Is Quad a good company to work for?

Quad has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 1,608 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 57% of employees would recommend working at Quad to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Quad have been left by employees working as Corporate Trainee Program , Corporate Trainee and Software Engineer .

Does Quad pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Quad employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Quad. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Quad?

57% of Quad employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Quad 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Quad?

Finishing Technician (41) , Corporate Trainee (33) , Machine Operator (31) , Customer Service Representative (22) , Press Operator (18) , Project Manager (17) , Software Developer (17) , Material Handler (16) , Software Engineer (15) , Graphic Designer (12) , Manager (12) , Roll Tender (12) , Account Manager (11) , Director (11) , Press Assistant (11)

What are the pros of working at Quad according to real employee reviews?

"The work is interesting and the people I work with are great." ((in 135 reviews)); "Good benefit health/dental 401k paid vacation" ((in 120 reviews)); "Great coworkers and a stable job" ((in 44 reviews)); "Great work place and culture." ((in 41 reviews)); "Great family friendly work environment." ((in 19 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Quad according to real employee reviews?

"This company doesn't value anything but low pay and hiring workers who will take it." ((in 91 reviews)); "Poor management with no desire to build bench strength, create sustainable succession plans or engaging retention programs." ((in 83 reviews)); "long hours and the training on the computer doesn't help with daily activities" ((in 32 reviews)); "Managers don't usually spend enough time with their employees and understand their career goals" ((in 26 reviews)); "no work life balance" ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Quad layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Quad layoffs and their outlook for job security at Quad in 2026.

What Quad locations have received the highest employee ratings?

The Rock , Riverside , Minneapolis , Pittsburgh

Quad reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,481 total reviews)

J. Joel Quadracci

59% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Quad has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,481 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Quad employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Aug 6, 2013

Quad graphics is a horrible place to work!!! Work here only if you don't care about your future!

Offline operator

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Cant think of any, just very blessed to be out of quad qraphics for good, I wish I would have left years ago......

Cons

No respect for anyone by management unless you have something they want, mandatory 12 hour day of overtime every week no exceptions unless you have something managers want, company is managed by felons and alcoholics who are sometimes working out of work release jail, many employees are illeagal immigrants that dont speak english, many others are there on prison work release just to get time away from prison which turns into no effort on their part so all the regular people have to pick up thier slack in a team enviromment, horrible pay for what you do and if you miss 1 day in the year you wont get your 25 cent annual raise, you are allowed 2 twenty minute breaks in a twelve hour shift

4.0

Aug 5, 2013

Good while it lasted. Learned a lot

Corporate trainee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Open communication, Support from senior management

Cons

Communication is not direct and directions were not always clear

2.0

Aug 5, 2013

It was a good place to work a few years ago

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good managers and great co-workers. Decent opportunity to advance. They mainly hire software developers right out of college and this is an excellent place to work for a few years and get experience - very friendly and helpful co-workers, and they use all the latest Microsoft technology. Also they carefully pick IT leads and managers with good social and people skills, so expect a decent boss.

Cons

This was a great place to work a few years ago. Then they went public and bought first one major competitor, then another. They are pushing way too hard and way to fast to get the corporate software platform integrated in to all the new plants. The IT staff is over stressed and over worked. Also, pay raises have basically evaporated, particularly if you are experienced and make more than the entry level software developer. Environment is more stressful and there is more work expected of you every day. Also, you have to take your turn in a rotation (on your team) to do 24 - 7 support for a week. How many calls is highly dependent on your team, but in general it is going up. The closer the software your team works on is to the machinery, the more calls you will get. Company benefits use to be the best, but are drying up fast.

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