Scotts Miracle-Gro Reviews

I have been working at Scotts Miracle-Gro full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots to do during busy season

Cons – Do not promote from within

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate more with employees.
Increase training.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Scotts Miracle-Gro full-time

Pros – Good benefits, on-site wellness/fitness center at the Corporate Headquarters in Marysville, great brands and superior products.

Cons – The culture is rough. Pretty much sink or swim, and very in your face. Be prepared to show up fighting every day. Morale is very low across the organization, and many people are looking for a way out. Things are easy if you are a "good ole boy"....very few women in Senior positions.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to start making decisions that are based on facts, not emotion. Also need to choose a strategy and stick with it....don't throw it out the window after one bad year.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Scotts Miracle-Gro full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Nice campus (marysville) internal=cubical farms

Cons – Gro goal system....complete waste of time and effort
Lots of lay offs and restructuring....

Advice to Senior Management – Management really needs to understand departments roles and value to the entire company

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Scotts Miracle-Gro full-time

Pros – Great medical benefits - large gym, free fully staffed doctor's office and pharmacy. Truly engage in their business of gardening. Very philanthropic

Cons – The people take themselves WAY too seriously. They are a C-level team at best but think that they are the end all, be all. They are bringing in very seasoned and experienced individuals but do not utilize their full knowledge and then try to shove them in their low-level box. The organizations and even categories within the organizations are very much so in silos. Due to all of this, the turnover is ridiculously high and the leadership does not seem to do anything about it or care which I guess shows that it is the usual for them. It is DEFINITELY a "good ol' " boys network. Minorities and women will struggle and only get so far in the company. The organization is working in at least 6 different directions which are all working against each other therefore getting it nowhere. Everyone in the organization complains continually about the issues, challenges and struggles yet no one does anything so the issues continue and grow to be even bigger issues.

Advice to Senior Management – Get out of your ivory towers and company jets and talk to the organization -- no, not the VPs, go to the lower levels. Assure them of no fear of retaliation and ask to help to make the company better in order to get the REAL truth. Talking about the problems in a Town Hall/Straight Talk meeting yet doing nothing about it will result in just that -- nothing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Scotts Miracle-Gro

Pros – Benefits, salary, campus feel to Marysville, good retirement plan, company discounts

Cons – No training provided. Expected to start being productive on your first day when you are not even settled in the position. Management too busy and stressed with their own problems to assist. A lot of new staff and managers who do not know what they are doing

Advice to Senior Management – Get a new employee training program started instead of trying to find out what to do via fellow employees. Hire some middle management who can guide new employees

I worked at Scotts Miracle-Gro

Pros – Mediocre paycheck, mediocre benefits, mediocre commissions for the trouble. Not a bad job for building experience in a "high-pressure" role. Co-workers are actually a lot of fun,

Cons – 60+ hour work week, no life, high pressure scripts, two months of mandatory unemployment every year, Chinese overtime (paid at about $5 an hour, not even sure how this is legal but apparently it is). Jump ship when you can, if you can sell here you can make twice as much somewhere else.

Advice to Senior Management – No point whatsoever in offering this... these guys stopped caring a long time ago, believe me it shows.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Scotts Miracle-Gro

Pros – Early dismissal some Fridays, company cafeteria not bad, compensation is above average for the area, pleasant outdoor surroundings, free parking

Cons – No mentoring or support from supervisors; you have to "make" your own career. Serious old-boys-club style of management and advancement. You are either in the club or out of it. Heavy travel requirements with bare-minimum regard to employee convenience or need for rest during/after either domestic or international trips. Company provides three (3) days sick leave per year.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide some personal front-line supervision, mentoring, and guidance at every level of the organization, and recognize the internal "old-boys club" network that excludes contributions from outstanding employees. Balance the power structure between marketing, supply chain, and other facets of the organization to obtain better productivity and input from all employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Scotts Miracle-Gro

Pros – Work alone with little supervision from a manager from Scott's .the money is decent money, work at varied times if you need too

Cons – They go through managers yearly. They generally hire people straight out of college that have zero experience . You are not so much managed by Scott's as you are by the Home Depot managers. Its a joke !

Advice to Senior Management – Unless you have a degree you will not be moving up in the company , regardless of how many years or the experience you have.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Scotts Miracle-Gro

Pros – Excellent benefits, commute with no traffic. On site medical center.

Cons – Disrespect between internal teams. Individuals going behind the team's back to get the result they want, rather than being upfront. Reliance on consultants.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect your internal teams. Look for ways to do more by cutting expensive overhead that you're not using. Can you accomplish the same goal by hiring competent staff and being agile in what they work on. Build teams up enough so they have peers who they can work with and lean on. Far too many managers, not enough doers. Doers are disrespected. For some reason, I doubt that this is the vision of fearless leader Jim Hagedorn, who seems to be quite up front and honest. How his message is not trickling down, I do not understand

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Scotts Miracle-Gro

Pros – ability to talk directly with customers.ability to travel in the city your in and surroundings areas to accomplish whatever task the job requires.

Cons – if a problem comes up with a customer,it seems scotts really doesnt care about finding a solution.it seems that the only solution they care about is that they dont have to take responsibility.

Advice to Senior Management – dear management, try to actually care about your customers instead of treating them like dogs.and if we the employee comes to you and says-(mr manager)-i need to take a day off because i have to do this....try to listen to the employee.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend