800-JR Cigar Reviews

2.8

26% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Rob Maneson

40% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

800-JR Cigar has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The 800-JR Cigar employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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33 reviews
1.0
16 Nov 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay is decent. Everyone pretty much keeps to themselves. It has its own parking lot. Free coffee in the break room.

Cons

Don't fall into this trap. First off, you work in an office where people can smoke cigars. Yes that's right, people smoke in your working environment. They get away with this because the office is attached to a smoke shop. This also means that the health insurance offered through the company is super expensive and being the company that it is, they don't pick up much of the tab. Next is the management. The president of the company used to be a manager of the call center. How he got promoted to president of the company is something we are all currently trying to figure out. He doesn't know what he is doing. So instead of planning a business strategy, he micromanages everything. From the artwork that goes into the catalog, to the emails that go out on a daily basis. He doesn't understand that people with college degrees that were hired to do a specific job, know what they are doing. (He doesn't have any sort of college degree) He can take a beautiful work of art and completely destroy it because he doesn't understand it. The CEO is MIA. If you're in the art department, expect to redo an assignment 10 times before he approves the original draft. (and he'll say it was his idea) If you're in accounting, your work will never be finished because upper management will constantly screw things up. If you're in the IT side, you might be ok, because the president doesn't understand a thing about computers. Bonuses are a joke, trying to get compensation for traveling is like having teeth pulled, and no one gets promoted. No office parties, no telecommuting, no appreciation. The company can function perfectly fine without the upper management, but they get all the reward. Bonuses for employees have been a joke for years, but the president can give himself a nice fat $97,000 bonus. It makes me sick. This is also the only company that will punish you from introducing new ideas or taking the initiative. It's not cutting edge and it's the last company to catch on, always. Now here's the worst part. MC Management is the company that pays you. That means you are employed by them. So if you try applying for new jobs, the employers wont hear of nor will they find mc management anywhere. So it looks like you're working for a fake company and you're stuck here.

1.0
2 July 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good coworkers, who are genuinely passionate about design.

Cons

Management doesn't care about the mental health of its employees and tried to force 4 days in the office before morale dropped so sharply that they walked it back after less than 3 weeks. Note to the management, when people actually stand up in the office and clap about not having to be there an extra day every week, it's a pretty blatant sign that your workplace is toxic. They've cuts costs by firing long term talent (usually people of color and women) to churn through younger, less experienced designers; they've turned the creative department into a content mill of diminishing quality, frequently dangling exciting creative projects in front of the designers' noses before handing them off to an external vendor; they pit departments against each other like an insecure high school bully, rather than fostering company unity.

2.0
4 Dec 2023

Very Disappointed

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working from home somewhat flexible

Cons

In the beginning the job was great, the best was working from home. However after 2 years a new CEO came on board Brad Winstead. There was no meeting just a email stating all Bonuses would come to an end. Many including myself depended on monthly bonuses in order to pay bills. Some were making an extra 1000 to 1500 a month in extra income. People grow dependent on the income, buy a new car, buy a house, pay bills. There are employees who do not even know how they are going to pay their heating bill this winter. There was no introduction from the new ceo Brad Winstead. A meeting was promised but it never took place. You cannot just take 12000 dollars away from someone and say opps to bad, here is a tissue. People are struggling to make ends meet while I am sure Mr Brad Winstead did not take a pay cut or lose any bonuses. The bad , all bonuses were cut before the holidays.

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