material handler

assembler

production assembler

truck driver

production associate

Reeb Millwork

I've left this company about a month ago, and truthfully, of all the places I've worked at throughout my work history, This job is the first I've felt compelled to leave a review for. So I'm gonna try and take my time while not wasting yours. Overall, Reeb is a good place to work at. I don't hate it there, I've made good friends and became one of the best workers in my station. The company is, as the general manager likes to call it, "The Mercedes Benz of Doors". So here's the Pros...

The company does an exceptional job in terms providing benefits and keeping a clean environment with a cleaning crew throughout the day to keep bathrooms and halls tidy. The break rooms are average, but have a good amount of space, and variety in their vendors. The people there are friendly and courteous, everyone smiles alot throughout. You can listen to whatever music you want to, so long as the music isn't blasting too loudly. The company hosts many pizza parties, and for those of us like myself who worked through the quarantine, we were even given a bonus pay of appreciation by the CEO himself. So this company is a good one to work for in my opinion. 

Now for the bad news, the real reason you're here reading this... I think it's ironic that Reeb coins the phrase "...Remember Beer Spelled Backwards." Because it makes you wanna drink a cold one when you finally make it home at the end of the day. While I will tell you that the company is a great place to work for, there's one thing I need to warn you about. If you manage to get an offer to work at Reeb, good for you, but the moment you hear the word "ACRO" or "STEEL SHOP".... RUN AWAY FAST!!! And trust me when I tell you, you can't run fast enough. Put yourself in the mindset of getting up to go to work no later than 6am sharp. You have your first break at 9, then lunch at 12, and finally last break at 1:30. Now imagine working til 6pm, long 12 hr day of coarse, but remember... you haven't had a break since 1:30. That's over 4 hrs without a break. Do this 5 days straight. Then do it, 4 weeks straight. And then do it for a couple months straight. Now, a 12hr day is average. Leaving work after 10 hrs, is a blessing. Leaving work anytime before 10 hrs, is a MIRACLE! There are even days where you stay for 14 HOURS! Thats right, that means 2nd shift is already on their lunch break. All the other departments have left around 3pm, except ACRO. You go home, have no time to do anything but take a shower and go to sleep to do it again in the next few hours. 

Is the pay good? Yes. But with that many hours, taxes will make it look as if like you worked 10 extra hours for free. Not to mention, their pay system that keeps track of your hours consistently messes up the amount of hours you've works, so you could end up missing not a few dollars here and there, we're talking hundreds of dollars. So you have to keep an eye on your processed payments. ACRO is a nightmare for those who have children. The upper management don't even listen to the supervisors who share the same concerns as the workers, so their hands are tied. We lost a good supervisor who was well respected because he couldn't handle the foolishness from the higher ups. Please, to anyone who's looking to work at Reeb, STAY AWAY FROM ACRO!

Not a very great company to work for truth be told. The job wasn't too hard but Reed has an extremely disorganized and messy warehouse, doors (the items you'd be working with for 2ed shift) are sometimes hard to find due to poor management/supervising as the stagers just do not care about their job and place item in random places, for an example if you're in (bay) s01 one of your items meant for that truck can be found all the way in (bay) s24 which is all the way on the other side of the building. The bays are also unsafe, doors and other big items are left blocking your bay, pathway, and even tripping hazards. Doors will constantly fall towards you as they are placed leaning on each other in unsafe ways, these doors can get very big and very heavy. Very little in the way of training, you get a few days with "this is how you do it". But no much training in the way of understanding what the zebra is telling you to load into your truck, you'll have to stop constantly and ask someone to explain what you are even looking for. On the plus side, the 2ed shift is full of amazing guys who work hard. 

If you do end up working there and find a better job under 60 days, do not tell them. Just finish your week or few days before you leave and do not tell them, as they have a policy, they "don't accept 2-week notices from people who haven't been there for less than 60 days." I know it's unprofessional not to give a job 2 weeks' notice, but they don't care they'll fire you as soon as the shift is over. So if they have an unprofessional policy don't worry about being professional with them, it'll just end with you losing your job before you planned on leaving.

Your day would start at 6 am and immediately jump into building doors on the assembly lines or operating your machine. It was a very push, push, push environment and was not focused on quality. All they cared about is how many doors they could push out a day and did not care about the quality of the door that was being sent out. I personally saw many door units being sent out with holes and chunks blown out of the door or door casing because someone missed their shot with the staple gun, but yet they sent it out anyways because they had to hurry up and build the next one and send it out and that is how it was all day every single day of work. 
The work schedule was Mon-Fri 6 am- 4:30 pm
Management was ok. They said what you wanted to hear and then wouldn't try and do anything to help you out. Management was the ones responsible for trying to push out as many door units as they could and not care about the quality of the door.
The most enjoyable part of the job was definitely the coworkers. There are a lot of great people that work there and they make the atmosphere of the place better. You also get 10 hours of overtime pay each week because you work 50 hours a week
The worst part of the job is if your not on an assembly line then you will most likely have to work 11-12 hour days and no they didn't happen all the time but they were not uncommon. I had to work overtime a few times a week because of the workload that was thrown on me and a lot of times I would not get the help that was promised to me by my supervisors.

