Custom Ink reviews

2.9

30% would recommend to a friend

(703 total reviews)
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David Doctorow

23% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Custom Ink has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 703 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Custom Ink employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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703 reviews
1.0
Mar 7, 2023

Welcome Board Members

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Pros

I honestly can't imagine many pros now.

Cons

Probably the record setting years followed by laying off entire locations. You had to know eventually the fun places get to this point, but it's still disappointing to see what CI has become. Congrats, board members. Whatever it takes to make more of the almighty dollars.

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Custom Ink Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Closing our production facilities in Reno and Charlottesville was a difficult decision, prompted by production costs and tight labor markets in those areas, but we tried to support impacted Inkers with generous severance packages and an extended benefits period through the transition. If you have any other concerns you’d like to bring to our attention, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at inkerfeedback@customink.com
3.0
May 12, 2021
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Pros

For the most part coworkers are friendly and look out for each other. Benefits are okay, there are some perks (but less since the start of the 2020 pandemic).

Cons

The company has been on a path of consistently putting a priority on profit & growth which is incredibly disappointing for a company that boasts proudly about adhering to their "Golden Rules". This started back in 2019 after the company acquired new investors. What started as a company based on communities, the focus is now on obtaining customers that are big businesses/spenders. New tech & processes are rolled out without proper testing, leading to problems with everyone's workflow, and sometimes poor customer experiences. Metrics rule everything and people are constantly pushed for higher productivity at the expense of quality of that work. The phrase "we are working on it" comes up a lot and it quickly becomes clear that they are not. A decent health care plan with Cigna was replaced by an absolutely horrid one by Right Way/ Web TPA. If you want to progress in the company you have to work yourself to death, act like a perpetually happy camp-councilor, and drink up the kool-aid. Over the last 5 years Custom Ink has shown to prioritize the growth and profit for the people at the top of the pyramid while front line workers have had benefits & quality of life eroded. If the company continues to ignore the problems it's employees bring up then it won't be around to be the 1Billion Dollar Company it so very, very desperately wants to be.

2.0
Sep 25, 2016

Only cool kids need apply

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Pros

- Free snacks - Great benefits - Free lunch - Cool location

Cons

- If you aren't social and don't want to be best friends with coworkers, you won't get anywhere in the company - They constantly talk about a work/life balance then make you work an unimaginable amount of overtime throughout the year - Only time they accept personal leave is if you request it 6+ months in advance or you only plan to take Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday off - They closely track when you clock in/out, how long your lunch is and how much break time you take and constantly talk about being put on an action plan for being a few minutes late or taking a 31 minute lunch - The rivalry between the Fairfax and Reno offices is ridiculous - Employees are treated like children and management can't step up and tell the people who aren't doing their jobs, to do their jobs. Rather they tell the department as a whole to do better because they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings

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