Rain Bird reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)
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Mike Donoghue

63% approve of CEO

55% 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
Jan 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation Smart and accomplished co-workers Relocation package available Smart and accomplished co-workers Given large amount of job responsibility Industry leader; quality products

Cons

A ridiculously high employee turnover rate Management has quotas to terminate 15% - 20% of employees every year A "management by fear" corporate culture A "What have you done for me lately?" and "Why should I keep you?" management mentality Weak senior management - a bunch of yes-men Retention and employee development/growth are non-existent Very minimal training Human Resources hires and fires - period! 50-60 hour work weeks are the norm Little to no prospect of long-term career growth The employees operate in survival mode Old laptops/computers

1.0
Jan 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is actually pretty good, but get what you can when you hire on, since raises are rare.

Cons

Very bad morale, you are treated like a criminal, and people snoop on your every move. Cameras everywhere, airporty style metal detectors, and eavesdropping of e-mail and telephones.

1.0
Dec 26, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good compensation. Good relocation package. Great location. Okay benefits.

Cons

A lot has been said in other reviews that pretty much sums up the company as a whole. It's not a healthy environment to work in. As for Senior Mgt and local plant management, Rainbird is full of managers, but I've never seen anyone I would call a leader. The plants and the company are highly political. My opinion of Rain Bird on the whole is not very high. However, I don't consider your coworkers as being much better than the company itself. Is it Rain Bird that makes them that way or is the nature of the people they hire? I think both. Your co-workers are ever ready to throw their fellow employees "under the bus", as they call it here. I've witnessed a lot of butt-kissing, much finger pointing by the workers, and a hostile environment that could be changed to some extent by the employees themselves. I've seen and talked to employees who have left, for one reason or another, never hear another word from their fellow employees. This is not the place you come to develop long term friendships. In summary, the company can be blamed for some of the ongoing problems and deficiencies, but let's own up to what's our responsibility.

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