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By Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer Updated 1:11 PM Wednesday, June 17, 2009

KETTERING — Reynolds and Reynolds, a provider of management software and services to auto dealerships, has laid off employees in the past week, while trying to recruit others, a company spokesman said today, June 17.

“We have had a handful of reductions over the last week or so,” said Thomas Schwartz, spokesman for Reynolds.

He declined to quantify the number of layoffs, other than to say they fell short of being “mass” layoffs. On Wednesday, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services “WARN” (Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification) Web site had no recent notice from Reynolds.

Under WARN requirements, businesses must alert the state when a facility is closed for more than 6 months, or when 50 or more employees lose their jobs during any 30-day period at a single site of employment.

Most of the recent layoffs occurred at the company’s Technical Assistance Center, which takes calls and questions from Reynolds customers, Schwartz said. He said the center’s call volume has dropped, a change he attributed to improvements in Reynolds software and the closing of auto dealerships nationally over time.

Bankrupt General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are shuttering thousands of auto dealerships. The seasonally adjusted auto sales rate fell to 9.2 million in May from 14.2 million a year earlier, according to Bloomberg data released earlier this month.

“Really, we’ve been doing this for almost a year, at least, since the economy has turned for sure,” Schwartz said. “We’ve been taking a very measured approach.”

At the same time, Reynolds is seeking to recruit 30 or 40 people for its campus off County Line Road, he said.

That campus has a work force of about 1,400 today, down about 100 employees from a year ago, Schwartz has said. He attributes that shrinkage not only to economic conditions, but to transfers to Houston, where Reynolds’ parent company, Universal Computer Systems, is based.

UCS acquired Reynolds nearly three years ago.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or tgnau@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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Schmedlap,

Your comment about hiring new people with new skill sets might apply other places, but not at Reynolds. Their Texas management requires that everything be done the way they've done it for the last 25 years.

leftinthedust
7:35 PM, 6/19/2009

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I wonder how many UREY apologists have jumped on here.

Here's a convienient list of some of them:
Schmedlap
dale
Judy

aruxton
9:26 AM, 6/19/2009

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Schmedlap...let's not fail to mention that the salaries are usually much lower for entry-level employees compared to what a long time employee has achieved.

sassy
10:28 PM, 6/18/2009

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One additional remark, when a company lays off one part of a work force and hires new people, it is generally to bring on a new skill set that was not possessed by the laid off work force. It is easy to take it personally if you are the laid off worker, but realize that as we emerge from this economic crisis, employers must reinvent themselves. We as workers would be wise to do the same. If we continue to do the same old things we will keep getting the same old outcomes that didnt serve us well.

Schmedlap
6:26 PM, 6/18/2009

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It is really sad that Angie is trying to educate the rest of us on the economy when she doesnt understand it herself. The economy is a global one, and wearing the blinders spouting "buy American" does not assure financial security. Sweetheart, you may not be stupid, but you have been brainwashed.

Schmedlap
6:21 PM, 6/18/2009

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