French Hobbs has been a high school math teacher and a sports coach. He has four kids and lives on a 200-acre cattle farm.So, not much rattles him. If you have a problem, chances are this affable...
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 140 people want to work here — some for decades? Why do so many customers connect with us not just as landscaping pros, but as people?
Maybe it’s one of those days, and you just aren’t bringing your happiest self to work.
Then you run into Tina Taylor.
Good luck with that bad mood.
“I’m a high-spirit person,” says Tina, landscape...
When you start work at Michael Hatcher & Associates, the first person you’ll meet is Lana Brown.
You’ll be off to a great start.
Sure, she’ll tell you about company policies, your benefits, safety...
Jeff Peterman worked his way up from a landscaping foreman to supervisor to manager, but he’s still a hands-on guy at heart.
“I’m the guy who likes to be out in the field, not behind a desk,” says...
Chris Pierce spent a decade traveling the country building and renovating golf courses, from Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico.
“I lived in a motorhome and traveled with my dog,” he says. He laughs.
“It...
Ron Bobal’s customer had a plan for a water feature.
It was nothing special, a stock piece from a catalog. But it would cost $20,000.
Ron had a better idea.
“I thought, ‘What if we did an art piece...
