Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Reviews

Pros

- Nice and welcoming people - Collaboration and communication in the team and between teams on a very good level - Orientation to use new technologies - Excellent place to work - Opportunities to improve your knowledge in every aspect - Excellent office location - Excellent work-life balance

Cons

In 3 and a half months didn't find any cons which could be worth mentioning

Pros

- Unbeatable work-life balance; flexible hours, working from home is available (albeit see advice to management below), summer hours, working late is extremely rare. Infinitely better than previous roles I've had. - Positive workplace atmosphere: people are friendly, helpful, and relaxed - Great team dynamics: on the teams I've been on, the collaborative spirit makes problem-solving a blast - Interesting technology and industry: Working with the ReactJS framework in the edtech space is challenging and educational (pun not intended) - Office is handily located in city centre with great transport options (by Dublin standards)

Cons

- Attempts to harmonize processes and technologies across all engineering teams cause needless friction for questionable gain - Unnecessary meetings...probably universal to all companies

Pros

Great people, working on leading technology solutions for the education sector. Great work-life balance, and an employee-first organisation which prioritises a positive, inclusive culture. I have worked here for 10 years and have seen the company transform over those years, improving all the time. Agile work practices, led from the Dublin site, are well embedded in our teams.

Cons

Although we are focused on building an enterprise-standard education platform, we have a legacy of older tech and bad practices which still impacts some aspects of work. Each year sees continuous improvement & innovation, however.

Pros

Its all about the kids, 40 million of them and counting use the e-learning platform.

Cons

Its just so frustrating to work there. Majority of staff are legacy print people who dont get the e-learning business - which pays the bills

Pros

The people I work with - generally a positive attitude; flexibility (work from home, summer hours program allows for flexitime - would be good to have this formalised at other times of year); the industry we're in is education and learning - which has a feelgood factor. The company has made a good effort to recognize and acknowledge people's contributions, in different ways (public shout-outs, awards, rewards) but could do more of this.

Cons

Sometimes hard to affect change (functions spread out across business groups, can take time to identify the right person/team - but mostly positive when have the right people).