Everything is always 'urgent' because they make it up on the fly. - Sales Representative Cigars International Employee Review

2.0
3 Jun 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

*As mentioned in another review Keith Meir is no longer the CEO. The company is now owned by Scandanavian Tobacco Group and run by Sarah Santos. Coworkers and immediate supervisor were great (everyone above my supervisor not so much.). Discount was great (which they leverage as an excuse to not pay people a decent wage).

Cons

I saw another review refer to working there as 'needlessly frantic' and I can't think of a better way to describe it. Things would change not just day to day but hour by hour. It seemed like they were just banging rocks together hoping it translated to sales. Things would often get tossed at us late in the day by upper management with tight turnaround times. If someone quit or was let go they usually put that work on someone else rather than hire a replacement. By the time I left we had lost several 10+ year employees and from what I've heard that has only increased since.

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5.0
27 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good tips Great management Benefits Patrons are awesome

Cons

Low hourly pay (but lots of good tips) Lots of cleaning

3.0
25 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Only pro of working for this company is the employee discount.

Cons

All of management doesn’t care about the safety of its employees. The hire yes men who bow to every wish and demand of their superiors without looking up what the SOP says itself. they hire employees that don’t work and wont remove them or write them up accordingly. Lord forbid we try to honor our troops, nearly forced to take down decorations honoring veterans because “it’s not authorized”

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