Custom Ink reviews about "pay"

Some micromanaging if sales numbers aren’t perfect

Layoffs each and every year for 3 years running and no sign of stopping

Cut throat, really have to drink the coolaid to fit in. Often can't do any professional growth. Fired people to move a lot of positiond overseas two years ago.

Everything started to go down hill during their first rounds of massive layoffs. Then the new CEO took over and every couple of months for the next few years they were laying off people. It was hard to stay productive and care about your work when you always felt like you were next on the chopping block... then eventually I ,along with my entire team, was laid off. It was funny how a couple months before laying us off, they made us do this training that was suppose to convince us why we were important and to basically not stress over Ai... when in truth, there were so many people leaving on their own due to organizational changes that happened over the summer I think they feared they wouldn't have enough people left to take them through the holiday rush lol. Once we were done making the company their money for the holiday season they let us all go. The Customink now isn't the Customink I started with. They didn't even advertise for pride month in June on their website like they usually do. They must be feeling the pressure of the current political climate we are in and now... they are becoming just like the rest of these money hungry corporations that care more about record profits than people... I miss when Marc was the ceo and I wish everyone the best who's still there! I can't imagine the stress they're under. Also, I know Customink loves to response to these reviews but there's no need. I'm already laid off and your ratings speak for themselves.

I worked there for many years, around a decade, and as every year passed they continued to cut back on employee perks. Management has said some questionable things during meetings that made employees feel like trash including that we are paid too much for the job that we do. They basically laid off the entire art team in 2022 in favor of outsourcing and closed down many of their in house production facilities. It was ugly. I guess they did what they had to do to stay afloat, however, it really contradicted the family/team work makes the dream work values that they play into your entire career with them. They also changed the pay structure, so you could no longer make an unlimited amount of pay the harder you worked. They capped everyone's salary. Also, it's my personal opinion that if you are too good at a job, they will intentionally keep you in that position and not advance your career.

Constantly increasing demands that lead to no increase in reward... In fact, they lead to seemingly endless layoffs. Automation and off shoring has resulted in horrific experiences on behalf of both inkers and customers and decreased the value of both customink's products and services... Which is embarrassing as a once proud inker. I used to rave about how great customink was as a place to work and supplier of promotional goods but after these past couple years, I usually hope people don't ask me too much about it. Initially the pay was great but after years of no increases and inflation, I ended with less than I started with in terms of monetary value.

Closed down the location and everyone suddenly lost their jobs the week after Christmas. Would be five stars but obviously that puts a damper on things.

Pay- never made enough to support a family. Never got a raise even though I was an over performer for the majority of the decade I was there. Instead, I was threatened with PIPs when I stopped over performing and just did the job I was getting paid to do. Career advancement- does not exist Live in a constant state of fear- your job is never safe unless you are a handful of people. “Leadership”- money hungry idiots who want all the money and couldn’t care less for the people who actually make it for them. Forcing of positive ratings in quarterly company ratings- it’s supposed to be an anonymous survey. But they always know who didn’t give them perfect scores. And it always affected you negatively in your annual review. So if you stood any chance in getting a decent annual review, you give them perfect marks in every review you submit about the company. But don’t worry too much if you don’t get a good review, it’s not like you were getting a raise if you got a good review. To put it in perspective… I got the highest review possible in an annual review (which is extremely hard to do) and received a pay increase that resulted in an extra $1,300 a YEAR.

A lot of changes are implemented without proper training