"I joined this company a few months ago looking for a senior role. The company seemed nice on the surface, but the longer I spent time there, the more dysfunction I started seeing below the surface. The manager was very non-communicative and liked to micro-manage the small number of developers (about 4 total) that were there. The code that was previously written for the various projects that they do have was very sporadic in terms of both organization and efficiency. The only project that I was allowed to work on involved PowerApps and I was forced to use an Excel sheet as a backend database. As a senior developer in a senior role, I had expected to be actively contributing to ongoing projects and having some input on code structure and other efficiencies but later learned that Harvard Maintenance had out-sourced those to overseas developers and that there was actually very little opportunity to work on anything code-related. Coming into the role, I expected to be working on .Net core APIs as well as some Angular front-end apps. I got to work on neither. The code reviews on the items that I did work on were fine. The manager insisted on reviewing code from all developers in lengthy meetings going line-by-line, which IMO was time-consuming and inefficient. We used Jira as a ticketing system. The tickets (written by the manager) themselves lacked detail and when asked for specifics, none were given. Obviously, you can't start working on an item without specifics. In my opinion, I saw this as a career dead-end and left."
"Horrible management, pay is lousy for all the slack you pick up from your "leaders", and don't respect hardworking people. Newer order cleaning supply, you have to beg them to bring new, clean rugs. Even you you want to clean good, you can't. It is a struggle to work for managers who don't care. Bad company to work for."
What do you like about working at Harvard Maintenance?
"Everyday challenges."
What don't you like about working at Harvard Maintenance?
"How vacations/time off is arranged."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"They need to be more approachable."
Harvard Maintenance has an overall rating of 2.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 4 Harvard Maintenance Review Ratings left anonymously by Harvard Maintenance employees, which is 31% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 50% of employees would recommend working at Harvard Maintenance.
Harvard Maintenance employees earn $50,500 annually on average, or $24 per hour, which is 23% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 2 Harvard Maintenance employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Harvard Maintenance Salaries by Job Title.
50% of employees would recommend working at Harvard Maintenance with the overall rating of 2.7 out of 5. Employees also rated Harvard Maintenance 3.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.1 for Rewards You Receive, 2.5 for Growth Opportunities and 2.5 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at Harvard Maintenance is a Account Executive at $81,000 annually. Browse Harvard Maintenance Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Harvard Maintenance is a HR Administrative Assistant at $24,000 annually. Browse Harvard Maintenance Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Harvard Maintenance to be Company Culture, People You Work With and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Growth Opportunities and Person You Work For.
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