Please please look elsewhere - Production Manager Greenerprinter Employee Review

Greenerprinter is a unique, highly progressive small company with a large company feel. The CEO truly cares about all aspects of the organization, from employee workspace and office environment to high quality products, social responsibility and sustainability in all aspects of the Company. He is sincere, honest and forthright in his passion. There is no greenwashing here! As a part of the inside sales team; I was entrusted with the companies clients and had a very tight knit and supportive staff who helped me grow and prosper. The experience of working in a high tech environment with the highest standards was not only a great work experience personally but also allowed me to cultivate more fine-tuned skills and to learn firsthand the challenges of a small organization as unique as Greenerprinter. The Management was always respectable; easy to work with and open to new ideas. If you are an employee who tries to get away with your primary responsibilities or tries to pass off your duties to your fellow co-workers, you will be warned about it (we all know the slackers). You are expected to be a strong part of the team since any weak link can break the momentum of this small company. As employees, we all make mistakes, and the CEO and Management are more than fair if you acknowledge and take responsibility and correct your errors or get help with training. The turnover is not high at all. Most of the skilled people at the company have been there 5+ years and may 10+ years. The only turnover I noticed was in the customer service team, which is normal with younger employees who tend to come and go, or are not ready for the challenges of working hard and don't have professional attendance or basic, good work ethic.

Greenerprinter has the same challenges of every small company. How to keep costs down while maintaining efficient processes & systems, offering uniquely high quality products, supplier chain paper & quality control, digital and website marketing, all the while keeping highly skilled employees with the company. However, as a small company and limited resources this company excels! Even though I don't work there any longer, they still impress me.

Lots of companies try to do things that can make them seem green, like insisting employees put “think twice before printing this email” in their signatures, etc. But at Greenerprinter, being eco-friendly is baked into every aspect of how the company operates. Its passion and commitment to being as green as possible, and using the latest & cleanest technologies available to do so, are what define the organization. I very much enjoyed my time at Greenerprinter. From my earliest days at the company, I demonstrated a strong commitment to the company’s mission and its high standards, earning a high degree of trust and confidence from ownership & management. In return, I was continually rewarded with new learning opportunities which allowed me to grow professionally in ways that simply wouldn’t have been achievable in a larger, more bureaucratic organization. I was afforded a high level of autonomy, but always knew that my successes would be recognized and valued. The work was challenging, and expectations were high, but everyone from management on down was made to feel they had a stake in the company’s success; this made for a work environment that was largely collaborative and supportive. By the time I left, I’d held several different roles within the company and had gained experience, skills and work ethics that serve me well to this day.

The challenges at Greenerprinter are the challenges of the industry in general: Deadlines are tight, and errors can be costly; if you own your mistakes, resolve to improve, and follow through, you will find success. But if you make excuses and cast blame, expect to be called out for it.