Harley-Davidson, Inc. reviews

So much. I was laid off in July after being relocated with family just a year earlier, put in a position where I was locked into a relocation agreement for another year so I couldn’t proactively look for a job, then tossed out into a weak job market in a city where I had yet to build a work network. I’ve been very fortunate to find work elsewhere, but H-Ds treatment was horrible. The director I worked under was hands down the worst leader I’ve ever encountered. He had a history of failures but rather than getting rid of him he was just moved around where his failures would have a lower impact. He offered no insight or support for the department. People referred to him as a “bulldog” because he’d lose his mind on people (scream, swear) in meetings...and they acted like that was a compliment. That sums up the H-D culture in a nutshell. Beyond that, I was completely on my own from day one. No one offered any training or help. No one seemed to even know how to do their own jobs. Leadership was constantly changing, and each time they overhauled everything just to put their own signature on things, halting any progress. They threw out any plans to build a viable future with Jochen zeitz coming in and pandering to investors that are looking for a quick cash in before H-D takes its final hits with its aging demographic and goes under. I went from feeling like a confident, accomplished professional with 10 years of great experience to being completely beat down, berated and having my confidence destroyed in under a year. I can’t even express how happy I am that I am out of H-D.

The company has a tendency to sign up for too much work and don't always know how to stop work that is not necessary. If you are a high performer there is a feeling or perception that you can not say no to work.