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The employment ended at the final stage of the probation period without explanation in one day. As a result, bonus eligibility linked to probation completion was not reached, despite the work objectives being delivered. no notice left no time to prepare for a transition. 
The engineering team was supportive and professional, and collaboration at the peer level was positive. However, management communication lacked transparency, particularly regarding probation expectations and long-term employment decisions.
Workplace culture felt highly process-heavy, with significant bureaucracy and limited clarity around priorities.
The most enjoyable part was solving technically complex problems and contributing improvements to systems that had required attention for a long time.

A very poorly managed facility, magnified by terribly slow corporate decision making.  Little training and support by department peers who may desire your position lead to unproductive and unreliable team situations.  Poor upper management leads to a high stress-low morale environment.  Valid process-improvement suggestions do not go unnoticed; however, they rarely move beyond the doormat.  Extremely unrealistic expectations, and lack of commitment to convert contract employees to permanent-hire lead to low morale. PLEASE BEWARE – Do not trust upper management – They will claim to support your goals and plans for improvement.  Meanwhile, they may be hiring for your replacement for weeks after telling you they want you to stay.  DON’T GET TRAPPED!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people (coworkers).
It's a racially diverse company. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The end of the month,  when departments ae scrambling to reach their shipping  objectives...more work is dumped on you, in order to "make their numbers ". Also, the company does a "hard count" inventory each year at the end of June -4th of July.  Nobody is allowed to take vacation at this time, as everyone is involved in  physically counting every part in the plant.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The interior of the plant is an obstacle course.  They recently expanded,  but don't manage the space that they have very well. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most jobs are repetitive  & monotonous factory work.

Work-life balance
You can do 8 hours then leave if you have other things in your life

Pay & benefits
they start on day one

Job security and advancement
They sent me for training in Reamstown, Pennsylvania but the area you trained for isn't up and running because of constant delays and machines breaking down so your sent to work making pallets

Management
There's a lot of turn around

Culture
I had experience in other departments of the company that would have been more successful and productive if they would have used my education, skills and, experience. I really wanted the job to work out

Overall
Did my research on the company and thought that it was a good fit. I was hired on during a slow time which was the perfect opportunity for training but trainer wanted to rush and yell instead of taking the time to train the right way

dormakaba provides exceptional benefits, competitive salaries, and a welcoming workplace culture. Employees are encouraged to pursue professional development, with numerous opportunities for growth and learning available at every stage of their careers. The dispatcher position is both challenging and enjoyable, offering a dynamic work environment. Each day brings a variety of tasks, ensuring that team members stay engaged and motivated as they handle responsibilities that are both fulfilling and essential to the organization’s success. This role not only fosters skill enhancement but also contributes to a strong sense of teamwork and collaboration.

Management is not trained to value employees. Very task oriented environment. European owned preferring a male dominated work force in key positions. Employee reviews are self evaluated offering a rating scale up to 5 points. However, at the time of your evaluation, you are adamantly told not to give yourself more than a 3, because that would signify a promotion being necessary. However, there isn't any where to be promoted to, and your job grade cannot be increased without a salary increase. So, you are given a standard 1.5% increase. Bonuses only to the male managers. Makes no sense. Very stringent with underpaying certain positions. If you want to climb the corporate ladder, find a progressive company, not this place.

1) Hit the ground running but often having to adapt, no plans go unchanged
2)Learned several skills, primarily management of empolyees and various personalities.
3) management talks a good game but actual support at some levels leaves a lot to be desired. "I know you're busy but..."
4)Culture progressing positively, more cross-functional interaction
5)Most difficult is implementing change needed when mgmt barriers exist
6)Sense of accomplishment . building high-performing teams and reaping the rewards

Benefits are Great. All the Old Managers were great until they laid them all off and replaced them supervisors instead of a manager. The new team is all about micromanaging and they don't know their own jobs so they push the workload of on you regardless if you know how. They don't offer the training needed to get the job done nor the tools. All the information is VERY outdated. They are always understaffed. And the revolving door for new temps to replace valued employees is their biggest problem. Even upper management come and go very quickly. It's a downward spiral for this company. Very sad to watch. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Over the years there .I got a lot of training and Experience doing my Jobs as Forklift Trainer, Maintenance Technician,Plater, Barrel Operators

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
At times work became stressful .The heat was bad in summer ather that it was good

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
My coworkers and Peers were like family members 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My Days would start out well . By the end of the day tired and Hot

I worked in the Indianapolis facility, formerly BEST Access Solutions. I was there when they were preparing for the facility to be sold.  Long term management was pushed out and the new management was more focused on making the company look like a Good Buy than growing the business.  After the sale of the company many of the Leadership Team spent a lot of time showing what good dormakaba employees they were.  The product focus changed and instead of transitioning certain people, they were replaced by people from a different Old Boy Network. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Service technician 2 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
Assembler 5 salaries reported	$20.60 per hour
Field service technician 19 salaries reported	$31.74 per hour
Senior machinist 11 salaries reported	$23.37 per hour
Sales representative 23 salaries reported	$93,239 per year

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