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Spring Green Enterprises Inc. & Subsidiaries

If this company would ever figure out what it wants to be, it might be a good place to work. Are they a lawn care company, pet waste company, irrigation company, "marketing" company? Who knows? Certainly not upper management.

Priorities and culture are constantly changing. The sheer number of metrics that one is expected to adhere to is utterly unmanageable. While the corporate office expands and grows fat on the royalties from franchisees and corp-owned businesses, the front-line staff and managers are asked (demanded) to do more with less. Just can't handle the stress? Don't confide in the HR department. Your "confidential" conversation is shared with multiple departments. 

Public berating of employees is a daily occurrence. I was witness to a six-figure salary VP being humiliated by the corp president during a meeting with 12 other employees present. This is only one example of a systemic problem. 

You will not be valued as an individual with this company. Your personal life will evaporate. Need some time off? Sorry, you can't use the PTO time you've accrued, we're understaffed and behind budget for the season. They talk a good game about caring for employee satisfaction, sending out multiple employee surveys each year, but nothing is ever acted on. 

If you enjoy adversarial relationships with your superiors, long work days, little, if any, time off, being humiliated in public, and if you get off on high levels of stress and anxiety, Spring-Green is the company for you.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people are absolutely the best! You're treated like a human instead of a number or cog in the machine. It's great to work for a company who respects the fact you have family and obligations outside of work. The hours are fair, the pay is good, you actually enjoy going to work in the morning and feel like you've done something meaningful at the end of the day. This may vary from franchise to franchise, but my experience has been extremely positive at my location.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Obviously in the service industry it is the customers that can be stressful. The majority of them are good people, but there's always that handful who are unreasonable and unrealistic that require patience.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's fun and you feel like you're part of a team instead of just an employee. We often work together to solve problems and the opinions of everyone are considered. The expertise of each employee is valued.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
At work by between 6 and 7am, everyone, start your day. Managers and owners don't micromanage and trust you to get your work done. We all help each other out too., from techs, to office staff, to management. Office closes at 4pm and weekend work is voluntary.

The organization and management for this job are terrible. I was thrown into this job with no training and no assistance. Feeling ill-prepared, I did the job to the best of my ability but customers were not satisfied and blamed me. I was then used as a scapegoat for the issues “I” created. 
The management would blame me for almost anything that happened wrong, even though they never trained me because they were behind. The rest of the employees were not kind nor did they really care if you succeeded. The management also showed favoritism to a few employees because they were family. 
The pay was not great. They had a poor hourly rate with a meager commission. The job itself was difficult because of the customer interaction that insued. Again, I was untrained but willing to do all I could to satisfy the needs of said customer. The customers were constantly dissatisfied and management never tried to work the problems out. They would cut the customer and then get me in trouble for “driving them away”! 
All in all, terrible place to work at. Terrible management who didn’t care if you succeeded or not. The job itself drove you away. 

A typical day of work involves you mixing fertilizer, insecticide, and weed control into a water tank mounted on the back of your work truck, which you drive every day, and driving all around southwest Chicagoland, spraying your tank mix on the lawns of customers. After you decide you're done for the day, you head back to shop and fill out a report detailing your productivity for the day.

I learned nearly everything there is to learn about grass.

You will like the management, and they will like you, as long as you pull your own weight and do what you're told.

The workplace (as in the shop) is relaxed. Mostly everyone is nice to everybody else. After they get back from their routes, people like to take a few minutes to hang out and talk, smoke a cigarette, etc.

The hardest part of the job was when you'd screw up on a lawn and admitting it to the customer.

The most enjoyable part of the job would be the Christmas and 4th of July parties we have.

As a Spring Green herbicide and pesticide spray technician, I've found the products to be exceptionally effective in controlling unwanted vegetation and pests. The formulations are potent yet environmentally friendly, which aligns perfectly with my commitment to sustainable practices. One aspect that stands out is the precision of application, ensuring targeted treatment without harming surrounding flora and fauna. The ease of use and thorough coverage provided by Spring Green's products have significantly enhanced my efficiency in managing landscapes and protecting crops.

