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3.0

Collaborative Environment

Anonymous (Current Employee) – Shakopee, MN – January 3, 2019

Unbelievable employee turnover at all levels in the marketing and product management team over the past few years. High workload. Study this place very carefully if you are considering joining them.
There was no new employee on boarding process; the person I reported to was not available. There wasn't really a process in place for different business units to work with branding, so often times they just went ahead and produced materials themselves, out of necessity.

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5.0

It was coming to my second family

SR ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANT (Former Employee) – DTC – December 29, 2018

I enjoyed working for Entrust. I just hate that I was laid off. No hard feelings. I gave my life to this company. Coming to work was fun. Everyone did their job. Was not stressful

Pros

Good people

Cons

There were none

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5.0

Overall good organization to work for.

Manager (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – October 19, 2018

Work/life balance is a bit hectic if not managed - you can easily put in 10-12 per day as a manager. Focus on the task completions. SLT are tough but fair. Need to improve on structured mentorship program - non-existent.

Pros

Flexible work hours

Cons

Balance work/life

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3.0

Good place to work bad management

IT Specialist (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – July 3, 2018

The work was enjoyable, but the management was sub-par. Didn't really have any goals or an outlook. The culture of the company seemed older around 35+ but had a good atmosphere.

Pros

Atmosphere, flexible

Cons

Management

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2.0

Management

Business Development Representative (Former Employee) – Dallas, TX – June 21, 2018

Entrust Management was abruptly laid off in the acquisition by Datacard. The two businesses are so different although there is one CEO at the helm. Sales Management for Entrust is ineffective. Massive layoffs occur frequently. Sales culture has never taken off and many have left the company on there own.

Pros

Entrust is great for those in Information technology.

Cons

You dont want to establish a sales career at this company.

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4.0

Good place to work but no advancement

Senior Assembler (Current Employee) – Shakopee, MN – May 22, 2018

Good people and decent management, i have overall enjoyed my time at Datacard but there are not very many good opportunity to advance in the company. Raises and bonuses have not been great the last couple years.

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3.0

Company is in Trouble!!

Service Engineer (Former Employee) – Columbus, GA – April 27, 2018

Last 3 to 4 years company struggling with finances. Hiring also poor management to make life changing direction causing very bad morale problems. Delaying raises they already promised by 4 to 5 months, asking to move overtime you already worked to different pay periods. Worst of all asked to lie to your customers about problems the company should make good on! This is a business that soon will bottom out and go under. I really loved the hands on work with Datacard, just cant compromise my character anymore. Maybe the owner will step in and save the company but what I have seen the last 4 years everyone has decided to leave except those retiring next year.

Pros

none

Cons

poor management, shifts, asked to lie

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1.0

Cut throat company

Lead Senior Material Handler (Current Employee) – Shakopee, MN – April 12, 2018

There is absolutely no room for advancement. You are simply a rat running around a maze. Management does not know the processes, nor do they care for their employees

Pros

Non

Cons

Terrible place to work

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2.0

Typical corporate culture

Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – March 21, 2018

Do your job, keep your head down, always agree with management.

If you have your own opinions, they had better be able to be expressed as being in line with management in some way, or you are being negative, even if you have an idea for improvement.

Don't expect to be given time to do things "right". It always can be "fixed" later, if necessary. Work-arounds are the rule, not the exception.

Pros

Decent wages and good benefits.

Cons

Not allowed the time to do a good job, just get it done.

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1.0

I would absolutely not recommend working for this company.

Facilities (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – February 24, 2018

The management for this company is so poor and unprofessional that you will find yourself in constant turmoil with management. The company is always short staffed and expects everyone to do extra tasks constantly. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this company.

Pros

health Insurance

Cons

Low pay and small yearly raises

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3.0

Poor Managment

Financial Analyst (Current Employee) – Shakopee, MN – February 20, 2018

There was constant change and many time that change was never communicated company wide. They want to change but don't what change they want to make and it is hurting the leadership.

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5.0

Productive and Fun workplace

Information Security Engineer (Current Employee) – Dallas, TX – February 7, 2018

Productive and fun place to work. They work hard and play harder. Overall the work gets done and teams work together to solve issues. Management is upfront and personal.

Pros

alot of self-motivated probing to resolve issues

Cons

need to enable employees more to do the job

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2.0

Not worth the trouble

Project Manager (Current Employee) – Englewood, CO – January 25, 2018

The focus is not with the client's but with revenue. And I understand a business needs to be profitable; however, being profitable at the sake of treating your people terribly is bad business. Averaging 4.3 out of 5 on client survey's is considered subpar. You absorb all the blame for the team without having any of the control to manage the team. And you are provided, on average, 30 different client's to work with. It's extremely difficult to maintain high quality standards when you are forced to close as many projects as possible while constantly starting new projects.

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5.0

Great Place To Work

Business Process Leader (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – December 29, 2017

I have nothing but positive things to say about EDC. The executive leadership team is top notch and while I was there didn't exhibit any of the dysfunctional tendencies that a lot of executive teams tend to fall into.

The work is interesting, but not unreasonable. I always enjoyed the work I was doing on an intrinsic level. For the most part it was fun, motivating, and provided a lot of opportunities to learn new skills and more about the business.

The employee base at all levels is well tenured and know how to handle obstacles and issues that arise from time to time. I really appreciated the work the employees at all levels did and the way they went about their work. It's not typical of most companies.

Pros

Great work-life balance, well tenured leadership and staff

Cons

Work is heavily dependent on engineers. This can limit your opportunities for career advancement.

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1.0

Short Sited

Senior Project Manager (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – September 14, 2017

This company has good employees but management is short sited and not very diverse. There are few opportunities to move up in the organization. The benefits are alright and they are very flexible in terms of your hours or working remotely if your job allows it.

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4.0

Dedicated and intelligent coworkers

Senior Systems Integrator (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – August 28, 2017

If you want to be surrounded by some of the most brilliant technological minds in the industry, this is the place to be. If you want to be surrounded by folks who are dedicated to their craft as much as they are dedicated to their clients, this is the place to be.

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1.0

Horrible management and hr doesn't care

Senior Marketing specialist (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – August 23, 2017

Management at the company has gotten much worse in the past year and even though over half the marketing team has left and complained to hr and leadership they continue to do nothing to keep their talent happy. Also the company didn't meet numbers this year, just had layoffs, plus didn't give out the 10 percent bonus. The building is nice and free gym, but that's about it.

Pros

Free gym and newer building

Cons

Management, advancement opportunities, politics, senior leadership

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4.0

Was a great place to work

Principal Software Engineer (Former Employee) – Englewood, CO – August 23, 2017

Not sure what to say.
They laid me off after over 12 years of service.
They are the leader in card printing machines and instant issuance solutions.

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3.0

Intensely political and distrustful environment

Business Development Project Management (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – August 14, 2017

A dysfunctional organization beneath the surface with a highly political environment. In some cases, goals are left undefined and then when not defined they easily end your role. Getting information to confirm outcome or output is difficult to get because the organization is privately held.

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2.0

No growth opportunities

Senior Software Engineer (Current Employee) – Shakopee, MN – June 7, 2017

I would not recommend this company if you want to rise the corporate ladder because the company is not growing.

If you want a stable job, it is good though.

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3.0

Facing great challenge from changing market

Senior Marketing Research Analyst (Former Employee) – Shakopee, MN – May 8, 2017

Nice working environment. New facility with modern design, people are nice to each other. It was with very unique product offerings and dominated market. Now it facing challenge from digital world.

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