Rain Bird reviews

Where to start? It all starts at the top. There is zero respect or care for anyone who works there. They exploit the hourly employees to the greatest extent they can, often hiring illegal workers through "temp agencies" at around $7/hour for manufacturing jobs. The majority of the leadership staff are sociapaths that have no empathy for others and often lack the skills to move the company in the right direction.

Rain Bird has little loyalty to employees; they were one of the early companies to lay off many employees as soon as Covid-19 hit in March 2020. They lack empathy among top leadership; people who had served loyally to the company were let out in the cold as soon as the leadership anticipated the first signs of decline in profits due to Covid. They did not even spare the employees that had worked at the company for decades. There are very few opportunities for promotion. It has a deep-rooted culture of the old boys club that is difficult to break through, no matter how good you are at your job. It appears that the company culture is especially unfriendly for minorities. The company’s management style seems to follow Jack Welch’s playbook; however, they do a poor job. The reward system seems to be based on employee ratings that are set by individual managers. There appears to be little oversight of the rating system, and it seems that many managers manipulate it to promote their agenda and favorite employees. The lowest rated employees are purged at regular intervals, which has led to a culture of sycophancy and favoritism. The management is stuck in the 1980s and is afraid to move beyond it because of its owner. The senior management is mostly disconnected from middle management and employee issues; they seem focused on pleasing the owner and holding on to their jobs.