Great Company - Agronomist Crop Quest Employee Review

The culture at Crop Quest is one that you can't find at many companies. We work hard, but we are rewarded for our hard work in salary, commissions, but most importantly the perks of being an employee owner.

It's hard work, working with many different personalities of farmers, dealing with things outside of your control (weather, lack of supply, etc) but it's the challenge I enjoy.

Working outdoors, Farmers are good people to work for, annual trip is nice perk. Work truck provided (although they frowned upon personal use of the truck unlike other companies) The people you work with in your division become good friends.

ESOP is not as big a deal as company makes it out to be. 6 years to become vested is an extremely long time compared to other similar companies. I would have rather invested in a 401K that was company matched. Not a lot of over site from managers. Which is good once you become established, but tough starting out. When you are placed in a new territory, it is a sink or swim mentality. They need to do a better job of mentoring. Long term employees that were here when company started always seem a little bitter or a chip on their shoulders. Pay is low for the industry. But it is a good place to get experience and then move on to another company and make $20,000 to $30,000 more like I did with a better work/life balance, better mentoring and better benefits.