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
May 29, 2015

Dirty Bird!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great peers and talent in the trenches.

Cons

Toxic corporate culture. The corpse rots from the head.

1.0
Dec 31, 2012

Succession Planning

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They only hire the best just so they can fire the best.

Cons

There are many Cons but one of the biggest at Rain Bird is the succession planning. All managers and directors are required to have identified successors to take their place just in case. So what happens is they will hire or promote someone just to be their backup on paper only later to realize that they are not as good as they thought so they are then pushed out through corrective action. I can hear it now, "Sorry, you are not meeting the expectations required for Rain Bird management." I have seen this more times than I can remember. It's really sad for those individuals that relocate their families just to be pushed out one year later while the hiring manager is seen as getting things done by cycling out the poor performers.

1.0
Feb 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is ok, if you are a good negoitator. Beyond that, you should be prepared for a life lesson in working for a company that churns through employees like they all belong to a temp agency.

Cons

You should expect to be given all of the responsibility with none of the authority necessary to perform your job at Rain Bird. Also be prepared for unrealistic goals, zero training, zero support, and zero direction. If you are not a director, you can count on being a scapegoat for someone else's mistake down the road. Do not trust anyone that sits in the Northeast corner of the building, it will come back to bite you.

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