American Reprographics Reviews

Former Employee – worked at American Reprographics

Pros – NOTE: This review refers to one of the companies that was acquired by American Reprographics back in 2002.

If you are into Graphic Design, it is an excellent place to learn the next step, which is digital prepress and printing. And you learn new things every day. You get to work with the best commercial design and image manipulation software available - Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, InDesign, etc.- and the best commercial printing equipment. (No offset, so there is no film, color separations or plates used here)
Coworkers and managers were mostly nice people. You could get time off whenever you asked, with few exceptions.

Cons – Lost that "big family" athmosphere, which it had when it was an independent, regional company.
Stress levels very high, due to tight deadlines, being shorthanded and layoff worries. But this may be true for the whole industry also.
Because of being understaffed, overtime could go crazy, especially on night shift. This may be good (overtime pay) and bad (less family life/ social life).

Advice to Senior Management – Getting rid of good people will only make matters worse for your company.

Current Employee – been working at American Reprographics

Pros – American Reprographics Company is the leading reprographics company in the United States, providing business-to-business document management services to the architectural, engineering and construction industry, or AEC industry. It also provides these services to companies in non-AEC industries that also require sophisticated document management services. The company provides its core services through a proprietary suite of reprographics technology products, a nationwide network of locally-branded reprographics service centers, and more than 4,000 facilities management programs at customers' locations throughout the country. Service centers are digitally connected as a cohesive network, allowing the company to provide its services to more than 140,000 active customers both locally and nationally.

Cons – ARC professionals deliver a wide variety of products and services, nearly all of them involving specialized digital production techniques, proprietary technology. Because of the way ARC acquires and integrates new reprographics companies into the corporation, it can feel like you are going in a million different directions.

Advice to Senior Management – Get in tune with your employees. Don't be so decentralized that you miss out on what is happening on the streets.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at American Reprographics full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Niche markets without a lot of competition. Working for a big player with the latest technology in the industry. Fellow employees are great.

Cons – They undervalue their employees. They manage in a bubble for short term gains - seemingly without regard to the long-term future of the company. Changes focus and strategy every month.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at American Reprographics

Pros – Its a family owned business and they dont have much in the way of structure so if you like that then this is the place for you.

Cons – I'm not sure how much longer they are gonna be in business, the leadership of the company has definitely taken a turn for the worse.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend