What a waste. Plan to sell your sole for money. - Engineer Rain Bird Employee Review

1.0
Dec 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money is the only reason to work here.

Cons

There is an article on Glassdoor called "7 Companies You Should Never Work For". Look it up before you accept a job here, because all 7 are present at Rain Bird. A few more things to contemplate before accepting a position at the Bird. Realize that you will never achieve more than 40% of your bonus. Many manager use "moving target" bonuses as a year cost savings measure. Ask yourself if you are willing to trade money to regress in your career by 5-10 years. No matter how much you believe it will not happen to you, it will at the Bird. Ask the hiring manager where he/she came from and how many direct reports they had there. Then ask yourself why would someone that had 3-4 times as many direct reports take the job they currently have much less Hint: they were fooled into believing they could make a change. When someone tells you that you will have to wear multiple hats, assume that these hats include ordering lunch, search supply cabinets for the last unused highlighter, finding out that is it your responsibility to keep the copiers in toner and the toilets clean.

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Pros

Great people and management teams

Cons

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4.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of freedom and independence, not much micro management, can come up with cool ideas.

Cons

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