R.R. Donnelley – “Will not work around educational growth nor family needs.”

Pros

RR Donnelley is a great place to work if one does not have a life and could use a lot of fast money; however, this may lead to problems down the road as well.

Cons

In order to work for RR Donnelley, or at least at the plant for which I am working, one must give up there lives entirely. The plant for which I work enforces a mandatory rotation policy in which an employee must rotate every six weeks, most often from a twelve hour day shift to a twelve hour night shift with only a weekend in between the rotation (meaning, at times, one only gets thirty six hours off for their weekend and must completely rotate their sleeping schedule in such a time).

Furthermore, the company will not work around that policy for very long. They will not work around schooling, nor will they work around family issues. One employee at my plant is going through a divorce and desires to remain on day shift to provide some stability for her daughter, yet will not be allowed.

Moreover, the management team lacks the ability to communicate efficiently among themselves for the benefit of the employees; this often leads to poor scheduling and mistreatment of the employees.

Additionally, when one has a problem, HR is very rarely willing to work with the employee with their issues, thus the employee's do not trust that their issues will be addressed adequately.

In the bindery line on which I work, many employees are dissatisfied with their work, yet are unable to find another job due to the economic conditions; therefore, they feel that they are being taken advantage of greatly.

Overall, this company has proved to be quite hard on its employees and will not work around scheduling, making nearly impossible to have a life outside of work and very difficult to have a family. If you do have a family, I urge you, do not subject yourself to such a schedule.

Advice to Senior Management

The management as a whole works very poorly with each other as well as the employees; furthermore, they are very rarely understanding of situations at home or in a employee's personal life, thus making it difficult to have one.