Scotts Miracle-Gro reviews

3.6

52% would recommend to a friend

(904 total reviews)
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Jim Hagedorn

63% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Scotts Miracle-Gro has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 904 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scotts Miracle-Gro 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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904 reviews
1.0
Oct 23, 2013
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Pros

The only pro about this company is that my hourly wage was sufficient at $14/hr. My manager always let me have the most hours out of the season.

Cons

HR department is worthless and don't care if you have worked for the company for years. I have never been given a verbal warning or even been written up. My track record for the last 3+ years have been perfect. I have never even called off sick for work in my 3+ years. I have been an extremely worthy employee for this company. The career opportunities for this company is crap. I applied for a job in Kentucky a couple months ago and had an interview the next day after I had applied. The interview went well and they said there wouldn't be any problem with me being hired for the position. A couple days later I saw the same position for sales manager in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since it was in the same state that I reside, I decided to apply for that job and withdraw my application from the job in Kentucky. I gave my reasons for withdrawing from the job to the company and still no call from the HR department for an interview for the job in Cincinnati. My district manager knew about my application and wondered why I haven't had my interview yet. So he called them and told me what HR said. They said, "We're not going to go any further with him in the application process because of the discrepancy from another job he applied for in Kentucky." That's bull crap!!!!! My manager shrugged it off and didn't fight for me!!!! He said that there was nothing he can do about it. I worked my ass off to get this job and now HR want's to use an irrelevant excuse to disqualify me as a competent applicant? That's a load of crap. I'm pretty sure that violates the EEOC act. Overall, I had all the necessary qualifications for the job, including academic experience, and more than enough field experience.

1.0
Jun 25, 2025

I can't recommend anyone work here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits, most people work 2-3 days in office. They offer summer fridays where you're encouraged to sign off around noon if possible

Cons

They have been doing layoffs every six months for over two years, people are being overworked constantly with leadership expecting everyone to pick up the slack with minimal support. The CEO is wildly inappropriate, and will go on tangents about politics, LGBTQ, sexualize female employees, and openly name and shame people -- all during townhall meetings. There is also immense nepotism, the CEO has surrounded himself with family members to ensure that he can't be removed. This has become so common that no one bats an eye. This has a trickle down effect on the entire culture where directors will openly criticize their reports as long as it benefits them. There are promises of promotions but the reality is that they will lay you off before you get promoted. If you want a stable job then don't work here.

1.0
Apr 7, 2025

Sinking ship

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very informal/casual environment in office Good pay for some non-entry level roles

Cons

Constantly shifting message from executive leadership Consistently poor financial performance makes threat of staff reduction constant Very frequent re-orgs Many benefit programs (e.g. education assistance) have been discontinued.

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Scotts Miracle-Gro Response
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Thank you for sharing your review. We're sorry to hear your negative feedback. If you could please reach out to your HR partner or our HR Hotline 1-888-YOUR HR1 (1-888-968-7471) to provide additional feedback, we would like to learn more. Thank you.
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