of pressure to meet the numbers. People getting burned out - if you are in company polictis and played well you did good..

Current Employee – been working at HARMAN International as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Good work profile, learning experience

Cons – Salary is low as compared to other companies

Advice to Senior Management – Salary is less as compared to other companies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at HARMAN International full-time

Pros – Products look good and have good sound quality.

Cons – Moving all US based R&D, engineering and ops overseas. Abandoning US Retail channel and reducing overall quality for cost savings.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at HARMAN International full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – A great tradition of high end audio system. Respected by audiophiles worldwide. Employees very dedicated and cohesive, overall.

Cons – Poor marketing efforts. They rely on reputation and word of mouth to extend brands. BOSE and Beats out-market Harman with mailings, print ads, web ads and broadcast commercials.
Senior management determined to outsource all functions to China and India, Many lay offs in the US and Europe. Senior management rewards themselves with large bonuses while their products list numerous defects and the supply chain dynamics deliver damaged packages. Employees nervous about their futures within the company

Advice to Senior Management – Bring jobs back to USA, especially engineering and manufacturing. Spend on marketing and operations so most products don't sit on shelves without recognition or visible box damage. Apply stricter quality controls in manufacturing to avoid releasing defective products.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at HARMAN International full-time

Pros – top class products for industry

Cons – low salary, ceo focus only on cost

Advice to Senior Management – longterm view with retaining talents

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at HARMAN International full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good opportunities to be an Automotive expert.

Cons – Often worked over time and too many jobs.

Advice to Senior Management – Reasonable to assign job loads.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at HARMAN International full-time

Pros – - challanging environment
- constant growth of business
- global organization
- sexy products

Cons – - constant pressure, limited ressources
- very financial metrics driven
- quarterly thinking, no long term planing

Advice to Senior Management – know your business better and have more respect for your stakeholders

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend