Pros
- Nice, considerate and friendly employees - Work/life balance
Cons
- Harland Clarke is in the business of preserving existing businesses and market share, not developing new products or services nor creating value in the market. They are dying a slow death, or as the leadership likes to say, "managed decline." - There's an inability to innovate within the company, which is both cultural and structural. Attempts to drive new growth channels internally have failed, largely because the slow-moving organization can't get out of the way of itself. Since organic growth isn't happening, they've looked externally and purchased Valassis for $1.8 billion. So now when junk mail fills your mailbox each week (such as Red Plum) you'll know that this is Harland Clarke's new and exciting growth vehicle for the business - A fear of making decisions permeates throughout the organization. Employees are "yes-men" at every level of the organization, from production line workers to the CEO, who follows MacAndrews & Forbes - The employee base, while very kind and friendly, is the most unhealthy I've ever seen in terms of weight, diet, exercise, etc. While HC offers health care, I found private market insurance to be more affordable because, as an employee on the company's health care plan, I'm subsidizing so many unhealthy co-workers. And when it comes to their health and wellness department, tobacco cessation is their #1 priority...another reminder that this company is stuck in decades past
