When Katie Goodwin recently pondered a career change, she didn’t have to look much further than her house stuffed with 53 thriving plants.
When Rick Tarr was having a hectic, stressful day as director of maintenance at Dogwood Creek, an upscale Memphis senior living community, he’d sometimes look out at the Hatcher & Associates...
If you work at Michael Hatcher & Associates and you don’t have a nickname, you must not have met Kelly Ogden yet.Doling out nicknames is sort of his hobby. Just ask “Santa Claus,” “Sunshine,” or...
Mia Friend’s last name suits her.Her job title at Hatcher & Associates is office coordinator, but she’s kind of a smile factory.“I’m always a safe landing spot for people,” she says. “I’m...
You don’t find too many cowboys working at landscaping companies. But Tommy Neergaard could wrangle an irrigation system as skillfully as he could rope a calf.He was as patient with people and their...
There’s always hard work going on over at Michael Hatcher & Associates, but if you want to get to the heart of the company, follow the laughter. You’ll find team members joking and calling each other...
James Key spent his last day on the job at Hatcher & Associates in much the same way he spent his early days in landscaping — digging holes and planting trees with Michael Hatcher. Key was one of the...
Russ Sneed is a numbers guy, but don’t call him that to his face.Sure, he’s good at financial stuff. He earned an MBA from Mississippi State University and went on to high-level positions as a...
After two decades working in landscaping, Will Comstock can tell you how to prune a tree, choose a tree, or rid a tree of aphids. He can also draw you a pretty impressive tree on his trusty sketch...
What’s the real dirt at Michael Hatcher & Associates?Why do 100-plus people want to work here — some for decades? Why do so many customers connect with us not just as landscaping pros, but as people?
