Thread regarding Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. layoffs

More layoffs on September 17th

No clue who is getting the axe but they have already happened. We will find out later today. It’s never ending. They lie to our faces every time.


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@14k I'd like to add Karen Limbacher to that list. Talk about incompetence and deceitfulness.

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Post ID: @14m+1m2r08ntf

Will someone please let me know when the windbag Katie Crowe-Lile is let go so I can go outside and do a little dance in the street?

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Post ID: @14k+1m2r08ntf

@142 all over don’t believe a word

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Post ID: @14e+1m2r08ntf

Cutting your way to health is not the way. Figure out how to run a business. Letting people go then posting you have jobs in research is stupid. Good sales people research. Know who you lay off before you ignorantly do so. There are so many things wrong here. We are mad at who was let go and fear we are next even if we are good and hitting goals or close. Apparently that doesn’t matter though.

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Post ID: @14d+1m2r08ntf

@ww Where did you hear this?

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Post ID: @142+1m2r08ntf

@12k being run by complete freaking id--ts

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Post ID: @12n+1m2r08ntf

I can't believe I gave them nearly 15 years of my life only to be canned just a few years before retirement time. I resent this company more and more with each passing day.

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Post ID: @12k+1m2r08ntf

@qf right like Sabine w doing puff pieces about herself all over LinkedIn while exiling her salesforce. We all see the “look at me” vibes trying to save a lackluster career bouncing around.

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Post ID: @12d+1m2r08ntf

@zy comments have been made nwea will stay standalone but I don't believe that either.

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Post ID: @114+1m2r08ntf

Sabine will run NWEA into the ground like she did Renaissance. There’s a reason she works in 1-3 year increments.

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Post ID: @10r+1m2r08ntf

Oh boy the engagement survey just went out. Gloves off, let 'em have it

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Post ID: @10e+1m2r08ntf

I expect NWEA to be fully absorbed by EOY. Looking for a jobs now.

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Post ID: @zy+1m2r08ntf

@wj it’s layoff 2 of 3.

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Post ID: @ww+1m2r08ntf

@k9 oh no - still one more layoff coming?? any idea when/which teams?

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Post ID: @wj+1m2r08ntf

Quota credit is like Oprah. You get credit, you get credit, you get credit. Desperate. Causes confusion, causes ill will, causes imbalances.

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Post ID: @vg+1m2r08ntf

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt was a titan. Now it’s pathetic. Well done, veritas.

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Post ID: @vf+1m2r08ntf

@a2 sales were hit too which is d-mb

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Post ID: @ve+1m2r08ntf

Company is being run into the ground. Into Lit & Into Reading aren’t on approved state lists. Also got hosed in math in California textbook adoption last year.

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Post ID: @v8+1m2r08ntf

Jack don’t give af he’ll record his town hall message and go golf with his silver club and slick hair.

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Post ID: @v7+1m2r08ntf

HMH is unstable. Run. Don’t walk.

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Post ID: @v5+1m2r08ntf

More like missed by 400 mil

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Post ID: @sb+1m2r08ntf

Veritas isn't anywhere near done with layoffs. Junk bond rating, a need to refinance a debt load they already cannot afford, rising interest rates, and years of incompetent management by Jack and his misfits. Does anyone really think that they aren't at the end of their "financial rope". Incompetence can only continue so long, then you run out of money. HMH is a classic zombie company. The clock is ticking down. Getting laid off with severance is better than the last group out the door that won't get anything.

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Post ID: @qz+1m2r08ntf

Where is the accountability in management? Why are they being spared with bloated salaries and bottomless spending for expenses and customer entertainment?

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Post ID: @qf+1m2r08ntf

Red October is still a holiday for HMH.

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Post ID: @q3+1m2r08ntf

@me or I should say she says she went to Stamford, but she’s on educated on how to run a company.

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Post ID: @mf+1m2r08ntf

They laid off center for model schools and nwea reps. This is layoff 2 of 3 I’ve been told. They missed their goal as a company by 300 million. They even let go of high performers because they are costly with high bases. They cut the entire center for model schools team - which was stupid as it was doing well. Veritas should not have education companies in their portfolio, they don’t get that schools have 0 dollars right now as they are using extra dollars for rising fuel prices for bussing.

Nwea makes no sense with having account managers fly into territories when an AE lives right there. There was a definite better way to save money over cutting reps that were high performers.

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Post ID: @k9+1m2r08ntf

Does this mean our usual Oct layoff won't happen? Or will we now have a third round....?

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Post ID: @ax+1m2r08ntf

I heard it was folks on the customer success team, but I also don’t know the full scope.

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