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27 Boylston Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
United States
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(617) 232-8200
Fax: (617) 739-1395
www.harcourtgeneral.com
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Harcourt General employees say that their "initial worries" about the company's restructuring moves have been "laid to rest." By leaving office procedures "intact" and by "stressing departmental autonomy," the top management has "earned the trust" of those who have worked for Harcourt Brace before it was acquired by General Cinemas. The trust works both ways, say insiders. As one explains it, "Within the first year of the buyout, we showed ourselves to be so successful, the corporate parent spun off the General Cinema chain to be its own company and renamed the corporate parent Harcourt Gen......
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Employer Type: Public Company
Stock Symbol: H
Stock Exchange: NYSE
Chairman: Patrick J. (Pat) Tierney
2005 Employees: 5,400
2005 Revenue ($ mil.):
1,550
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Flexible benefits package
Opportunity to work from home in some positions
Advancement opportunities
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Recent corporate restructuring
Low salary
Lack of diversity in upper management
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Harcourt General employee surveys are collected by Vault editors, Vault Gold Surveys provide detailed information on jobs and employment at specific employers.
Sales Representative, USA (April 2, 2008)
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Employee Workplace: Currently we are undergoing a company merger with Houghton Mifflin so I
will talk about pre-merger ... READ MORE
Interview & Recruiting: I had an initial phone interview with HR and was then passed on to a
phone interview with my curren... READ MORE
Salary & Compensation: $73,000 with a yearly commission OTE of anywhere from $5,000 on the low
end to about $40,000 on the... READ MORE
Business Outlook: This company is going through some serious growing pains right now
because of a merger. It has jus... READ MORE
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Sales Representative, MD (December 11, 2006)
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Employee Workplace: Superb employee; treats employees v/well. Full package; culture
dictated by the NSM who was, in all... READ MORE
Interview & Recruiting: Professional all the way thru; headhunter in the first round who was
not the typical pimp. RVP a pr... READ MORE
Salary & Compensation: Base fine, vacation, d/o, car, cell, land and fax line, pc connection
and a reasonable t&e package ... READ MORE
Business Outlook: Unclear; I'll have better information after January meeting. They
didn't have a good read in my ter... READ MORE
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Sales Representative, MD (August 1, 2006)
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Employee Workplace: All resources, full package, excellent company structure and support.
Excellent understanding of ma... READ MORE
Interview & Recruiting: Solid process, carefully weighted, prompt response. READ MORE
Salary & Compensation: Package excellent, benefits and retirement based on old system as
company is owned be EU conglomera... READ MORE
Business Outlook: Favorable in a difficult environment. Full understanding of existing
issues. Rapid deployment of re... READ MORE
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