This month's value is Respect of the Individual. Our values are in no particular order, however, this one does top them all. The rest of our values are not sustainable without a solid base of respect.
Empowerment at the point of contact is the value we are focusing on this month. To us, empowering employees means giving them permission to take action and make decisions within the organization. It also means there is trust and understanding in place to ensure these actions are in line with company goals.
I have been working at Harris Computer full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Plenty of opportunities to move between business units within Harris to further your carer, positively encourages a good work life balance, excellent work flexibility and competitive salaries & benefits.
Cons
Because Harris is such a big company with many different business units company processes can be long-winded.
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Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Harris Computer (Ottawa, ON (Canada)) in January 2009.
Interview
The phone interview was really basic, just normal things such as what have you done in the past, skills and experiences, the best project you have worked on, and what your looking for.
The 1:1 interview onsite had no technical questions during my time, all I did is explain what I did in the past and how I did it. So we just did a conversation and got the offer on the same day which was better than all the offers I got lying on the table.
It is no longer like that anymore, the interview process sucks really hard right now. I am surprised at the technical questions you get now, they have nothing to do with the job and the person asking these questions doesn't even obide to those rules. All they do is get a recruiting book and pick a question from those books.
The HR explained about the bonus structure which was at that time 30% of your salary multiplied by company performance (which was around 50% at that time). That is pretty good, considering it isn't tied to your individual performance. As well, if you perform individually, you get merit pay which is around $5000 yearly. This is all changed now, you get way less now.
Since they have changed directions completely (after 4 years), The quality of employees they hire is not to par. They are just average developers that are just looking for a job to get paid. Not a job of excitement.
If you want a job that isn't stressful something like the government but private sector and retire there, then it might be great. But don't expect innovation nor talent.
Interview Questions
Negotiation
I asked for more to be competitive with the local community and the matched it.
