principal software engineer

software engineer

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data entry clerk

accountant

Harman

I expected better things from HARMAN, seeing how it's such a big name company.  All I know is that there are many divisions and companies in HARMAN and it totally depends on where you work, but where I worked at, I will not disclose location, we had a poor management team.  I worked for one of the under-developed brands of HARMAN, and needless to say it showed!!  They were trying to push out 4 products a year with a small team of engineers, corners being cut left and right, very poor design cycle, at times we were told what to do from some guy on the phone who I'd never seen in my life... in my head I was thinking who the f... is this person that's promising this stupid stuff.  Oh and by the way the products we worked on sucked by my standards.  Over priced pieces of metal in my opinion because there was nothing special about the electronics.  Nonetheless if you're considering taking a job with Harman, ask about which brands you'll be working on, and do your research on that brand because some of their brands do suck... and alot of times what they do is take existing electronics from another company and put it their boxes, which I thought was very disappointing... when I heard that I was thinking why the f... did you hire me if you're going to take something that exists and put in your metal ??  ... In addition you had no opinion there, they only decided to listen to my opinion when I told them I was leaving for another company

A typical day of work involves managing over 10 separate projects with a small international and local team. I manage all certification testing and am responsible for creating and maintaining processes for each certification that is required for each project.

 In addition to management, I also regularly apply my technical knowledge and skills in Validation testing to lend support to my team and others. I love the balance of technical and managerial responsibilities as it keeps me on my toes and allows me to constantly learn new things.

Working at Harman has taught me a lot in terms of technical skill, teamwork, maintaining a positive atmosphere while remaining efficient and most of all, adapting to an always changing environment.

I get along with all of my co-workers and love them to death, as they make the job even more enjoyable. As Harman has been going through a lot of development and growth in the past 4 years I have worked there, we have all changed with it, and I believe our willingness to do so sets us apart from most other companies!

• a typical day at work
Working on production environments is always been busy and pressured. 

• what you learned
Working on a small to have to be yes mam, specially on no fault state commonwealth.
  
• management
Management at Franklin Facility has poor decisions making, they only think about their self and home grown decision, they never been outside Franklin.

• your co-workers
Working on a small town and being none white even if I am American citizen, some of them can’t accept the fact that I am higher rank than them. They brown nose to the supervisor and do everything to put me down, the sad part, supervisor allowed them.

• the hardest part of the job
Working on a small town and being none white even if I am American citizen, management treat me like dirt bags.

• the most enjoyable part of the job
When I found an issue with the product during production, after my analysis I give feed back to the Engineering for future improvement.

 I work at the glenburnie location and this is what I see on a daily basis. Managers and team leads turn a blind eye to violations committed by individuals of there’s choosing but punish others to the fullest extent. Material to actually do your job is either missing or wrong, you have to beg for tools or basically anything, unless you’re one of the few. There is no room for advancement, the only ones that do are already picked out. You will work mandatory fridays, they are as of this review not optional and you will be pointed for not coming in. There is some good eggs, but those are few and far in between. If you’ve been sitting at home for the past six months or just need a job then this may be the place for you. Don’t get comfortable in one spot, you will get moved. And don’t make too close of friends, people don’t tend to stick around long. Even the raffles they have are rigged!! Ask anyone who has worked there awhile! If you are brave enough to work here I would strongly suggest finding a new job as soon as possible…

Environment:
Threatening, Quality managers walk to your desk and force you to raise your voice to customers and suppliers. 

Management:
Poor managers from VPs to Project Managers.  3 hour lunches (politics to show they are in early and stay late) and only working 5 hour days while everyone else is working typical 8 hours.

Managers have moved from technician roles into managing 8-10 people at once.  (Needless to say they are not able to handle it and they can not run a project to be successful)

Co-workers:
Incompetent, unwilling to work with you to learn new technology, Indianapolis location employees are waiting for they bonus from the buyout while new employees are doing the work.   Employees here are threatened and intimidated with no retaliation.

Do what I say and don't think about it attitude across the team.

- Very Good colleagues, Clean Place, Good salary & Benefits 
- No leadership in Management, Typical Favor-ism  
- zero appreciation from executives for tasks well done.
- Only favorites move up, lot of brown nosing required for promotion
- Almost zero 1:1 times with reporting manager
- Everyone is overworked 
- Zero accountability by cross-functional teams, you get blame for everything.
- Job description not clearly defined, Managers change direction on weekly basis, Yelled at for sending updates via email because he is busy. 
- Forget about challenging your managers decisions even with facts, even skip levels wont help. Management protects each other and not care about the working bees. HR standing up for you is a joke.
- Rude Managers handpick minority employees and treat them like step-children.  
- Biased assessments, Most Vocal/challenging employees are framed with low performance rating using bogus claims to punish them.

I worked at Harman for years and it started off as a great career. The coworkers were great and management was good. Once leadership changed, the job went downhill. 

I stopped getting annual raises and was treated unfairly after the company lied to the employees saying they were building a new facility in Mexico and the would not move.  Long story short, they moved and we all lost our jobs. To make matters worse, I along with others had to train our replacements.

What started off as a great place to work, later became a terrible place towards the end.  As I tried to advance and move up in the company, I was told my experience (within) the company didn't matter and was denied a promotion. However, others who did not have experience and no degree was promoted and made more than I did. Overall, the company went down but the salary was better than the majority of the companies out there.

With such troubling times looming over the automotive industry , Harman in not exempt in the question of job security. In the past few years the design teams and project management have really let the Harman name down. Customers are leaving for other suppliers, Harman doesn't market to enough platforms and the market is very difficult to survive only being what is thought to be "high end" audio components. Supplier issues along with engineering stumbles time and time again are taking it's toll on the company. So much , the talk of best cost country is an hourly talk among management. And the US is not leading the way according to new management. It's a troubling time, but with hard work and hopefully some management changes and realignments throughout the company, Harman will be what it was once known for.

I am grateful for my 10 year work experience at HARMAN, Inc.  

There are many positives that were experienced during my tenure as the Account interface and development  marketing leader for North American and North American Based - European Automotive OEM Accounts.

The company has and continues to be very dynamic and growth oriented with an amazing portfolio of acoustic, mobility, and connected vehicle solutions products and branded technologies. 

HARMAN is a very challenging and demanding work environment that most employees are not able to handle for more than a few years. Balancing work, family, and health will be a challenge for any new employee on the team.

The company is a nice company to work for.  Employees are generally helpful in other depoartments, however in one department they did not treat contract workers the same as company employees.  I don't think this is something that is company wide because when dealing with other departments in other divisions they were very friendly and helpful.  

The work was challenging and no two days were ever the same.  You were exposed to a variety of duties to check that customer standards and quality guidelines are being met before the product goes into production.  

The hardest part of the job was that it was hard to get people in your department to help you, if you had a question or wanted to clarify how you should proceed.  Few people wanted to take the time to answer questions or work as a team.

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