Moreover, the safety measures and protocols outlined by Spring Green prioritize the well-being of both applicators and the environment, instilling confidence in the products' usage. The reliability of these solutions has garnered trust among clients, contributing to a positive reputation for both myself and the company. Overall, as a technician, I highly recommend Spring Green's herbicide and pesticide sprays for their efficacy, environmental consciousness, and ease of application.

A typical day as a Sales Professional at Spring-Green consists of making and receiving calls to/from current, past or new customers in order to sell or upsell them lawn care services and maintain their customer satisfaction.

I learned a lot about Sales and Customer Service while working at Spring-Green. There are many different sales tactics and approaches to be learned, as well as, picking up and closing on buying signals.

Management at Spring-Green is excellent! They are all kind and welcoming, but most of all have a great work structure and vast knowledge of the services they sell.

Every single one of my co-workers at Spring-Green was fun and wonderful to work along side of and always willing to help you out.

The hardest part of the job is keeping up your morale when faced with a tough day in sales. Not making sales or meeting your quota can be difficult at times.

Truth be told, I loved every aspect of my job from making phone calls to collecting data. I would highly recommend Spring-Green to any one!

Great seasonal job opportunity. Daily you work independently with a route that is assigned to you by management. A normal day is completing your assigned route, approximately 20-25 stops, between the hours of 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Generally, we only work Monday through Friday but occasionally will have a few Saturdays thrown in throughout the season. Once you have completed the route you return to the shop, fill your truck, and contact customers for the following day’s service if the customer has requested it.  Customer service driven location, which requires knocking ahead prior to services and follow-up calls if noone is home at the time of service. Weekly pay, production bonus, and sales bonus are positives as well. 

The compassion, down to earth nature of the management team when issues arise with family proves that there is much more to this place than treating customers lawns.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my tenure working at this location. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
If you like working alone outside Spring Green offers that experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not having proper PPE. 6 day weeks for no reason. Company worries about bottom line more than employee satisfaction. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
High stress with absolutely no culture unless you consider everyone calling off and nothing being done culture. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You get your truck ready with chemicals needed for the day. You go to an area and service the subscribers to the service. You push a 50lb spreader around lawns or drag a 300ft hose. Leave notes and invoice. You have 18 to 25 stops a day. Routing don't know how to read a map so you're usually over 8 hours a day because of it. It's not a bad job and the branch managers are cool but the corporate entity is lacking accountability, compassion, and balls to be blunt.

Working for This company is a Joke!!! There is absolutely no work Life Balance. they will work their employees (Technicians) to the ground 6 days a week just to hit their numbers and then get upset when You wanted to take a day off. Management is a joke they just sit in their office all day especially the Branch Managers( Don't get me started on those Guys they are lazy and just order there managers to be errand boys). when you have an issue out in the field and need some assistance they say they are their to help but when every you call its always and argument or they are upset they have to actually do their job. Pay is good but you're going to have to put in the work to get there. Long days they say they will train you to do the job properly its more like 2-3 days and your out to go do some good Damage to the lawn, trust me you will and then all the blame will come back on you because your suppose to know what your doing with their product company is a joke!

Working for Spring Green for 5 years has been the best experience I’ve had in my 25 year career as a lawn care specialist in Richmond. My only reason for leaving was for the opportunity to retire from the industry to tend our new horse farm. 
Spring Green is a much better work environment than the larger companies where your efforts feel lost and unappreciated. I was trusted to come to work, do my job, and go home with no hassle or worry from my employer which is very different from the other companies I’ve worked for. The only production quota I ever had to meet was to work until my spray tank was empty whenever possible.
Spring Green is easily the best choice for a job in lawn care in this city, especially if you like treating lawns but you’re tired of the run-around and stress that working for the big companies brings. The owner was always easy to work with treated me very well every step of the way.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Lawn technician 43 salaries reported	$20.30 per hour
Lawn care specialist 4 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Field service technician 1 salary reported	$41,500 per year
Laborer 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Pest control technician 1 salary reported	$23.00 per hour

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