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R.R. Donnelley Senior Software Engineer Chennai Reviews

Updated 1 Mar, 2025

Overall Rating

2.9/5

based on 16 reviews

Rating distribution

9 (56.3%)

3 (18.8%)

1 (6.3%)

0 (0%)

3 (18.8%)

Category Ratings

3.4

Job security

3.3

Salary

3.1

Company culture

3.1

Work-life balance

2.6

Work satisfaction

2.5

Skill development

2.3

Promotions

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Monday to Friday

100% employees reported

Flexible timing

67% employees reported

No travel

100% employees reported

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Gender based rating

4.7

Rated by Women

4 reviews

2.6

Rated by Men

12 reviews

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

IT Support Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 22 Oct 2024

Likes

Giving WFH for some profiled

Dislikes

Partiality. If you are north Indian or not belongs to tamil Nadu , will face Partiality and cheap behavior in every area.

Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Mar 2025

Likes

It's employee centric culture

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Appraisal is not the best when compared to markets

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Mar 2024

Likes

Nothing.

Dislikes

The toxic work culture and ineffective leadership of the manager make it the worst environment in the company. They are providing support exclusively to longstanding employees, neglecting the needs of newer hires. One of manager (Irshad kalam) ever seen like the toxic and psycho character person.

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 14 May 2024

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Work pressure, No job security Psycho manager Given important for only long standing employees.

Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 26 May 2022

Likes

Good work environment and culture. Teammates are supportive and the management is transparent

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing to say

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 May 2021

Likes

It’s a wonderful experience in RRD

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nil

Work Details

Nice experience one of the best company I where work ever

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 21 Apr 2022

Likes

Job security

Job security - Good

Dislikes

Work is not recognised most of the time

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 Mar 2018

Likes

Friendly tram members

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 May 2022

Likes

Clients

Salary - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

There is a lot of politics and the management doesn’t address our issues. Salary is decent but career growth is slow.

Work Details

The job is quite interesting! I struggled a bit in the beginning as there was no formal training session. I learnt everything on the job. I got a chance to wear multiple hats and that helped me get a taste of different roles within the same te

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 18 May 2019

Likes

My team and Managers both were very cooperative and work environment is too good

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Cafeteria is very unhygienic and The work space was not nicely ventilated

Work Details

I use to work as Senior software engineer there and was in GMC Inspire designer products.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 Apr 2021

Likes

Good work environment

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nil

Work Details

Have Career growth

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 31 Dec 2019

Likes

Really Wonderful Company and employee friendly. Thanks to my Manager Rajinith and team leads Nagarajan , Dhanasekar, Vijay. Company Head Mr. Prakash Veeramani is nice Gentleman who leads this company.

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Really No Negative.

Work Details

Working as a Senior software engineer in autoExtractor, DDE, XBRL, IXBRL, Metrics Projects and Gain more domain knowledge and get more experience about latest technology.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 Feb 2019

Likes

Work life balance

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Appraisal

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 05 May 2018

Likes

Everything is good but not for everybody.

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Something is wrong which I don't know.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 14 May 2018

Likes

Work Life balance

Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Package :P

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 11 Oct 2020

Likes

All good

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

All good

Work Details

Work timings: Strict Timings

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