Hicks Nurseries Reviews

Corporate nonsense. Top management is often clueless as to the real issues on the floor, while middle management ignores issues and really do not want to hear about them.

Working at Hick’s Nurseries Was One of the Most Demoralizing Experiences of My Life I don’t usually write reviews—especially not negative ones—but my experience working at Hick’s Nurseries was so uniquely toxic, disrespectful, and emotionally draining that I feel compelled to speak out. I hope this serves as both a warning to prospective employees and a call for serious internal reflection from the management. To put it bluntly: Hick’s is not a place that values or respects its workers. From the moment I started, I was met not with support or professionalism, but with cold shoulders, cliques, and a work culture rooted in exclusion, gossip, and pettiness. Co-workers were routinely rude, dismissive, and outright mean—refusing to communicate, mocking others behind their backs, and making the environment feel more like a high school cafeteria than a professional workplace. The lack of camaraderie and respect was suffocating. What made matters worse was the leadership—or more accurately, the lack thereof. My manager was disorganized, uncommunicative, and clearly overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Instead of providing guidance or support, they contributed to the chaos. Scheduling was erratic. Policies were unclear. Expectations shifted constantly without notice. If you asked a question, you were often treated like an annoyance rather than an employee seeking clarity. It was impossible to feel stable or respected in such an environment. On multiple occasions, I was personally treated with hostility and passive aggression by both peers and supervisors. There were days I left work feeling humiliated, unheard, and emotionally raw. I came into this job hoping for a peaceful, seasonal opportunity in a place I once thought charming and connected to nature. What I got was a hostile, micromanaged, and joyless experience that drained me mentally and emotionally. I felt persecuted, isolated, and completely unsupported. I eventually had no choice but to leave—not because I wanted to, but because staying was beginning to take a serious toll on my mental health. The emotional weight of walking into that place every day knowing I’d be ignored, mistreated, or reprimanded for minor things while others skated by with worse behavior—it became unbearable. If you are considering working here, I urge you to think twice. No job is worth feeling degraded or invisible. There are better workplaces out there—places that value kindness, professionalism, and the simple human decency of treating each other with respect. Unfortunately, Hick’s Nurseries is not one of them.