Parterre Garden Services FAQ

Pros

-Field Managers are mostly wonderful people and very knowledgeable -Occasional bonuses and gift bags -Gardener position is relatively tame, but must have personal vehicle

Cons

-Upper management is mediocre and focused only on profits, resulting in unhappy employees and years of very high turnover rates -Inefficient work practices, understaffed middle management, and stressful work environment -A lot of expensive branding and swag, but end result on properties is often unimpressive due to underbudgeted maintenance and lack of equipment and structured protocols on site -No training whatsoever, regardless of experience -Virtually no diversity

Advice to Management

Restructure the company to give more support to Field Managers; train gardeners properly to free up FMs from having to babysit; focus less on potential OBM bonuses and increase wages.

Pros

-Field Managers are mostly wonderful people and very knowledgeable -Occasional bonuses and gift bags -Gardener position is relatively tame, but must have personal vehicle

Cons

-Upper management is mediocre and focused only on profits, resulting in unhappy employees and years of very high turnover rates -Inefficient work practices, understaffed middle management, and stressful work environment -A lot of expensive branding and swag, but end result on properties is often unimpressive due to underbudgeted maintenance and lack of equipment and structured protocols on site -No training whatsoever, regardless of experience -Virtually no diversity

Advice to Management

Restructure the company to give more support to Field Managers; train gardeners properly to free up FMs from having to babysit; focus less on potential OBM bonuses and increase wages.

Pros

-Field Managers are mostly wonderful people and very knowledgeable -Occasional bonuses and gift bags -Gardener position is relatively tame, but must have personal vehicle

Cons

-Upper management is mediocre and focused only on profits, resulting in unhappy employees and years of very high turnover rates -Inefficient work practices, understaffed middle management, and stressful work environment -A lot of expensive branding and swag, but end result on properties is often unimpressive due to underbudgeted maintenance and lack of equipment and structured protocols on site -No training whatsoever, regardless of experience -Virtually no diversity

Advice to Management

Restructure the company to give more support to Field Managers; train gardeners properly to free up FMs from having to babysit; focus less on potential OBM bonuses and increase wages.

Pros

Working in beautiful gardens and many great crew members.

Cons

Terrible management, poor communication, gardeners must use their personal vehicles for daily use, very little training, employees are poorly paid and treated as disposable, lower level employees are made to feel like they are responsible when anything goes wrong, and company accepts way more projects than they have resources to successfully complete.

Advice to Management

Provide consistent and clear feedback to your employees so they know where they stand. Provide training and treat employees with respect. You cannot replace decent pay and a good working environment with free water bottles and a couple of company outings.

Pros

Lovely coworkers, and beautiful properties

Cons

Management is inconsistent and rude

Advice to Management

Hire better people.