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Checkpoint Systems reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)

Ben Lilienthal

81% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jan 12, 2015

Do not work here

Recommend
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Pros

Not a good place to work unless you are one of the children of the directors. Advancement not based on performance, but rather based on your personal relationships with company managers.directors.

Cons

When Checkpoint set up SAP instead of hiring professionals to set up the system correctly they had people that were not developers set up the system. These people had no real SAP knowledge or software development experience so the resulting system is a SAP that does not function correctly. The systems are so poor that even when they do hire people with SAP experience they are hard pressed to succeed as the Checkpoint version is so poorly executed and managed that most of the basic functions companies invest in SAP to use, are not functioning properly. Instead of correcting these errors by allowing developers in overseas divisions correct the errors, directors in service and finance has insisted these highly experienced individuals be locked out of the Thorofare system because they do not want the shortcomings in their divisions recognized. Instead of advancing people based upon experience and education, directors advance those that will cover up their errors and hide them from auditors, internal and external. Anyone who questions these directors and tries to correct processes that do not conform to best accounting practices and damage profitability are fired. they have people in newly created management positions with no real computer skills or management education, but they receive these promotions because the directors know they will follow their orders without question, even when they do not make sense and actually hurt the companies bottom line. This is not a culture that encourages employees to be proactive in increasing profits, rather it is a culture reminiscent of old big business models that no large company I know of still follow because they concentrate salary expenses on managers that have not truly earned them in decades. I am surprised this company has not filed for bankruptcy protection again, the managers are so poor that profitability has to be greatly below what it would be.

1.0
Dec 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Full benefits offered, including 401k. Very laid back work environment so you can do quite a bit of personal business during work hours with out a problem.

Cons

Management hires and promotes friends and family instead of those with the skills to actually do the job, making the work environment more of a "club of friends" then a professional environment. Office politics make competently doing your job almost impossible, as upper management ignores problems with performance and simply shuffle the problem managers from one job title to another when performance is a problem, instead of addressing the shortcomings and hiring people with the skills to get the job done. The same managers that have worked for the company for decades are still running the show, making their way of doing business outdated and financially detrimental as they have no real management experience other than the very limited scope offered them in life-long careers in the same company.

4.0
Aug 7, 2014

Good to work with patience

Recommend
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Pros

The company culture is respectable. People are professional. The product is established.

Cons

The decision making hierarchy, sometimes takes too much of time.

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