Rena Ware Reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

Ben Zylstra

53% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
3.0
13 Dec 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There are worse places to work. Flexible work environment, friendly co-workers.

Cons

Word of advise- If you are looking at this as a place to work- go elsewhere. If you already work here, start looking. Whjle management puts on a 'We care about you' they really only cares about themself and the all mighty dollar. Nepotism at its best. Owner employees the wife, President and Sr VP are Father/son. Most corps are similar so you are not much different but there is saying that definately fits Rena Ware when refering to management. "Book Smart, Street Stupid" I am not saying that they are all stupid, but most have essentially been handed and live the better life so it is very hard for them to see other perspectives. Owner/Exec I feel make knee-jerk decisions without thinking through it. We had an antiquated system to manage sales and commission- it work. in fact it worked very well but didn't have some of the bells and whistles newer systems have but it worked. All of a sudden we are learning a new system having to come up with work arounds for things we just took for granted. The person in charge of that decision- left a couple months later probably due to embarassment- and probably because those above him were update that they got a system that costs 5x as much and half the functionality. US positions are all being off-shored so beware- Glad I was out before SHTF. US side of business was shut down after Covid because - to be honest- most people are smart enough to NOT purchase overpriced China/Taiwan cookware. The only piece I own was given me and we don't even use it. Even with Employee discount I could not justify the price. Quality? sure but so are a lot of others. Last I heard from former co-workers, there were less than 20 US positions, down from 5-6 times that a few years ago, and more expected to forced out.

5.0
7 May 2023

Family owned business

Recommend
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Pros

- Fair salaries according to the market - Annual salary revision and inflation adjustment - Job stability - Employee discounts

Cons

- Lack of Human Resources, therefore, extra responsibilities fall onto leader positions not related to the job title. - Lack of structure and clear career paths - Adversity to change or implementation of new ideas

3.0
14 Mar 2023

Friendly but very personable

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Comfortable work environment and friendly coworkers.

Cons

Company seems very 'Top Heavy' - Much like the saying "To many chiefs and not enough indians".

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