production specialist

seasonal associate

project coordinator

production lead

administrative assistant

Rifle-Paper-Co

I spent many years at Rifle Paper Co, witnessing both its successes and challenges. Unfortunately, my departure was due to a lack of respect and fair compensation for my contributions. Despite my extensive knowledge and hard work, I was earning significantly less than newer employees with similar titles.

Currently the company is in a difficult position. Many of my former colleagues have left for better opportunities or due to health and financial concerns. I would caution against joining the company at this time if you are looking for career growth and stability. The company faces challenges due to a high turnover of poorly trained temporary employees, which disrupt operations in fulfillment, assembly, and warehouse departments.

If you're seeking a challenging role where you can make a significant impact, this company might be an option. However, be aware of a top-down management style that can limit input from lower-level employees. Expect a demanding work environment with frequent overtime and potential disregard for work-life balance.

The company could benefit from open communication and a new management approach that values the insights and experience of its long-term employees. A company-wide meeting could provide an opportunity for onsite employees to share their insights and address current challenges. The company has experienced a significant decline in employee morale and retention due to disrespectful management practices.

While the warehouse is air-conditioned, the constantly open bay doors make the work environment uncomfortable, especially during hot weather. Employees are expected to work at a fast pace in a tight and cluttered environment under these conditions. The company could reduce energy costs and improve employee comfort by keeping the bay doors closed whenever possible.

While full-time employees enjoy a decent amount of PTO, paid holidays (though not always observed), and a relaxed dress code, the health benefits are limited. The most affordable plan was relatively expensive and may not have been worth the cost. 

Despite my desire to stay with the company, the current conditions forced me to seek new opportunities.

Unrealistic expectations and severe lack of support and resources to handle daily challenges. Extremely stressful and hostile. One positive is that everyone gets pto and benefits now. Leadership makes promises to Executives they cannot keep and the pressure and stress trickle down the hierarchy. Planning and reporting meetings are a display of patting everyone one the back and saying how great everything is. If you speak up, you will be targeted and thrown under the bus by the people who stated they have your back and trust. Not so many events for employees anymore. Barely any appreciation outside of pay and benefits. Place is quickly turning into a mill which is far from what it used to be in terms of employee appreciation. You will work holidays that are company paid holidays, weekends, and overtime whenever they see fit to the operation. If you are salaried, you will do all this with no compensation beyond tour salary. Unless you are a senior manager or executive, it would be best if you didn’t take to much time off at a time. Departments are disconnected and your department will be blamed for operational insufficiencies regardless of whose fault it was. Warehouses are dirty, dusty, unsafe, and way too small to accommodate operational growth. Warehouse management and shipping software is ages old and so is the equipment used daily. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
As a formal seasonal employee, it was horrible. Schedules varied when I was hired as full time. Hard to manage your bills with unpredictable hours. Sometimes we were sent home early while permanent employees were kept. Pushed to work harder and harder and even your best wasn't enough. Management is more concerned about gossip than the actual work. Unprofessional and disorganized.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
To be talked to as if we're nothing. Working on a warehouse floor and we weren't even allowed to have water on the floor. Even when the A/C went out. To put your all into a job and end up with nothing after a proposal of possible permanent hire 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Grown children arguing and half the people slack. Very mixed personalities, so you can't get along with everyone. Permanent hires tries to swoop in and out beat you when you're trying to perform your best. Too much competition for something so trivial.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I didn't know what department I would be in everyday. Even if I started at one, I start in one and be in another by the time I get off. Usually heard arguments and gossip. Managers come through to pick on you while you're working and trying your best.

