Good People, Punitive Ownership - Greenhouse Associate Sky Nursery Employee Review

4.0
7 Nov 2022
Recommend
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Pros

I had a manager that trusted me, gave good feedback, encouraged me to develop my skills, and was overall friendly and lighthearted. I also worked with lots of friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful people. Job was demanding and tiring, but I learned a lot and significantly developed my skills.

Cons

Company owners would come by unannounced and yell at employees in full view of customers. Select senior employees approached the rest of the team with a passive aggressive, punitive mindset, which was allowed to flourish with a change of management. Owners also were very focused on professional appearances to a degree that is unusual in the industry and has no bearing on or indication of quality of work or service.

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5.0
17 July 2023
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Pros

The staff are amazing and the management is the best I’ve ever seen

Cons

No cons at all it’s great

3.0
12 Oct 2023
Recommend
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Pros

This was one of the best batch of coworkers I have ever had! Everyone likes what they do and their coworkers and even spend time together outside work. Everyone was incredibly helpful and I learned so much about nurseries/gardening just by getting to know my peers.

Cons

No one in management actually seems to know how to manage people, especially not those highest up. They often act in a retaliatory way instead of being professional adults and communicating with you about how you could improve (or, dare I say, how they could be better, too). You have to tiptoe around certain people if you want to keep your job. When employees leave, a replacement isn't often hired, leaving current employees to do more work for no more pay. I generally enjoyed my time at Sky, but a combination of a manager who didn't care about their employees, bad benefits, low pay for the area, and no opportunity for growth....management has a lot of growing to do if they want truly happy employees - happy employees do better work.

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