Learning something new ever week in a Unique Corporate Business Model - Vice President of Sales and Marketing Harris Computer Employee Review

5.0
1 June 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Harris was a great learning opportunity. I was exposed to many things that in most other companies I would never had the opportunity to participate in such as M&A activities including due diligence. I learned a lot from the "good financial discipline brings good business discipline philosophy" of Harris. I knew I learned quite a few things at Harris but I didn't really realize how much I learned until working in a new position outside of Harris. Their unique way of running business units (divisions) as their own mini corporations gave alot of autonomy as a leader at the business unit level that you do not have in any other 10,000+ employee company. (CSI)

Cons

In my opinion, as a leader at Harris it takes about 3 years to "get Harris" and their unique business methodologies. It is a totally unique business model in a large public company. (CSI). While it is a plus, and a strength, it is also the biggest challenge.

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Harris Computer Response
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Thank you for this thoughtful and honest review! Mentoring new hires is a great suggestion and one we are working to implement. We agree it takes longer than we would like to 'get harris' and your feedback will help us create better learning programs to speed up this process.

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to work for, though they are all about the next thing to acquire.

Cons

401K plan is a 'maybe we will match' type thing. Could be much better.

3.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It (mostly) pays the bills. Your day to day experience will depend entirely on the business unit you are in and your localized management.

Cons

Compensation is low. Their business model is just continuously acquiring established software companies, gutting them, and rebuilding them according to their model. Standard corporate experience. They will pay you as little as possible to retain you, and do things like changing the structure of HSA contributions to save a buck.

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