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Kawahara Nurseries

As I stated in the title I enjoyed the pay and the freedom I got of traveling from City to City. The problem came with the work itself if you are healthy and strong and able to run around all day long without ever getting tired it's the perfect job for you but if you are accident prone, older and not in good shape this job can be very difficult. It involves you moving upwards to 14 to 20 heavy racks filled all the way to the top with plants. Sometimes unassisted maybe was one of the person and high turnover rate is evidence of this. I more than enjoyed the pay and if it wasn't for a shoulder injury that I received completely unrelated to the job I would have considered staying that and I didn't live in the area in which I worked so it put a lot of wear and tear on my car. But other than all of that I really enjoyed management they were professional and they did exactly what they said they were going to do when it came to compensation. I would still be working there if it were easier and closer to where I live.

Ive worked for kawahara for a while  as a Merchandiser. First of, almost no management. Which to me its great. Loved it . 
But downside is that you get too many dleiveries in different stores in 1 day. Some of us cant handle that . It’s ridiculous. We take all day to work on 1 store but u send us more? No . HR OR THE OWNER REALLY. Have to set a schedule or something for different days . 1 delivery per day is ENOUGH!!! Send the next one another day. Stop over working people and expecting them to finish each fay perfectly. If your someone who loves hard work, work individually or with an another person. Someone who doesnt get tired easily because of the heat or so many carts or deliveries in 1 day. Then its a perfect job for u

I grew tremendously as a person and professional during my time, and I took away grit and a strong work ethic. My manager was hard working, honest, level-headed and always treated me with respect. Every employee pulled as a team in the same direction, which made long days and crises manageable. I loved the freedom of schedule and autonomy, but the seasonal nature of the work made for large fluctuations in work day length and scheduling, preventing consistent work-life balance. The culture here is very hard to find in this industry today. Great experience.

As a merchandiser they expect you to work 2+ hours of overtime daily in the spring. Start time is 6am normally but last minute changes from your management can have you start sometime at 4am and they won't tell you till the night before. They overwork you with no sympathy or understanding if you have kids or attend evenings classes for school. No merchandiser stays with the company longer then a season unless you are undocumented and want to stay off the fields. 

i constantly get critiques about my work bad and good, which is appreciated
management helps their employees prepare for advancement
work and life balance is accomodated in most cases
management does best of their ability to accomodate time off requests, appointments during work hours, etc

The good: experienced upper management, lovely environment in a great location, on-the-job learning, decent pay, some employee discounts/perks. The bad: off-season severely limited hours that were not disclosed at time of hire, nepotism ran rampant.

Always different routes and if you get back early you can do other stuff to complete your day 
Bad things scheduled you never get in the same our than the day before, hours from 12:00-7:00 am, no 401k match no bonus at the end of the year

When there is an issue in a store , your managers leave you hanging. The managers expect you to do the work of two people, not complain about it, and get paid one salary. If you do complain about it they ignore you and then try to get you to quit or fire you.

This was a great company to work for. Quickly growing but still maintains a family approach. Only job ive had in which management truly cared about our lives outside of work.

Your time with the company really depends on who your manager is. I was fortunate enough to have someone who was VERY experienced to guide me though the job.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Administrator 4 salaries reported	$20.88 per hour
District supervisor 4 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
Human resources assistant 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour
Pt 2 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Production assistant 2 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour

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