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Harmonic-Inc

Beyond the terrible management in this company, from the CEO (PH) on down, the day to day life is pretty miserable as well.  Senior management is only concerned with creating shares of stock to give to themselves, while at the same time, taking away RSUs for the employees.  Poor business decisions, purchased companies that fail and close, and yet bring nothing to the Harmonic table was very common.  

401(k) match was only 1% and they kept telling us that was the industry standard, what a joke.  That was the same story for 11 years, except when they took away any match for a year or two.  On top of that, they have a $1K annual max match.  Industry standard?  What industry?

Department management never cared about the employees because they were equally as worried about being let go as everyone else was.  Staff reductions are common here, yet it seems the most under-qualified managers keep their jobs.  In 30+years of being in communications or technology companies, I never saw so many poor managers in one place, it was almost comical.  

The pay was somewhat fair, not great but not the worst, for the greater SJ area, it wasn't that good though.  Benefits were decent but very expensive.  I know all insurance is getting pricey but Harmonic kept telling us that they were absorbing the increases for us but then the deductibles/copays would go through the roof.  

I could go on but I think you get the picture.  The company is poorly managed and seems to exist only to keep the board rolling in money at the employee's and share holder's expense.  The is zero respect or care giving about employees here.  If you're looking for a job to pay bills for a while, it'll do but if you care about your future and working for a proud, respected company, keep looking.  Even worse, hearing our customers share the same sentiments about Harmonic, not well respected there either.  The said thing is, they have some tremendous technical talent in there but they are beaten down and so many of the good ones leave.  As did I.  

Stay away if you can, unless you need some quick lines on a resume for the next gig.  I would certainly not recommend this to anyone looking for a company to call home.

Employees are treating as tools at this company.  With repeated requests for training, very little is ever provided and then you're punished for not training yourself, which is very difficult when the only time we'd see new equipment is when it was at the customer site. The management is a joke, they're more afraid of losing their jobs than they are in making the right decisions.  Also, managers are put into their positions only because they threaten to leave with their knowledge or skills, not because they can actually manage or are friends with senior leaders. With 10+ years at Harmonic I can say that only some senior level managers are OK but that's where it ends. The CEO knows only how to destroy the few things the company does correctly and then creates stock shares to give to himself and the board, further diluting the already lousy stock price. This company is the personal piggy bank of the board.  Period. There are lots of excellent employees,  even with the ones that already left for better places, which is the only redeeming value of working here.  Excellent engineers are everywhere but are all held back with the lackluster performance of the executive leadership. They even had to sell/trade off a huge part of the company in order to secure a large sale to Comcast because they can't stand on their own merit, Comcast knew and took advantage of it,  I would have too.  I hope they survive, for the sake of the majority of people but the leadership needs to go away first.

Harmonic is a company with fairly decent technology, loyal customers, a good base of employees, BUT absolutely HORRIBLE Executive Management.

Executive Management team has no clue about how to manage a company and business.  They have spread the company all over the world which causes significant loss of efficiency and is a major cause of stress for employees.  The corporate strategy is one that is based on hope and lacks followthrough in execution as most Executives won't distribute the authority needed down to the line managers, yet they are too busy being "Executives" to actually get involved in the tactics of execution.

The Corporate culture is caustic, with only the old, old Execs continuing to stay with the company.  Any and all Executives that have been brought in from the outside have either quit or being laid off.  This culture of micromanagement, disrespect, and intimidation is so bad at the top that it has started wearing off at the lower levels and once collaborative personnel have become "mini me" versions of the Executives.

Worked for Harmonic for 8 years, however reported to 7 different bosses within that time. Very hard to advance when your boss changes every year. Was told of advancements many times but when the time came the boss would leave the company. They seem to bring in new people that have no knowledge of process and pay them twice as much as the people with the knowledge and time put in.

 The general work environment and people are good. However different functions/groups are held to different work standards.

Was a learning experience to say the least. Wouldn't see them being in business to much longer without a buyout.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving it because they were trying to force people to sign off bad product

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having them attempt to force bad product to be signed off by myself. Being screamed at by managers in the middle of the plant and horrifically nasty emails being sent by managers.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The building is clean as a whistle. The management is dirty.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful. Minimal training. Friends promoting friends.

I think Harmonic is good company, but not a great company. They have cutting edge products, but some of the business process lag behind. They hire some really great people, but functional groups do not necessarily work well together because of the silo mentality. 

The good things about the place is that you will be compensated fairly; the benefits are good, and you will do meaningful work.  The downside is a real lack of demand planning means that there is a ton of fire drills and everything seems ad hoc.

Processing RMA materials to respective factories to repair.
Learned to always be pro active.
Management is very understanding and can depend on them for help in resolving issues if requested of them.
Always worked with my co-workers as a team.
The most enjoyable part of the job was the job itself (interaction with other departments and personel).


Management at Harmonic was fairly good.  Most of the team really had a good grasp of the internal business and what was required to be successful.  
The company did lack in structure and needs to organize itself in a way that reduces overlap and improves efficiency.

As with so many finance companies in the mid 2000s economy, Harmonic Research fell victim to adverse market conditions and was forced to close its doors. While it was staffed with brilliant and highly experienced people, the economic slump of 2007-2008 was particularly difficult for boutique firms.

Harmonic inc is a good company to work for.
Interesting projects.
Working with many smart people.
Hard part  Management decisions sometimes disappointing.
Need to work with a lot of divisions and groups located around the world in different countries.

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