Reynolds and Reynolds - worst place to work, according Glassdoor

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A recruiter called me from Reynolds and Reynolds in response to my resume. The first question she asked me is whether I used any kind of tobacco products. No one is legally allowed to ask that. Instead, have you ever been disciplined for extensive or additional breaks?

Lo, and behold, today I received a nice, neat email informing me that the positions they had available are not a match for me. Why would they call me in the first place then?

I believe I have been discriminated against. Some comments have eluded to the fact that it is an "insurance issue". Even at that, employees should be able to be insured in the way we are insured with life insurance companies.

Being turned down for even an interview based on a phone quiz about my tobacco use is discriminatory and has no bearing on how I perform my job or my skill sets.

Is there any petitions, class-action suits, etc. that I can contact? Jobs are hard enough to find in the Dayton, Ohio area without these illegal questionnaires.

 

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Actually, in the state of Texas asking about tobacco use is legal.

 

[bud]

Did anyone else find the irony in the "personally sent" completely biased political e-mails sent by Bob a few times in the past year? (another legal question?) The main purpose of the e-mails were to warn us to fear the evils of big government dictating our lives. I am convinced Bob would prefer to dictate our lives for us instead, and may not realize he is doing the same thing he preaches against. Mandatory health screenings, drug tests, monitoring employee e-mail/internet access, building location entry/exit, and now monitoring diet, thanks to mandating employee ID's are the only form of payment in the cafe at lunchtime. Yes, you do feel as though you are in a Soviet Union environment, unable to speak out or have an opinion. Very depressing.

 

[Jawa]

I worked at Reynolds for 8 years before I was let go in April of this year. So I remember what Reynolds was like before Brockman. I also got to experience the Brockman regime for a couple years. I was on the Product Management side of the business for one of their CRM apps. What just blew my mind was Brockman's insistance on sticking his nose into every centimeter of every business/development decision. Any new feature requests, enhancements, bug fixes, etc had to go through him for approval. You can probably guess what that did to our ability to creatively meet customer needs and keep ourselves in the game. Brockman became the bottle neck, and it wasn't long before I found out that any new feature requests/enhancements simply were not going to happen (at least not within the next 3-5 years...not kidding by the way). You can guess what this did to my job. I honestly had nothing to do all day everyday because the back log of feature requests that the programming side had to deal with was so huge that new feature requests were just laughed at. Eventually I just broke and stopped wanting to come to work (though I kept coming in day after day with nothing to do). This is just one example of the garbage that is going on at Reynolds. Knowing what I know about their situation, especially their development process, were I a dealer I would set sail in a very different direction for my CRM or any other software needs.

 

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[noddy]

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[Michael (blog)]

Isn't it weird how the Dayton Daily News has not printed a word about what is going on at Reynolds? Well the reason for it is because when they wrote initially about the takeover Brockman and his goons went to the main office and told the editor and chief that if they print anything at all about Reynolds they will have their contributions pulled among other threats. Pretty sure that's considered blackmail. It is amazing how it is legal in this country to buy out a perfectly good company with a billion in revenue that has a long standing heritage of over 100 years, no problems and steady growth, buy this company, and destroy it from the inside out to make a handful of people rich while destroying the local economy and more importantly the lives of the people who live there. The VP's and former CEO Fin O'Neill got rich from the buyout and moved away while the company steadily lays off 5-10 people a week equaling thousands over the years with a crappy little severence to keep them quiet. He does this so that there aren't enough laid off or fired at once to start a lawsuit or draw any attention. He blatantly fires/lays-off older people and women which would be a huge discrimination lawsuit yet no lawyer will take the case out of fear. The employees hate him, the dealers hate him and there is no protection from these types of occurances from the government especially in Ohio. Go to hell Brockman!

 

[Cookie]

Brockman has enough customers locked in to run the company into the ground while squeezing out every dime for himself...and when one day...it's just not worth the trouble...he'll padlock the door and kiss it goodbye..laughing all the way to his bank in the Cayman's. That's the thing about not having to answer to those pesky shareholders... Reynolds is Private. Bob can do whatever he wants. The longer people wait...the more barriers he has time to erect to dissuade exit... while charging people through the nose.

 

[Betty (blog)]

Michael, You are so right. Older people and women at Reynolds enter work daily with the fear that they could be the next to be walked out. We know the routine. Two managers approach with folder in hand. The three of you go to the office, then you gather your things, they take your badge and then comes the walk of humiliation as they escourt you to the door and watch you until you drive away. Your former fellow employees are instructed not to let you back into the building. What can you do but go to work everyday and leave with a sigh of relief that you get to come back and do it again the next day. I'm just glad I have a job. Job opportunities for those of us over 50 are not that great, not in this economy. I just wish it were for a company with somewhat of a conscience.

 

[DavidDime]

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