REED International
REED International Employee Reviews
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Poor management
Contractor (Current Employee) – Leesburg, VA – December 10, 2018
This place is highly disorganized beyond any other, and you get micromanaged like no other. There is possibility for discrimation in the workplace as I was singled out on multiple occasions - whereas colleagues got away with the same situation. It’s unusually loud, like everywhere is a break room. Lunch hour is basically on duty - shove your sandwich in your mouth and get back to work. It’s a joke of a pay with everything you’re expected to do and get reprimanded when guidelines cannot or are not met. My higher-ups don’t know how to manage their team properly and lose track of what it is we need them to do leading to delays and not treating us equally. My job is to go through the dirt and grime while my higher-ups get praised. There’s no bonuses as well, go figure. There is also favoritism that goes on here. It’s not right.
Pros
You have your own set of things?
Cons
Short breaks, not enough pay, poor management, disorganization, the list can go on
Would Gladly work for them again!
Team Leader (Former Employee) – Virginia – October 2, 2018
I enjoyed working for Reed. It was a breath of fresh air to work for a company that did not stand over your shoulder. They had a specific mission/job that needed to be complete. They never told you how to do it they just wanted results. I loved it. They issued great gear and actually read your resume prior to calling you for an interview.
Pros
Execellent gear and oppurtinity for advancement
Cons
None that would stop me from working for them again
Its not to bad of a gig
Guard (Former Employee) – Afghan – June 11, 2018
Depending on how many staff are on deck; your work week can subject to change. 12 work shifts with maybe a day or 2 paid time off each week. Its not really that bad, its just people within the guards and supervisors that make things hard sometimes because of gossip
love the work but management is lacking
Crane truck operator (Current Employee) – Eunice, LA 70535 – May 29, 2017
local family ran co. that is focused on their selves making plenty on money but not the employees. Management is lacking and leaving employees having to figure out the jobs on their own.
Pros
nice people
Cons
pay, benefits
Stepping stone contract
Armed Security Services (Current Employee) – KAF – May 20, 2017
Hostile work environment, a majority of the supervisors don't have recent, relevant experience overseas. The only decent thing about the contract is compared to peers doing the same job for other companies, we are about ten to twenty dollars a day more. No promotional boards or official announcements for promotion or transfer. Just battlefield commission based on who is most buddy with the boss. Equipment to include weapons/uniforms, low quality. Although I saw another outfit giving expats Makarovs to carry around, so at least the weapons are American.
Pros
Decent people working around you, law of averages right.
Cons
Pay (for OCONUS work), Management, Equipment
close knit family style environment
Project Engineer (Current Employee) – Hickman, CA – March 15, 2017
RII is a small company so most employees wear many hats. There is usually no monotony in day to day tasks. RII offers interesting challenges and products. For being such small company RII has a significant global presence. The lower level management is very helpful and cooperative between departments.
Pros
flexible schedule and great benefits
Cons
remote location for most employees but still much better than most commutes
Great job I do in interest
BAF, Armed Security Specialist (Current Employee) – BAF airfield Afghanistan US Military Base – June 30, 2016
Every day starts with a management level review with our client, looking at the previous day's performance and issues, then looking ahead to challenges facing us today, such as resource issues, special requirements, etc. This review is then flowed down to our team on the shop floor so they also understand the expectation for the day ahead, and we value their input in planning how we will address the day's challenges. After that each day is different. A lot of time is spent reviewing the effectiveness of our quality systems and processes as we strive to continually improve our productivity and quality, there are HR issues to manage, business planning, resource and capacity planning, reviewing status of projects we're running, training, and whenever we have quality issues I'm part of problem solving teams to get to the root cause and introduce improvements.
Pros
Free Lunches, and getting new clients
Cons
medical care and Vacations