product manager

senior mechanic

machine operator

senior quality technician

production coordinator

Rain Bird

The company has grand ideas and could get there if they had better management. The management and senior staff constantly try to one up each other and they do this in very shady ways. 
There is also a large disconnect between the management and the regular working employees. The management team has their own opinions of how things should work, and when it doesn't work that way they get angry and throw temper tantrums, when they could have listened to the employees that have dealt with the machines and equipment for years.
Co- workers aren't bad in general, but the culture here is very toxic and tries to pit employees against each other, which then causes less teamwork among peers.
Overall, it could be a great place to work due to the pay, the hours and the fact that the job isn't strenuous, but the management and how they treat employees overshadows all of these and runs good employees away. There is little to no chance of being promoted or climbing the ladder at this company unless you have a degree. If you have a degree, it is possible to be progress but even then the ceiling is fairly low. 
All of this on top of the fact that if you become a "core" team member, you are almost always on call or will be text for various reasons. There is no work/life balance at all. 

Rain Bird hires quality people so you're surrounded by ethical and work minded individuals, and they pay their employees well.  Now the programs they use are very dated, making some tasks tediously longer than they need to be.  
My department had a very supportive team.  Due to the dual roles employees were carrying it became stressful, but team members were there to help.  Direct management was there to help, but it seemed the new management above was not in touch with what the roles were of the department, or the lack there of.
Eliminating positions, resulted in throwing customer service out the window, and created an unnecessary burden on the department.  This created a scenario of who can take on another role on top of their current position, even if you've never been trained on it.  Processes became longer and created room for errors, then add that the systems were out dated and didn't communicate with each other.  A process that should typically be done easily and efficiently, required numerous steps to process, several steps to get invoiced, and a juggling act to record. 
If it wasn't for a caring team and the manager trying to save face with clients, who knows where this department would be.

Living in a city like Tucson, RB has to offer the compensation that it does. This added to the fact that there is complete misdirection from the management adds to an employees stress level. 
There certainly are some pros like decent to expert (in their field) coworkers, introduction to new technologies (though they do not believe in training their employees), opportunity to contribute to practically every field, dealing with a diverse group of people and becoming an expert mentor (as they aren't focused on retention).

The Cons certainly outweigh the Pros of working here.
Namely:
- Lack of originality at management level (has become a follower in the industry rather than a leader)
- No advancement opportunities
- High Turnover
- Lack of local talent (or the fact that RB has burned several employees/candidates)
- Directionless management
- No retention/growth (personal) policy
- Redundant work with aversion towards change

The most challenging part of the job was trying to do things right while trying to get that (same) point across salesmen, managers & consultants, and at the same time handling multiple projects.

RB is an international company lost in its history trying to compete with players in an established market while having no game plan.

I don't know where all these 5 star reviews are coming from. As a seasoned professional with prior experience within top tier corporations, I was hired because of my broad range of skills and abilities to implement strategies to drive change. 
The culture is terrible. Sr Managers micro manage seasoned professionals with a "manager by fear & intimidation" method, primarily because they are afraid their incompetencies with be revealed.
Quashing new ideas & innovation many professionals either throw in the towel & quit. While others stay because they have relocated their family to Tucson & feel trapped. HR is non existing.  It is widely know a  female professional was terminated after experiencing workplace harrassment from a  Sr manager. She complained & was fired the next day.
This place is run with a 1970's philosophy of business.

The managment, specifically the plaint manager, has no clue what goes on. Very inexperienced and it shows!  There is no supervision in the material handling department on the production side at all. Temps are treated like they don't matter. You have to take your well being and safty into your own hands. They say one thing and operate another. The most backward, unprofessional place I have ever worked, by far! Run from this facility! Had to wait at the gate to get someone to open it on average of 15- 20 minutes or longer without compensation for months to work over for them before they got my access card fixed. Then at door to take my temp everyday as I would have to call and wait for someone to show up IF I could reach anyone knowing I was there at the same time everyday! 

I worked for many years with Rainbird as a supplier.  I was able to spend a lot of time in Azusa, Tuscon, and Mexico working with the various manufacturing sites.  I saw so so many great and talented managers leave the company.  I personnaly learned a lot by working with Rainbird's talent.  Some of the best people I have ever worked with were Rainbird managers and Engineers.  Talented, innovative, sincere, motivated, ethical engineers and managers, and they get fired or they quit.   Many years ago, I had the opportunity of observing an interview for an engineer.  It was intense.  No wonder they get good people, they just can't keep them.  Regardless, I only buy Rainbird because of the engineering, the quality and the talent that went into making something as simple as a nozzle.

I worked there for 12 years, and I saw many very qualified managers and engineers come and go. Company is known far and wide as a revolving door. Managers generally last two years on average. One or two very very mean ones have lasted longer. I guess the owner likes mean managers. They have an airport style metal detector to make the paranoid owner happy so you have to dump out your pockets and briefcase going in, going out, after lunch going in, end of day going out. Be prepared to leave a quarter in the box if you want coffee for your break, but the corporate angels get their fill for free. When they closed the Golf division, they unloaded gifted designers with many patents on the wall and 25 to 30 years with the company. Just Gone!! (and not a thanks)

What is the best part of working at the company?
Diversity people and work. Many people and many tasks to do. I worked with over twelve coworkers and refreshed training in many experiences that I have had like multiple types forklifts, material handling, and stacking.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Just me getting used to working with many other coworkers again.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Diversity, training cross training in your department.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Mine was being a stacker, picker, then on one or two of the different types of forklifts to cleaning.

I worked there fr 90 days and at first it was ok but then my boss started to micro-manage and rule by fear. I came into a situation where pumps had not met any OTD schedule for over a year and a half. and after creating a team environment with the wonderful production employees we gave them the best month they ever had both revenue and OTD last month June 2023 All my boss could do is step up the micro management , I quit. The company feeds you full of lies when hiring but reality sets in very quickly. There is no desire for continuous improvement , lack of focus on quality. I do not recommend this company to anyone.

Rain Bird provides a challenging work environment that allows some to flourish and many to flounder.  My experience with the company has been generally positive as I have been able to grow and be promoted multiple times.  However, it is common to see new hires only last a short time whom are unable to adapt to the work environment.

There are many very, very smart and intelligent people here and they strive to only hire the best.  However, management does seem short-sited on many issues.  Corporate politics and secrecy is prevalent.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Product manager 1 salary reported	$46.76 per hour
Senior mechanic 2 salaries reported	$21.00 per hour
Machine operator 4 salaries reported	$19.88 per hour
Senior quality technician 3 salaries reported	$21.67 per hour
Production coordinator 3 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour

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