McGraw Hill Financial Employer Reviews

I am still traumatized by working there.

Poor training, micro-managing, non-existent work life balance.

Clique-y, back-stabbing, never felt secure in my position despite being 10% over target. If the regional manager was havinga bad day, then you can bet you're gonna have a bad day too!

If you are a size 0, vegan single woman with no life outside – more... of your job then you'll be very happy there.

Otherwise run far, run fast. – less

I was hired to full a position that had been vacant for more than six months. It was a highly stressful position with much to do and little turn around time on projects. Unfortunately, there seemed to be some conflict between my managers expectations and those of management, the latter of which informed my contract and my decision to take on the job – more... in the first place. Given that this was a commuting job, I was told by management that I would have at least two work-from-home days per week and that I could meet directly with authors -- whatever it took to ready key final draft manuscripts. Within a few weeks, it was clear that my immediate manager was not in agreement with this arrangement, and I was forced to commute daily, After spending upwards of 40 hours commuting weekly for an already stressful job, I determined this was not the job for me. – less

You have to wear many hats during a typical day but it was very rewarding.

I have learned during the years to trust management and support your fellow co-workers.

Management was very supportive; mentoring was a must during my time at McGraw-Hill.

Hardest part of my job during the past two years was the extra work load during two major system changes.

The – more... most rewarding part of my job was training the offshore team during the transition time. I had written many standard operation procedures for the team. We worked many 12 hour days but when it was said and done it felt very rewarding. – less

Except for the large south-facing window, office space is dull, spartan, and lacks the amenities you'd expect from an established and successful company. Management is functional, but at times petty, chauvanistic, sour, unwilling to teach, unwilling to be taught, and generally lacks knowledge of financial markets & investments.

The hours are fair and – more... flexible. Starting, there are no benefits, and only meager hourly pay between $13-15/hr. Advancement is slow unless you bat your eyes and pretend to care.

The work itself is entirely unchallenging, mind-numbing, and headache-inducing. It involving phone calls, emails, and googling for pension research. I.e., you invest nothing in your future earnings potential because you do not acquire any marketable skills working there. Hence why this position is for the unambitious.

Coworkers are kind, mild, and on average middle-aged, with a distribution skewed somewhat left skewed. A few recent college grads liven the atmosphere. Otherwise, be prepared to talk about what you packed for lunch and fantasy baseball.

Starting, expect to waste an exorbitant amount of time asking companies to disclose private financial information; a 5-11% success rate is typical. As time progresses, you will be doing the same thing, but be asked to request more information from companies, which makes them less likely to inform you.

Overall: It's not a terrible place to work, just be advised that it is a slow-moving company with low pay, no benefits, and little room for advancement, and again, there's no SOE, no data analysis, no programming, and very little SQL. – less

there were goals and quota's set each day. The day went very fast to obtain the goals and quota's. Calling customer's, maintaining their accounts to keep current and reconciled discrepancies.
Loved the work.

This is a great credit union for people looking for a start as a teller. You will quickly learn about all of the various credit union products. The hours and locations are also great for students and working parents. The credit union has three locations in Manhattan which are easily accessible by multiple subway trains.

The headquarters is located – more... in East Windsor, NJ so it is sometimes difficult to express your interest in becoming a member service representative or a branch manager. Compensation and annual raises were always pretty low as well. – less

Process garnishments such as child support, bankruptcies, wage execution orders, etc. Validate and reconcile garnishments on a weekly, bi-weekly and semi-monthly basis whenever payroll would run. Also reconciled bank reconciliation for payroll runs, would approve and have file sent to bank for distribution. Placed stop payment on checks thru banking – more... system and would validate if checks were paid/unpaid. I also processed unclaimed properties and would request checks to be reissued.

Learned many new procedures with the company and had the opportunity to make changes with automation. I enjoyed all aspects of my job function and was always eager to learn more. – less

Too many re-orgs, too much middle-management, not enough empowerment

the company is going through a transformation. The recruitment function has been outsourced. The entire department has been re-organized.

A good company to work for...

Fast-paced environment
Managment is performance driven
Co-workers become life-long friends
At times workload can be very heavy

I like working here. Work is generally easy. Nice managers and co-workers.

Lack of strategy and direction hampered the company's ability to compete in a declining market. Great products and great people but weak executive leadership.

Was a pleasant enjoyable place to work. They down sized. Would have worked there till I retired.

Training was given on an on the fly basis and usually after you had not done something correctly

McGraw-Hill Companies is a great company to work, it has good leader, good compensation, diversity culture, job advancement.

no value for people no long term career. good for short term make ref for new job and move on

In my estimation this company lacks the management and technical tools to effectively create the necessary work environment for motivated and progressive professionals. They also have great expectations whe it comes to great delivery, but fail in pay. I hear the benefits are ok, I haven't yet used them to know.

I do enjoy the people that I work with.

In the process of splitting into two distinct companies. One focusing on their education business and the other on their Financial services.

I enjoyed my MGH life learned a lot and as a retiree MGH still acknowledge their retirees.

It was good everyone where kind, and very interactive. Working with McGraw Hill i learned a lot about computer , and also how to communicate with people in a very professional way. The management was great i don't have anything bad to say about it. My co-workers always there to help out, very kind and friendly. I would say the hardest part for me was – more... when i first started and didn't really have to much experience with the new equipment on the computer. The best part was being able to meet new people and create a bond with them as time progress. – less