Wish i would have seen this site before joining... - Associate Product Manager Rain Bird Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a great product and your fellow employees are usually of a very good caliber. It makes you feel good to work wiht quality people that "get it"

Cons

At this point you've probably read all the posts on here that are negative. I'll share that I was actually an employees much longer ago that indicated on here, but was compelled to post after stumbling on the site. Even after nearly 10 years of being going I find may of the negative comments resonating with my whatI experienced. Lack of trust.. It is truly McGregor's "theory X" management style at work, from an academic standpoint it is very interesting to see - at least I had never see it in this pure of form before! As marketing, you have a GREAT product to work with. However, don't expect to get creative with it, and don't expect to take their great market recognition and presence and run with it. They are entrenched in what they have always done, and unfortunately that continues today. While the insults i've seen thrown at the very top management may be inapprpriate, they not completely un-credible. RB is a comapny that has been very successful, but it is now time to go from a family-run styles of business and get a professional mangement team in place. The comapany, product and people have an incredible amount of potential. it's time to unleash that potential.

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Cons

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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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