So first of all pretty much all management here were just a bad choice for the company, supervisors sending inappropriate text messages to staff, supervisors coming In to work drunk, supervisors mentally abusing employees by telling them they are worthless and will never amount to anything. On top of all that barclay has human resources susan, who is about the most hateful lonely sad evil woman and that's saying it kindly, she hates all employees probably because she hates her life but if she ever has to talk to you or hears any gossip she will fire you on the spot no evidence she just has zero tolerance even if it's not true she has had multiple assistants in the past 10 years and all of them quit because she verbally abuses them. Supervisor will promise you advancement and fill your head that your on to great thing but they will turn around and tell the next person you do horrible work and they hope you find a new job soon. The good employees and supervisors the company has ever gotten end up fired or quit the company is like a high school and you'd think men wouldn't be so hormonal and dramatic but the men in the company cause more drama then a drama club in high school and if you get employment thru reeb do not I repeat do not ever give anyone your phone number or Facebook because as soon as you post something about your weekend with your spouse or kids the whole company is talking about it like you killed someone.

Typical day at work was very stressful for all as upper management only cares about production and not quality, but yet they hold all the management accountable on how bad the quality is going out to the customer. The culture of the building is terrible with there turnover rate and call outs is the worst I have seen. They tell workers is a 4 10 hour day work week, but it mostly 5 10s plus some Saturday work. There is NO training for the newer employees as many have said this, but yet nothing has changed. They are totally stuck behind the times as they have an older workforce who do not adapt to any newer ideas, which some managers know about, but nothing is done, which makes everyone's job not attainable. Some of these older mangers have ran the plant before which they failed, but yet they are still there in different positions ruining the culture. The newer Managers who have the knowledge to fix the issues either quit over stress or are let go because upper management dont want to adapt to there new processes. The open door policy is a trap, so no need to state problems to upper HR. There are no processes or SOPs to follow and there inventory is not even close to accurate,  which the CEO said personally. The PTO is good to start, but when you have a bad culture your time is used quick for not wanting to be there.

I worked at the Barclay md building and its honestly very disappointing to see such a veteran management team full of employees who were there since it was DSD run a building so poorly. Temporary employees come in the door with little to no experience making more than company employees with experience and seniority. I worked in the wearhouse as a picker and the 'manager' was very disrespectful and ignorant towards certain employees who spoke up when being treated unfairly. EXTREMELY difficult to work with and unprofessional as can be. Laughed in my face when I requested the same day off as another employee in our department for a close family friends funeral. Was told raises weren't given after 90 days of a department transfer but yet gave another employee a raise after they transferred from the finish building across the street. All in all .5/5 stars for the barclay building. I liked the people I worked with just managment was the reason for so many good values employees to leave. Plus the wearhouse manager has never used any forklift or powered equipment before in her life but tells you that your job isnt difficult and expects you to bust your tail 1000% everyday all day even if it takes a heavy toll on your body. Never worried about conditions of employees.

They say it's a family place to work and they sugar coat everything and the driver boss, well unless you want to feel stupid and incompetent, I wouldn't work there. He talks to you like your a child, and yeah it's a family alright...becuase your true and actually family becomes on the back burner. You can start at 12am or later and come back anytime from 4-7pm. So your family life is basically gone to reeb. You have no less then 12 stops a day. That you have to get too, while driving no more then 2 miles over the posted speed limit, and also having to take 30 min lunch, while doing secretary stuff inside the cab and then, having to write everything down, and then having to call someone on top of that. Oh yeah, and the routes are not tight...you can be you lucky if 2 stops that are actually close together but then it's nothing but windshield time. And if your told "oh yeah, we have gps's"  that's a lie there too...the place is a revolving door. Drive boss acts like a kid, and doesn't like ya, well your on his list, it's nothing but a game. There's guys there for 20-30 plus years and still are not making money like they should be for the amount of junk that goes on and treatment.

Reeb is going through change.  New management has been brought in at the Exec level and is making progress with cultural change and accountability.  Reeb really needs to let go of it's "poor performers" and release those people that don't know or understand the business and hide behind emails.  In order for REEB to succeed, management needs to be in front of their people leading by example. Tell, Show, Do.  That is how you earn respect, understand the business and gain loyal people.  The new regime is working hard at making this happen and many managers / supervisors are following and there is a shift in the dynamic of the workforce.  However, there are senior leaders in the company who lack organization, poor planners, come in late - leave early - take long lunches, fail to follow through and worst of all LIE to their team.  The Accounting Dept, HR Director and IT need a complete revamp and employ leaders who actually get things done.  Its a shame that everyone in the business can see failing upper level leadership and yet the top execs of the business aren't able to cut ties.  The work environment and buy in from the workers would be much better.

fast paced on some lines, others seem to alway be waiting for work. management wont let the employees go to lunch until a certain amount of production has been completed reguardless of how long it has been since they had a break. makes people stay until all work is complete even after they stand around waiting on materails for half the day.  if you are looking to work 12-14 hours per day in a hot shop and being yelled at for not meeting goals then this is a great place to work. the assisitant manager litterally uses a bull horn to yell at the lines. the hr lady is not at work most of the time and does nothing to help the people. manager and assistant manager show up after 8 and leave long before the lines are done, are in constant meetings and do nothing to make sure lines have what they need to keep going. not a good place if you have a family or significant other. company has their core values and couldnt care less about peoples personal values such as family and work / life balance. 

I was there a year and 3 months. In that time, I had 4 different Operation Managers. The Leadership team is constantly changing peoples roles and not for the better. They immediately overreact to bad production numbers and put out fires instead of fixing the processes. 

The company is extremely disorganized and although they say they care about Safety and Quality, all they care about is Production. The current Ops Manager dictates from his office and if you don’t like his decision, you can find another job (his exact words). There is no coaching or help from your superiors. And all they do is berate you and focus on the flaws. The hourly employees are not paid well at all and that is why they don’t have any reason to work harder. And the rules change daily. 

Both the hourly and salaried staff there are all miserable and it was a blessing in disguise that I am no longer there. You DO NOT want to work for this organization, you will be fearful of loosing your job every single day.

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