Prepare your thick skin if you want to work here..... - Anonymous employee Rain Bird Employee Review

-I have never worked anywhere where employee morale was so horrible -- all areas, all levels, all locations...employee morale is unbelievably low -Big brother is watching...your email, your voicemail, the company even traces your internet activity......so much for trust -The company forces all managers to "grade" all employees from A - F on a regular basis, according to a normal distribution, so each manager only has a small # of A's..more B-C's, then forceably some D's and F's. (Employee's are mostly unaware of this directly because it isn't shared--but if you are a D or F, you will know because your manager will receive constant and direct pressure from on high to move you OUT!) This is an ugly process -The turnover is ridiculous -- in all departments. It's so bad the company has an unwritten policy to never distribute information about "departures", the only notification is when an email is returned as undeliverable....no matter how key the position. -The company is private, and so obsessively private it is ridiculous. The culture is outright paranoia about disclosure or dissemination of information...so much so that at times employees don't have the information necessary to do their job...even if they are held accountable for it. -HR is a joke, and that is kind. Lead by a former accountant with zero HR training or background, and this is obvious...HR at Rain Bird is about as human as a general ledger.... put simply...HR has one of highest turnover rates in the company. Enough said. -What training or documented job descriptions and procedures?