H&S Reviews

3.7

77% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)
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Elizabeth Harrison

81% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

H&S has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The H&S employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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39 reviews
1.0
24 Jan 2016

Stay away from admin roles

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great for building your resume and moving onto a more reputable company. Rotating summer Fridays. I imagine that if you stay long enough, there would be room for growth since the door is always revolving.

Cons

The most toxic job I have ever had. People were constantly coming and going in the few months that I was there. The principal was the most condescending, nasty human being I have ever had to work with. Several people in higher positions at H&S fed off of her energy and helped foster a negative work environment. The other co-founder was equally nasty, if not worse from the brief phone conversations I had to endure with her. I had to often be the principal's assistant (unwillingly) due to some transition and was paid a pittance. Such a pittance, that the HR manager that hired me increased the offer that I accepted to a measly $13/ hour. I would have to plan trips for the principal and her mother, locate things that she lost by calling places that she frequented that day, and order her salad for lunch with her favorite dressing but wait, she didn't even know the name of it! I had to call her previous assistant to figure it out. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Needless to say, the days when I had to wear the assistant hat were nothing short of miserable. The hours were extremely long and there really was no work-life balance.

1.0
21 Jan 2015

How is this company still in business?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have to enter five words but honestly cant think of one, i mean even their magazine subscriptions are out of date.

Cons

CEO think's she is Anna Wintour but hasnt done anything notable in over a decade

4.0
12 Feb 2016
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Pros

Worked in the LA office directly under the Principal for over a year. Normal tasks included scheduling and follow up, and a lot of writing... Blogs, pitches, social media, decks, etc. Though she is very tough, she is actually a very considerate boss. She encouraged my creative input when it came to writing, event production and pretty much anything else. She apologized when she (rarely) sprung last-minute requests on me, and she fully understood (and encouraged) I had a life beyond my job. This was a very valuable experience. She is very insistent that her assistant learn something and if you do a good job on her desk, you WILL be promoted. Also 2 weeks vacation over the holidays and rotating summer Fridays (but you rarely get them off when you are an EA).

Cons

Long hours at times. Pay is not great. Very diirty office with no parking (which has since relocated); and at the time there was a lot of drama between employees who are no longer there. Director was unfriendly.

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