If they work out, they're hired permanently. Other criminal backgrounds are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. It typically hires second-chance employees as temporary workers for a period of four to six months. At the request of a local nonprofit, the company began hiring second-chance workers and discovered with the right support such employees had strong potential to be loyal and dedicated. Nehemiah Manufacturing – named for the Old Testament prophet who helped rebuild Jerusalem – was founded in 2009 and originally located in Queensgate. Talking with friends, Meyer wondered if his next business could help rebuild a declining part of the city.Ī friend suggested factory jobs within walking distance of a residential community would inject a welcome shot of stability, giving families better jobs nearby. A new ventureįor decades, Meyer lived in the Bridgetown area of Green Township, watching some nearby West Side neighborhoods of Cincinnati decline. “I wanted to give back: Time, talent and treasure,” Meyer said. After selling the business in 2006 but agreeing to stay on to manage it for another three years, Meyer contemplated his next move.
Inspired by his devout Catholic faith and upbringing, Meyer donated 10% of the company’s profits to urban ministries. Later, the company also developed a relationship with P&G, producing niche packaged products under the banners of the consumer giant’s brand names. Over the next 15 years, Meyer grew the company making generic brands for the likes of retailers Kroger and Walmart. In 1994, he founded Changing Paradigms in West Chester. in the early 1990s, Meyer had the final push and a severance package to take the leap. When Drackett was taken over by SC Johnson Co. “To do this, I felt I needed to learn… by working the big consumer package goods companies.”Īfter 12 different jobs at three companies in 15 years, Meyer felt he had enough experience to strike out on his own.
“My dream was to always start and run my own company,” Meyer said. Meyer eventually ran Drackett’s entire O-Cedar mop and broom division but still eyed another role outside of the corporate world. He returned to Cincinnati to work for Drackett Co., then the maker of Drano drain cleaner, Windex window cleaner and Endust furniture care. Meyer left Cincinnati for Chicago to take a marketing job at Quaker Oats. An aspiring business ownerĪ native of West Price Hill, Meyer attended the University of Pennsylvania then launched his career in consumer products working at P&G. “The genesis of the company was to come into the inner city core and provide jobs for those that are in most need,” Meyer said.
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