Rain Bird reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)
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Mike Donoghue

63% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Rain Bird has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 526 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rain Bird employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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526 reviews
1.0
May 29, 2018

Run. Run. Run.

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Pros

There are no pros given the overwhelming set of negatives. Rain Bird ruins lives.

Cons

Read and re-read the reviews found here. I will not rehash. Too painful. Were time no issue, I would share all the details but you need no further warning. A single review is one thing but when all reviews are overtly negative, your reference point is bankable. Do not ever work here. I am only revisiting months later in the hopes I can ward off any unsuspecting prospective. Why? Just note how all reviews seemingly say the say thing...antiquated culture, forced ranking, adversarial, sexist, etc? All true. Look, if your life is great and you need a downgrade, come to Rain Bird. Not only will it overwhelmingly -- and negatively -- impact you on a professional level, it will hurt your personally too. The bad is so hard to set aside on the home front, FYI. Numerous ex-employees I speak to suffer from Rain Bird PTSD. And so do their partners. Yes...that is a thing. Summary: "Atrocious management practiced here"...seems a generous statement given my time at the company. Entire departments move on a whim. Move = fired. "Oh, did you just move your entire family from a foreign country for this role...?" Doesn't matter. For no real or justified reason you will find out within 3 months whether you're "Rain Bird" material or not. Don't worry, I'll save you the surprise, you're not....unless you're a weasel with no moral or ethical compass. The "in crowd" is especially set on destroying new capable talent should a fear of supplanting exist. Don't try and stand out. Note: The company is still run like it is the 1980's with very few women present and if they're there, they're smarter than you because they've double the duty to justify their existence. Not kidding. So impressive. Sad white walls and cubicles await and provide very little solace as to why you traded your happiness for the sad hell that exists at Rain Bird. I hated my time there. I personally oversaw significant realized success (sales/market share) and never once felt safe. Takeaway: You will not retire at Rain Bird. They will pay you excessively to get you to Tucson and then abandon you. Talk about lonely. No other jobs exist in Tucson at your pay grade, trust me. You're stuck. I saw more pedigreed studs show up and ship out unceremoniously than I can count. Run. Run. Run.

2.0
Mar 30, 2018

Horrible experience

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Pros

Good and talented people. Pays well but not worth the immaturity that good people have to put up with from the leadership.

Cons

Myopic leadership views. Huge turnover. As a leader in the organization, I was told I didn’t need to see the budget that I was responsible for because understanding the budget was on a need to know basis. Horrible culture of fear. I would not recommend working here at all.

1.0
Apr 25, 2014

Horrible

Anonymous employee
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Pros

pay is good but lots of people are laid off or fired

Cons

Poorly managed Insufficient budgets Held accountable but not given resources needed to do job Horrible management time at the highest levels Poor treatment of vendors

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