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1.0
Jul 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very easy way to get into the Irrigation/Green industry. Great people.

Cons

Very little stability with in the company. Product quality can be up & down and the factory won't often back up their work. Layoffs are an often occurance - there are cycles of heavy hiring and then heavy layoffs. Before a layoff, many employees are "run out"; their lives are made so miserable at work so they quit before RB can lay them off. No severance package then. Turnover in field sales is about every 2yrs, same with inside marketing group. This makes for a very jumbled perception from the outside. Everyone within the irrigation industry knows someone who "used to" work for RB... they can't hire anyone with experience from within the industry so they always reach outside into other industries for capable sales, marketing & engineering.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and management teams

Cons

Little interaction with C Suite

4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

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

Cons

Hard to advance, people stay in their spots for a long time, remote employees excluded from advancement in general. Benefits are bad, health care terrible. 401k match is weak

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