(I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU READ THIS)
I wish I had the time and recollection to provide all the cons but this company doesn't care, and they will continue to do so.
Management is absolutely abysmal, they are extremely old school and don't take kindly to feedback or employees speaking up.
The company promotes this fabrication that they are open to new ideas but are quick to shut down anything that doesn't fall under the response of "yessir or yes ma'am".
There is unparalleled nepotism that makes working for the company nearly impossible; you may not see it when you start out but it becomes blindingly clear as time goes on.
Management and the CEO's inner circle have an impunity to reprimand thus making the lower level employees subject to constant scolding for things that they may not have even had anything to do with.
Due to this same factor, the company has an everlasting turnover rate that reminds me a lot of a revolving door.
I was once told by my manager at the time that I "needed to keep my head down and do my work" referring to the fear that me having any other opinion or outlook would lead to termination.
Riggs has digressed into a company for people who want to just show up, do their work, get reprimanded and go home at the end of the day.
I strongly suggest you do not work for Riggs Distributing if you have an ounce of respect for yourself. They will overwork you, undermine that work, and then eventually find reason (big or small) to fire you.
A couple of descriptors that come to mind for Riggs include but are not limited to:
- Selfish
- Spineless
- Not inclusive
- Nepotistic
- Old School
- Money Hungry
- Demeaning
- Careless
- Deceiving
I can assure you, I worked for the company and was brought on board with the idea that I can help, that I can make an impact and that they were a glowing example of a company I only hoped to work for. That idea seemed to be true in the beginning but Riggs's true colors began to show once the pandemic hit and it was more about the money and suppression of their employees than anything else.
I was absolutely taken advantage of, no fault but my own, because I was given the initial impression that maybe I could change things and have a significant impact; that led to getting overworked and eventual burnout.
The company may look great from the outside, but internally they are struggling badly.
I loved my fellow colleagues who took the brunt of the work and punches for the CEO and upper management who could care less what was really being said about the company and its lower level employees specifically.