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software engineer intern

senior product manager

HERE Technologies

I worked for 10 years for here.  Before the company was Here it was Nokia and before that it was Navteq.   When I worked at Navteq I was a geographic technician. 


When I was with Nokia I was a subject Matter Expert in the area of clearing generic errors in 26 databases that were laid out by city.  as the city was mapped out I would fix or find ways to fix errors in the databases.  I held this position for 3 years.

  I was elevated to the title of Technical Specialist at here. While at Here a typical day would start with a 9:00 am meeting to see that the rest of the team was working on.  If anyone had a problem, it would be addressed and another team member would be assigned to assist that team member with any problems that day. with Here  I  managed 10 people in Fargo and 10 people in India in fixing database engineer errors that would be found in the databases of 26 countries.  This was done every quarter for 90 days to incorporate any changes.  I held this position for 4 years. 


I enjoyed training and managing my team and we won awards for our work 3 different times while I was at here.

The management teams I have witnessed are fairly inexperienced given the industry they serve. Not very easy to deal with as a long-term professional in this industry. There is too much complexity to decision-making, and not a lot of autonomy/authority unless you are at Director level or above. In my opinion there are a lot of extremely experienced employees working "under grade", as in there are a lot of people at Director level and above that should not be, whereas the good people that really know the industry and technologies and are worthy of advancement do not get promoted and they leave. There is a lot of unnecessary hiring from the outside, of people that are not necessary well-qualified and are a lot of talk and not a lot of real experience or action. So that makes it somewhat of a depressing work culture.

The current CEO is a visionary. But the layers in between that and Senior/working-level are very questionable.

Company hired an Indian company to replace us.  Made us train them to do our jobs.  Offered a severance with end date, but last minute they realized the outsourcing company still hadn't staffed up to do my job, so they demanded I stay an extra two months past the original agreed date to get my severance package.  They did this to many other people as well.  I refused as I had already found a new job, and they are now holding my severance hostage.  Management lied to my face claiming I accepted the date change and won't let me leave on the original schedule.  Terrible people.

Company financials are terrible under current leadership.  Our org has hired and fired so many upper level managers it's ridiculous  No direction and now they're desperate to fire the people and teams that built the foundations.  Don't waste your time on this company, they won't be around very long.

Working for this company has been a great experience overall. The leadership team is supportive, approachable, and genuinely values employee input. I’ve had the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally, with plenty of training and mentorship available. The work environment is fast-paced but collaborative, and everyone is encouraged to bring new ideas to the table. Communication across departments is strong, and management recognizes and rewards hard work. The company culture emphasizes respect, teamwork, and integrity, which makes it enjoyable to come to work each day. Benefits are competitive, and there’s a healthy focus on work-life balance. Like any company, there are occasional challenges, but the overall atmosphere is positive and motivating. I’ve been able to develop valuable skills, work on meaningful projects, and feel like my contributions truly matter. I’m proud to be part of a company that invests in its people and their success.

What is the best part of working at the company?
R&D staffing is top-notch when it comes to technology.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Constant re-orgs. Lay-offs every year; at least they moved the lay-offs from December (the holiday season) until Q1. Always a layoff after the CEO addresses the company in an All-Hands.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There are pockets of very focused and hard working people. Then there are senior managers that take 6 or more weeks of vacation a year.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You start your day with planned deliverables, but many days you never get to working on your own deliverables because you either inherit someone else's emergency, or your planned deliverables are no longer a focus for the company. (There's too much process).

This is one of the worst company I have ever worked for. Well, it was  Nokia and Nokia is known for it is good benefits and a great support for their employees. However, usually job experience is always related to the managers you report to, and the group of people you are working with. Sometimes, a stupid decision is made to hire VP from the junk so that guy starts to bring all his colleagues that share the same values. Then it turns out to be a zoo. 

The ones in Alpharetta are terrible. Bunch of bodies running the place and have no experience whatsoever. That manager and his friends are taking advantage of the company getting the best laptops and paying for training, travel, and exams and more, while other groups can not even get reimbursed a 150 USD that they paid to pass a technical exam. Open discrimination. it is a very terrible place. They are very unprofessional.

There has been a lot of changes over the years and none really for the best, not too sure why I keep hanging around. There have been rounds of layoffs. 

Management says they want to improve the work place...tic tic tic

There is no growth, company will not help you expand your knowledge. You'll remain at the same position the day you got hired 10 years later, no matter how hard you work. Your pay will also not increase. 

If you're fresh out of college and need a job ASAP this is it, but don't get sucked in too much. 

Benefits are good (insurance, 401K) corporate headquarters has more to offer like a gym and I think free food. If you're in a field office, you're lucky to get water and coffee delivered....they like to not pay the bill. 

Can work from home but that might come to an end. Pretty much can take PTO whenever you want.

This company is among something really BIG in regards to autonomous driving and location cloud.

The co-workers are really nice and the office is a nice place to work (great location in the city).

The company is large enough to take on different projects or opportunities across different organizations

Management is involved in too many of decisions which make the company very slow for a technology company.  Also, many of the support teams do not work together as a team to accomplish the goal (or deal).  There is a lot of red-tape that you need to be able to get through to get anything done.

The Culture needs to change vastly for this company to be very successful in the future.

I worked on our feature recognition team to develop machine learning technology by verifying and correcting what the software attempts to categorize road signs.

We would have a daily scrum to discuss what we had been working on and what we would be working on for the day which was great to keep everyone on the same page.

Recently a new tool was developed for the deep learning software and it has been fun to communicate feedback to our Chicago office to make the tool more efficient and user friendly.

At times it can be a little tedious to be reviewing thousands of road signs detection every day and it does not feel like challenging or full filling work.

The company appears to has significant differences in culture, direction, and attitudes among the various BUs and decisions taken seem somewhat disparate.  

The company embraces contemporary culture and work environments.  They have a number of exciting products that are very forward looking.  The environment is friendly, with open work spaces, a lot of work-remote/work-from home opportunities, and rather ergonomic workstations.

However, they also have many groups that are very conservative, resist change, and are a little behind the times in everything including basic work styles.

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