maintenance technician

horticulturist

delivery driver

senior production technician

production associate

Kalera, Inc.

A typical day at work consisted of getting to work, clocking in, putting on a lot of PPE (lab coat, beard net, hair net, shoe covers, and rubber gloves) walking across the farm, getting my BOL, then getting the refer in the truck turned on and the temperature set, then conducting my pre-trip inspection.

At that point, I'd load my truck and get on the road. I'd make my deliveries, return to the facility, post-trip the truck, turn in my paperwork and clock out.

What did I learn? I learned that massive amounts of lettuce can be grown in a warehouse under the right conditions and that said lettuce is the "cleanest lettuce in the world."

Management? I think the management team at the Houston farm are outstanding in most aspects. When it comes to agriculture and growing produce indoors, they're top notch. When it comes to transportation and DOT regulations, not so much.

Workplace Culture? I think the workplace culture is okay for what it is. I didn't work much with the employees that worked in the farm, but I did build a couple really good relationships with some of the line workers and according to what I heard, the culture isn't great. They have a lot of employees and virtually everyone is part time. When I was hired, I was promised anywhere from 24-36 hours a week. At first, the hours were 30+, a couple months later they were at virtually 0. A lot of the people that I know that work there are dissatisfied with the hours and the lack of uniformity.

The hardest part of the job? I think the hardest part of the job revolved around the hours. Don't get me wrong, Kalera is a great company and their pay rate, at least to me, was fair. The hardest part of working for Kalera was not knowing if you'd work 35 hours this week or 0. Having a family, this made my life stressful to no end.

The most enjoyable part of the job? I honestly loved working for Kalera when the hours were good. Management was fantastic and let me do my job with virtually no interference. I also had the ability to work for a company that I believed in. It's unfortunate that I wasn't able to stay at Kalera because I loved my job. I would certainly go back in a moments notice if they were to extend an offer and be willing to guarantee a certain amount of hours each week.

The people and community including the managers and HR staff are all wonderful supportive people at my location. They work hard to be inclusive and provide translation for workers who's primary language is not English. Management works hard to communicate effectively and transparently with the team, though they could be better in this aspect. I enjoy the work but understand how others not passionate or used to this kind of industry could find it repetitive or tiresome. I hope we stay true to our values and continue to improve given recent changes and corporate restructuring. Hire less people in at the top who only have with Business Degrees with no prior agricultural/horticulture experience and continue to invest in those who have degrees or experience in this field.

Ive been working here for 4 months now. I was converted over from the temp agency and told I was going to get more hours and higher pay. They used every excuse to not pay more and cut hours as they continue to open more facilities all over the country,they take government bail out money for during the pandemic and treat the employees horribly. I was let go after I tried finding a second job on my own time being told its considered bashing the company. Most people don't stay any longer than a couple of weeks at this job. You will usually have to have 20 people doing a job but will only have about 5 so they make you do the work of 20 in the small time allotted (6 hrs a day no more!). 
It seemed like a great job at first with everything they promise but don't believe the lies! They could care less about their employees. Hope you can live off of $250 a week.

Typical day at work in the beginning was challenging, exciting and something I looked forward to every day.

As for Management, too many liberties taken by some management, causing the ultimate demise of trust, futures which was part of the reason it went under.

Some strong Management people stayed through the final closing days of Kalera, those individuals showed thei true values and integritiy. Others, sadly didn't leave soon enough and felt a "God like" behavior, showing clear signs of their next great failures in their own lives.

I just started on June 21 from a temp agency and got hired a kalera (Orlando) within the first week. They offer benefits after60 days and they’re pretty flexible with the hours that I work from 7 to 3:30. We get (2) 15-minute breaks and you get a 30-minute break.  Breaks are every two hours which is amazing. You have a clear sense of what you’re doing some days it could be a little tough but sometimes you get to go home early on other days. I believe it’s a great piece of work if you’d like to be in a warehouse clear set of what you’re doing and repetitively.

Easy job with unlimited expectations tacked onto it. You're rarely doing what you're hired for and instead fixing every other malfunction, understaffed position, random snafu in any department. Hired for lettuce and expected to be a janitor, office coordinator, chemist, machine repairman, sales rep, botanist, chemist, etc. Most of what you spend time doing is jobs never discussed in hiring or job descriptions. Poor pay, no employee recognition for going above and beyond, lots of expected overtime unless you want to be penalized with the lowly tasks and more stressful jobs.

This company is very disorganized and lacks accountability. Leadership is extremely disconnected with the realities of the day to day work. The many acquisitions has thrown any attempts at structure out of the window. Most on the sales and marketing side are new and don’t have any adequate knowledge of the products they are hired to sell and market. This is why it’s a revolving door and the approach is lazy. I’d recommend running away from any offer… it’s a global company that is more like a small start up at best that’s stuck in the 90s.

Don't get comfortable , daily tasks are always changing with lack of proper communication and planning. False advertising to customers, safety and food handling policies overlooked to get the JOB DONE. Unsafe workplace with a toxic environment and much more, save yourself the trouble and avoid Kalera at all cost if you value your integrity. 

Good company with great benefits  but low pay very unorganized  shift changes and company policies change weekly management are very pushy and demanding production goal is the number one Priority… issues with adp payment system new employees must be aware and check there hours 

Kalera does not value its employees. They speak of doing the right thing and growing the future but there are no employee programs that support either of these company core values. Micro-management runs from the top down, there are no resources to allow management to do their jobs successfully, needs and concerns fall on deaf ears.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 5 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour
Horticulturist 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour
Delivery driver 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour
Senior production technician 2 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour
Production associate 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour

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