Brickman Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Large company with big bankroll

Cons – Corporate communication not good, new initiatives rolling out seem promising but the rollout itself seems unorganized. Still lots of good old boys to weed out!

Advice to Senior Management – Employee surveys could tell you a lot if they didn't go to Regional Managers first! In small regions any negative feedback will be held against us when they figure who said what.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for less than a year

Pros – Nice guys in the field, everyone seems nice.

Cons – You don't get paid for time worked. It's 2013 but Brickman still uses an antiquated system for tracking hours. At the end of the day your crew leader fills out a sheet of paper for you to sign that has the hours you worked that day, the problem is they are clipping me 15-20 minutes everyday. We are scheduled to go home at 4:30 and that's what we are paid for...the problem is we leave at 4:45 or 4:50. It doesn't seem like much but when you add it up it's real money that could be used to help feed a family or pay the rent. When you only make a very small amount of money every penny is precious. I'm required to be there at a certain time, I guess if I was allowed to be late everyday 15 or 20 minutes and still get paid for it I wouldn't mind.

Advice to Senior Management – It's 2013 not 1954...how about investing in a time clock so the employe is responsible for keeping their hours straight and not have to be intimidated into signing a document that is inaccurate and takes money I made out of my pocket.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Long career, great oppurtunity to be involved in all aspects of the hands on and financial side of the lawn care and landscape business.

Cons – Sometimes hard to find balance with family and work

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to focus on growth and give branches the tools they need to grow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great work place. Lots of responsibilities. Ability to create your own work day and manage people how you like to. Also, as a manager you are given a work truck.

Cons – For the amount of responsibilities you are given, the pay is not that high. Profit sharing is given once a year and after taxes it turns out to be a small amount of money.

Advice to Senior Management – Should pay key employees more.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for less than a year

Pros – Large Company, management team tries to help you when ever they can

Cons – Poor Training for new incoming crew leaders

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for more than a year

Pros – Some good people who work at field worker level.

Cons – Managers are taught by corporate to lie to employees, and they put it into over-drive. Long hours, low pay, no benefits unless you have knee pads and are willing to use them on a constant basis, back-stabbing, micro management...the list goes on and on and on.

Advice to Senior Management – Get off your lazy asses and actually DO SOMETHING. Go out in the field once in awhile, and stop playing favoritism ! DOn't LIE to people by telling them one thing to their faces and turning around and throwing them under the bus.

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

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The size of the company provides equity versus the competition in most markets. Has a solid reputation in the market and takes good care of its employees.

Cons – Sometimes it can be a bit too corporate for a landscape company. You will be viewed as the big bully of the market by your competition which can lead to some interesting "rumors" coming back to you from your clients.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the Prius!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time

Pros – At this day and age, it is a start for those out of college who have little other options unfortunately.

Cons – Mark my words, if the region i work in is any indication of what the rest of company is doing then get ready to be sold out. Top line revenue generation is not a priority any longer. In the Midwest there is leadership at the helm that harps on cutting overhead and good employees. This is not a relationship and sales minded bunch and it starts at the top with Regional Mgrs, who are lemmings at best. RMs dont even know how to estimate work and proceed to hack away at maintenance contract margin and then cheat the customer at 60% gross margin and above on upgrades. This is a dishonest and scared group of employees who do not know how to manage good people. As a result morale couldnt be poorer at this time. i and many others are only biding time until we can find a more rewarding and respectful company who cares about those who helped to build it.
Watch as the CEO beefs up bottom line by cutting out overhead, makes it look attractive and then walks away with huge money.

Advice to Senior Management – yah right. realty is not on their agenda.

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

Current Employee – been working at Brickman full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good company to work for, good opportunities to advance

Cons – branch managers have lost touch with what goes on in the field, too many levels who don't want to accept responsibility.

Advice to Senior Management – Although things are supposed to be getting better with new CEO, you may end up losing good employees due to poor branch management. It may get worse before it gets better. Intervention at the branch level is needed immediately.

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

Former Employee – worked at Brickman

Pros – Strong market branding, stable employment for management, reasonable treatment of staff members, good benefits, good customer base, good equipment,

Cons – Marketing inconsistent with what is delivered in field. Unsafe working environment for field crews, check the OSHA data. Not a drug free company. Hours for field can be cut with no notice to meet budget. Poor ethics. Projects often under bid on hours and materials. Lots of people hired have no industry knowledge. Do not pay for travel time to and from jobs in morning and afternoon.

Advice to Senior Management – Walk the talk.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend