Reynolds and Reynolds Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Reynolds and Reynolds

Pros – good name to start out at

Cons – bad location in Dayton Ohio

Current Employee – been working at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time

Pros – Good entry level job, mostly good people to work with, sports leagues

Cons – Amount of pay, limited growth opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – In order to keep employees long term, increase their pay

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time

Pros – Professional environment, great opportunities, several cash bonuses, awesome benefits, and unlike several other reviews, I actually was very impressed with the management. I just got out of the US Air Force and this company gave me a pleasant and smooth transition. They were great right from the start.

Cons – Somewhat low starting pay and lengthy hiring process

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Reynolds and Reynolds part-time for more than a year

Pros – Very flexible schedules for students and the ability to learn about hardware at work is very nice. Management is very friendly, understanding and helpful.

Cons – Upper management has all of the wrong priorities. Will make everyone organize their work areas a certain way for "looks" when the previous way was much more efficient.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time for more than a year

Pros – The pros of working for the company:
• Offers leadership classes that can help gain a prospective about yourself and eventually go after your own goals
• Pay is every other Wednesday (instead of the 1st and 15th or the 10th and 25th)
• Depending on your outlook of work, you can enjoy the place and the people
• Offers a small gym to work out in as well as other programs to improve yourself
• Has a cafeteria that offers some good menu items to select from (prices are ok and is deducted from your pay)

Cons – The cons of working for the company:
• Can be a high stress environment with a lot of inner office politics
• Might require longer hours than stated, possibly working on a rotating shift
• Several tests before a call back – can be stressful if you don’t do well on tests
• Very strict work environment depending on your manager and supervisor

Advice to Senior Management – Advise I would share with upper management, appreciate your employees, encourage them to grow and to reach their goals even if that means that they leave the company. You are planting in your employees, will you plant a tree or a weed. You want them to produce fruit, so care for them and help them grow.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Been with the company for a few years in the sales force. Great, laid-back leaders (maybe not compared to 1995 and the glory days of disgruntled ex employees, but AWESOME compared to other large companies). Great compensation and benefits, good chance to make a name for yourself and move up. Awesome training department - great place to start a career or continue on with an already successful one. Hands-down the technology leader in the industry - very fun to sell what is widely known as THE BEST.

Cons – Headquarters is in Dayton. Tough to pass the test and get hired. Not able to set own hours as much as in the past.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep your employees happy!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time for more than a year

Pros – Reynolds matches 401K contributions up to 6% (although contributions made by Reynolds will be pulled out if you leave before 2 years).

Cons – Reynolds pays below industry average salaries. There is very high turnover because they would rather replace you with a new graduate than bump your salary. Raises are few and far between and don't amount to much.

In the Manufacturer Integration department they encourage you to put your work life ahead of your personal life. If someone leaves the department a new person is not brought in to assume the resposibilities of the departed employee. Instead they simply force the remaining employees to absorb the duties and tell you "there is only time" if you say you don't have time to get everything done. Meaning there is no work hours or personal hours, it is all just time and there is no excuse to not get it all done.

The food in the company cafeteria is AWFUL, especially for lunch. They say the meals are subsidized by the company, but it is hard to believe that a modest size, plain, low quality burger without fries or a drink is subsidized at $4.

Management watches your hours like a hawk. You have to punch in and out every time you change floors in the building so they can always know where you are at.

The company does not sell any high sugar beverages as part of their effort to promote health and wellness. What ever happened to personal freedom and accountability?

You will not start with any vacation time. You have to earn your vacation time during your first year so you can have some during your second year (10 days maximum).

Overall a very stingy company that would rather replace you than reward you. Not bad for a starter job straight out of school, but certainly not an ideal place to build a lifelong career.

Advice to Senior Management – Reward those who deserve it and maybe they will stick around. Also raise salary level across the company to at least industry average.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Best products in the industry.

Cons – management style is more akin to being in the marines

Advice to Senior Management – Reynolds was always a great company to work for. Everyone who worked there felt like family regardless of role. Profit and caring don't have to be mutually exclusive.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Coworkers, sports teams, benefits, activities, custom software

Cons – ambiguity, low salary, micromanagement, big brother

Advice to Senior Management – why bother, they don't listen

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reynolds and Reynolds full-time for more than a year

Pros – - Great organizational behaviors, community involvement, several activities for employees to get involved in, corporate charity events and programs, fitness center on site, great campus.
- Friendly down to earth people. Reynolds has the extended family feel to it.
- Great work-life balance. You can work a solid 40 and go home.

Cons – - Employees are pigeon holed into a role that takes a couple week to learn how to be competent at and then asked to perform those task for a number of years. Management has decided to take advantage of cheap educated labor in the Dayton and Houston area.
- If you do your job 100% as asked, you actually have a lot of freedom to improve your process or develop your own role. Management will notice when responsibility starts rolling your direction and will try to acknowledge or promote within their power.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to pair groups of people to be more productive, stick a single A player in a group of C players and see if you can't get some productivity out of the middle of the pack. Create ranking roles within each department between the entry level and supervisor position. The company already gives 6 month reviews and raises, why not change an employee's title to make them feel like their getting somewhere...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend