Treats Temp Workers as Fodder - Proofreader Broadridge Employee Review

Work Length - January 2015 to May 2015 Ineffective management and hostile working environment: The nature of working for Broadridge is volatile by design. During the "proxy season," which takes place between January and May, temporary workers will be hired to assist the full-time staff with their responsibilities. Despite this, work is overflowing during this time due to a lack of foresight by those responsible for hiring. During your interview you will be hired based solely on your ability to proofread documents, there isn't even a test of any sort. If your resume has an English or writing degree on it then they will most likely accept you immediately. Getting a job at Broadridge is not the difficult part, it is keeping the desire to want the job that is. Like many places, Broadridge management has a problem when it comes to separating personal with professional. As a contracted, temporary worker you will bear witness to loud chatter, inappropriate sexual relationships and disruptive practices that bring the personal lives of each co-worker and manager to the professional setting. You will later witness management act on these established bonds with the workers under them, giving special treatment to those they tend to get along with out of office hours. Blame is often placed on the most vulnerable workers in the department, in this case it was the temporary, contracted workers. Effort is not made to improve productivity, mistakes are bottled up for weeks at a time and dispensed all at once during group meetings where accountability falls on a team (such as "the temps") and not on any one person. This creates an environment where those that purposely do not do their work are on the same level with those that put in a level of extra effort to make up for that decline. Workers are unable to improve their own methods and practices because criticism is rarely constructive. Other complaints: As many as 7 Temporary workers are stuffed into a small, non-ventilated room where heat quickly builds up due to the use of computers. To remedy this, a small fan may be given to the workers to share among themselves. As a worker you will receive conflicting instructions from managers in different areas. This can lead to confusion and a lack in productivity. Creation of documents to be proofread are often constructed first by workers who cannot speak fluent English (some from India and some on-site), which lowers productivity for the entire department.