Poorly Run Company With No Direction - Anonymous employee Renfro Brands Employee Review

1.0
Jul 27, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It used to be great

Cons

Like every company in this space, COVID created some challenging times. Unfortunately for Renfro and its employees (especially the Mt Airy team), the CEO has his own personal agenda to use the company for his own personal PR highlight reel that doesn't discuss the actual business. Beyond managing to lose nearly 70% of the company's value, he has also created a masterclass in self-preservation by firing anyone he deemed a threat/managed to pin as the scapegoat for his numerous mistakes/blatant negligence of his responsibilities. At the same time, he's hired people based on a certain set of criteria that doesn't include abilities or experience. Needless to say, I would not recommend joining this sinking ship, which is unfortunate because there are a lot of great people that work here. It's just that the current mis-management of the company has made it go from >$500mm to ~$100mm (and declining) in revenue while also stripping it of any culture it had. Too bad.

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5.0
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Pros

Free Shows Long Breaks Great Tips

Cons

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3.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Co-workers are nice and mostly easy to work with. Leadership is average but fine in general.

Cons

Pay is average. They agreed to give me my bonus but never paid it out. Technically, they did not have to based on policy but they said they would and did not. Ignored my emails. Brought in new VP who clearly wanted to bring in her own people. She never really gave a fair chance to those of us she let go. It was obvious she had her mind set from the start.

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