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Gothic Landscape

What is the best part of working at the company?
The clients are always the best part.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management constantly pushed for sales without providing the necessary support. This was especially challenging because many clients had limited budgets due to previous management’s failure to allocate funds properly.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment was stressful, with little work-life balance, despite the company marketing itself as the opposite. While there were many talented employees who were great for collaboration, upper management discouraged teamwork and made it difficult to work effectively.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical stressful day as a landscape account manager involves juggling multiple client expectations, crew management, and operational challenges, often with limited support.

Morning:
Start the day by reviewing emails and client requests, often finding last-minute changes, complaints, or urgent requests.
Check in with crews to ensure they have the right equipment, materials, and labor for the day’s tasks. If something is missing, it falls on you to resolve it—sometimes scrambling for resources.
Field calls from upper management pushing for sales numbers, even when budgets are tight, and clients are hesitant.

Midday:
Conduct site visits, inspecting landscapes and troubleshooting issues (e.g., irrigation failures, plant health concerns, or safety hazards).
Address client concerns—many expect immediate solutions but don’t always understand the operational constraints.
Coordinate with subcontractors or vendors for materials and services, often dealing with delays or miscommunication.
Crew issues may arise, such as short staffing, equipment breakdowns, or misunderstandings about job expectations.

Afternoon:
More emails and phone calls—handling complaints, addressing concerns from both clients and internal leadership.
Prepare reports, proposals, or budget updates, often under tight deadlines.
Deal with unexpected problems, such as a client demanding a crew redo a job for free or upper management requiring an immediate sales update.
Try to fit in sales efforts, even when your focus is on maintaining current accounts.

End of Day:
Wrap up loose ends, often staying late to finish administrative work.
Respond to any lingering emails or calls from clients or supervisors.
Plan for the next day, knowing that unexpected challenges will likely derail those plans.

Overall, the stress comes from high expectations, constant problem-solving, and a lack of support from upper management, making it difficult to balance quality service with business demands.

I only worked their for a short period of time, I was hired to ONLY TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT I was told I would not get more then 40 hrs a wee, which I was ok wit, wrong answer first few days I was expected to work longer hours than I was told an so the week ended in approximately 49 hrs or s well that continued for days and than some days it was less which again it was really ok with me since I do not want to work to hard and I told him I was basically semi retired...but to be a team player I would come in when they needed me..that comes from being retired military But it got to a point where the company wanted me to do things I thought were unsafe loading certain equipment with axles that needed replacement or tires that would go flat on a trailer or loading the trailer beyond its capacity with materials reason I said that is because I went to the flying J an weighed the trailer I was over weight then came the part where they wanted me to grab a shovel or rake and do landscape workI would not have minded that either but I did become a civilian after 15 yrs of being out of the military an wanted to get paid for the work I was going to incur.

My usual day at Gothic Landscape is going to the yard where we meet up around 5am, then me and 5 other co-workers get in our F-350 with a trailer and a bobcat on the back, and head out to our jobs. We'd normally do about 2 front yards a day, digging holes, water lines, programming timers and valve boxes, making riverbeds or berms, laying grass or spreading gravel was what happened everyday. Some days a lot more than the other. My co-workers were all Mexican guys, they bust their butt's. The hardest part of the job was when we got a yard that had huge rocks and tough dirt to dig through, my hands would have some blisters after a day like that, but the job is tough so you have to be too or the other workers will give you a bad time. The most enjoyable part of the job was when we were at lunch talking, finishing a yard, or when I got home and took a shower from a long days work.

I left a job that I was great at for a new career change and better schedule with gothic landscape. Took a job with them where I had no experience in accounting they aware of that when I got hired. I had a 7 interview process to make sure I fit their culture. 2 months in they let me go cause they wanted to hire someone with accounting experience. They gave very to little no training. It was bad I felt alone at work with no help, even when I would reach out I would get always have to leave a voicemail to my boss. My boss was in once a week. They failed to train me and gave me very little chance to succeed. They let me go after two months with a weak severance package of 2 weeks . They preach family culture but they let me go knowing I just moved and have kids. They don’t care about anything. I would avoid to place to work because they set you up to fail. 

This Company provides a unique environment for their employees to truly excel.  There is a tremendous amount of stability thanks to the size, longevity, and reputation of the Company; however; despite their size, the Company culture truly embodies its motto of being a family you trust.  They take the time to get to know their employees and treat them like family.  Employees with integrity, strong work ethic, a can-do attitude, and an interest in being a part of a team will do extremely well here.  It is a fast paced and challenging industry, but the team environment in place at Gothic from the support roles all the way to the Ownership promotes collaboration and provides resources whenever needed to make sure you are able to do your best.

I have been with Gothic for 3 months now. The first thing that stuck out to me is the friendliness and everyone's willingness to help, whether it be to get settled or to become familiar with the office/ job roll/ coffee maker. I work in the Corp office and every day is different. I have to speak on the family culture I have been witness to. The company was started with family and is still run by family. I see the CEO daily and he is the nicest guy. He takes the time to get to know his employees, he builds a relationship with his team, not just in corporate but in the field too. The companies values stuck out immediately and are something I am on board with. This is definitely a different company than my past experiences but I look forward to whats to come with Gothic.

Many other companies have similarities in their goals or their expectations. One thing I can say about Gothic Landscape is that they truly hold to their core values to the highest degree. As an employee i have the support to accomplish all my goals and resources to tackle any project. At the end of the day I do feel a part of the Gothic family, so much so that my personal family has become a part of that same family. It is a wonderful place to work and an amazing career to pursue. Without hesitation, I recommend  working at Gothic Landscape to anyone who is looking to expand their horizons in a fast paced but structured and supported work environment.

I worked for Gothic for just over nine years and it was the best company that I ever worked for.  No company is perfect but Gothic really tried to be the best it could be.  Being a part of an ethical company has always been so important to me and in my nine years I never had any doubts that this company always tried to do business in an ethical and honest manner.  The owners are wonderful people who care about their employees and I can't say enough about how wonderful I was treated by them and the rest of the senior management team.  I was in the landscape industry for more than 30 years and this company was, by far, the absolute best.  I left to fulfill a life dream to move to Europe but will always feel that I am part of Gothic.

Unfortunately Gothic talks the talk but doesn't always walk the walk.  They claim to hold people accountable but rarely do with senior management.  When the branch suffered significant losses, the responsible managers pointed fingers and never truly took responsibility and were never held accountable by Corporate.  There are some real benefits to working at Gothic including some amazing staff.  The problem is when everyone wants to stand around and pat themselves on the back when things are good but run for the hills when things go bad and leave lower level middle managers to take the heat.  The branch could use some new leadership to infuse a new culture there as some of the entrenched managers are the issue.

When I started my job I actually feel in love with my position UNTIL I realized that nepotism was actually a thing at this office, and it runs rampant like a disease. People who have been working for the company like 15 to 20+ years are the vampires of nepotism, it's really annoying not to mention when they never want to admit fault when it comes to issues...sure if you're not very sure of what the "back burner" is never ask. It's basically like everyone who's been in your positions secret piled up failures which they end up blaming you on, so don't fall for it and never admit to being in the wrong when it isn't your "back burner" problem. I enjoy working with the superintendents but the nepotism isn't worth my time.

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