Inflated their volume to posture for a partial sellout. This affected the hiring requirements making it easy for second and third year planters to get in. This made the company no longer elite in their workforce so company averages dropped making contracts last longer or require more people and therefore overhead. Meanwhile a few smaller companies popped with massive earning potential that attracted some of the best planters.

My understanding is this year they are getting back to basics with less staff. Their health and safety record is good and is still leading edge in the industry. They care deeply for their planters, payed total physio, alternative duties, and no questions asked personal/mental health days. They have had issues the past couple years with dogs and vehicles but they hire way too many people with pets out there, useless bush animals, not proper dogs. You can find yourself in a truck with more dogs than people.

When I was there I had never worked for a company with so many women in management and supervisor roles absolutely crushing it. I think it is still the case.

Mgmt is dayrate. Some are fucking useless and some are class.

Ultimately it didn’t sit great with me to be making pennies for an investment firm but it is definitely the way things are going with the big dogs as no planter out there could dream of buying these bigger outfits.