Harlequin Enterprises Reviews
Updated Oct 22, 2020
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Pros
"Great co workers and relatively good work life balance" (in 15 reviews)
"work environment" (in 5 reviews)
Cons
"take too long" (in 2 reviews)
"stress leave" (in 2 reviews)
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"would go back"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than a year
Pros
interesting and challenging, a lot of talented people across all departments
Cons
at the time a lot of the employees had worked together for years and had formed groups that were difficult to join
Pros
Good accessibility as location is downtown close to subway and Union station.
Cons
Did not feel supported in a profesional sense.
"good company, industry in transition"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
opportunity to work on books with good authors
Cons
a lot of stressors from industry in transition
"A great place to work."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Interesting work which makes a contribution to culture. Supportive and engaged colleagues. Positive environment for learning and growth.
Cons
Workload can be heavy but that is the nature of the business. Changing retail environment for our products.
Continue reading- Helpful (8)
"Favouritism /unfair/slow progression/lack of leadership"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
work life balance downtown location (close to transit)
Cons
Many people have been here for 15+ years and have just made their way up being friends with the "right people". The organization is top heavy HR is non existent. I dont see the HR reps since moving downtown. They dont care if employees are successful and progressing in their careers. They only care of their own jobs and try to keep things from employees. Half the company is on medical and stress leave (saying something about the environment)but people are not told and are expected to cover the person who has gone on leave without added compensation or clear direction There is a huge play on 'favouritism'. If you are a part of the correct group of people then you have MANY benefits like working from home while babysitting the kids and not paying for daycare, working 5 hours a day, or just decide to take the day off without letting anyone know. While if you are not a part of that and just sincere then you have to show up every single day (even if its ice rain and snow), not allowed to work from home and dont get any compensation. There is a complete lack of leadership. Most managers are fearful of speaking their mind in order to save their own jobs. The attitude is to let things be the way it is because if someone ruffles feathers, they will be looked as the 'disturber' The company isnt doing well and the way the leadership takes things and manages the company, it wont take too long for the higher up bosses in New York to take an action and there will be many consequences for many people and jobs, unfortunately for those who also work hard.
Continue reading - Helpful (4)
"Great work life balance, poor leaders at the top"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Co-workers are friendly. Good work life balance. Lots of opportunity to work on interesting projects.
Cons
No clear direction from leadership team. Decisions are made with no input from people below the VP level. Always being asked to do more with less, and then leadership team is surprised when numerous people go out on stress leave. HR is pretty useless.
Continue reading - Helpful (2)
"Harlequin"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
New employees are treated very well
Cons
less care given to long-standing employees
- Helpful (3)
"Ok"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great co workers and relatively good work life balance
Cons
Leadership is outdated and exercises heavy favoritism. They claim to be innovative and current when in fact the business practices are anything but.
- Helpful (3)
"Nowhere to go"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
I have been working at Harlequin Enterprises full-time
Pros
Great people trying their best.
Cons
The company is very slow to advance people. There's no clear track for advancement, and the metrics for success in any given position are largely a mystery.
- Helpful (2)
"Old-Fashioned Company, very slow to innovate"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Harlequin Enterprises full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Good benefits - Free books - Bought out by HarperCollins Canada, Harper Collins is cool
Cons
- Corporate culture can be toxic - a lot of the employees have worked there for 10-20+ years and are very stuck in their ways - Very blame oriented, everyone needs to point a finger and be reprimanded BEFORE a solution can be found - A lot of inefficient processes
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