Overworked good employees because of all the bad apples. Not enough pay for employees or supervisors. Managers do not communicate with each other, to their supervisors and to their employees. Everything is just figure it out, put up with it and work harder. They get on the hardest workers and the ones who complain about work, hang out or leave and come when they want aren’t held accountable. There is bare minimum appreciation from the managers and some supervisors to the employees. I am surprised they are still in business with the amount of poor quality work that is done because they don’t listen to the issues from the team, don’t provide better work accommodations like not having to work in cramped work areas where it takes you double or triple the amount of time to get work done, more time and equipped people to properly train instead of throwing everyone under the bus, a proper confirmed schedule, safer work environments, up keep of supplies and working equipment. And the men that are in a supervisory or management position, do not know how to speak to people, don’t give the same respect and communication to the women in supervisory roles than they do the other men in power. 

As I said a place of gossip. If something bad is said about you instead of checking cameras they believe what that person said even if that person is known not to like you. Learned nothing I had the skills already. Management from my side was great they did listen and help as much as they could. Couldn't say that about econ and indies side. Terrible managers. The culture was decent and besides HR and supervisors the people were great. Hardest part of the job is knowing what to do next. Always a mess. Things are never where they are supposed to do. Due to receiving dept not knowing what to do daily. Best part of the job is certain cool co workers and breaks. HR and the new director are trash. Last thing I will add. If you don't make your numbers you will be fired. Even if not your fault.. Not enough pick tickets. Or the very smart supervisor will have you do other things in the warehouse. Help ecom side and still be running your numbers so it looks like your not doing your job. And the supervisor doesn't report or say that you were doing something different other then picking for that day. It's messed up

The job is not hard at all, however the racism really jumps out sometimes. It is a very "caucasian" environment and is not for everyone. But nobody ever really talks about it. We are allowed to wear (relatively) whatever we want barring slurs or offensive language. We can also take out lunch breaks whenever we want (except not the first or last hour we are working). The management is different per department. In Fulfillment/Key accounts it is relatively non-existent unless you do something wrong. In QC they seem nice but are kind of the worst. and Assembly basically has no management because the person in charge has no clue what they are doing. Everyone in management is fake and will smile in your face but hate you when you leave (but that goes for co-workers as well). But when you do find a genuine person you cling onto them because they are few and far between.

What is the best part of working at the company?
only good about it is that you learn new things if you looking to work in warehouse environment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
awful working conditions, management is poor in communication and mistreat people they SLAVE THE WORKERS.. You have to cross the street building to building to pick orders, under the heat and rain. they overwork employes use them and abuse them, when they are not need it anymore ,,they fire you without any notice or explanation.   worst place to work

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
mix culture which is good
work environment is very bad

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
crossing the street like 20 times  to fulfil orders, sweating, hot and tired

    I worked at Rifle Paper Co. for more that 7 years. Over those years I watched this company grow by leaps and bounds. Expanding so quickly created a lot of growing pains, but for quite awhile they were able to make things work. Management and employees worked together in the trenches and took pride it what they were able to achieve. 
     Sadly,  the past couple of years has seen a change for the worse. Management is completely disconnected from the people that help make them look good and get the work done. In the past where we saw many employees make their 4, 5 or 6 year anniversary, you now only see a revolving door of unhappy employees and temps.

I loved the people I worked with at Rifle but they have way too many issues for me to stay. 4 people in my department, all amazing workers, all quit in the same week. everyone is looking for a way out of there. I recommend taking a seasonal position since the holidays are the best with the culture and atmosphere and the time and a half pay is very helpful. But it is a black hole any longer than that. It is also a very laborious job if you are in the warehouse so be aware of that. it’s very exhausting 

This  used to be a fun company to work for it has now turned corporate to the point that all the internet memes about toxic workplace and management happen on a daily basis. People continue to stay in the hopes that management will be replaced and actual changes will be made, they have now either left or have given up hope for any improvement. The pay is low for what they ask on a daily basis. Do not expect any proper training, diversity or employee development. I've heard full-time employees talk about how they have to donate plasma to pay rent, enough said. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production specialist 2 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Seasonal associate 2 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Project coordinator 2 salaries reported	$47,500 per year
Production lead 2 salaries reported	$18.75 per hour
Administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour

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