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The Sheridan Group reviews

2.9

36% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)

Chris Kurtzman

51% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

The Sheridan Group has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The The Sheridan Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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58 reviews
1.0
Nov 13, 2016

Not Employee Centred

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very friendly and helpful coworkers. Good location in central Vermont and good physical office. Work can sometime be interesting.

Cons

Terrible benefits, about the worst available. Pay is just above minimum wage, and there is no overtime allowed. There is more work than time to do it, and you frequently have to work off the clock to get it done. Management is more concerned with insurance costs or with office cleanliness than with our concerns or input. Group leaders are overworked as well.

2.0
Jan 8, 2013

No Advancement and Devaluation of Employees

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This company has an extremely relaxed dress code, fairly flexible hours with the potential for telecommuting, and a convenient location. There is a lot of opportunity for overtime as an hourly employee.

Cons

New employees are sometimes misled to believe there are currently benefits which no longer exist. The company gives the illusion of having great career advancement; however, while it is possible to "move up" in one's title, getting a "promotion" yields a lower hourly wage for many people. As one is promoted, they change from being hourly to salaried, and some salaried employees are grossly exploited, working up to 60 hours a week. It is possible to languish in this job for years without being promoted, but one can also get several promotions and only manage to increase his or her wages by a few thousand dollars a year. This company has continued to cut benefit after benefit in the past two years, culminating in a pay cut for all employees. Some of the managers are overbearing and don't treat the employees as adults. The company has a ridiculously high turnover, sometimes as many as three people in a week. The management refuses to admit there is any problem, and they are professional spin doctors. They make many pathetic attempts at improving employee morale, while insisting that the problem is individual people and their bad attitudes. Their choice of whom to promote seems arbitrary to most people, and they have demoted other people who were competent and good workers.

3.0
Jun 8, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You'll meet people who'll become lifelong friends. So many truly wonderful people here, with a few exceptions, of course. And about half the staff works remotely but not as freelancers--FT staff with all the benefits. The possibility exists to work a shorter work week (i.e., as few as 30 hr), which is an accommodation that some folks might need.

Cons

Training on any given account may not resemble training on any other account; it's all over the map! Reassignments can occur for a variety of reasons, but this can be pleasant; gives one an opportunity to try something new, meet more folks, learn some different styles and read some different material. Both quality and quantity are extremely important at SJS, but because the copyediting provided by various freelancers runs the gamut from poor to nearly perfect, it can sometimes be difficult to balance the two. Pay is very low. That said, benefits are quite good, except the company's match for employees' 401k accounts. Maybe the two balance out?

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