The Level Green Culture Blog

Behind the scenes and insider information for landscaping careers and green industry jobs.

Don’t be surprised if Mackenzie Hyde shows up to see you, but she knows you’re busy, and won’t try to disturb you.

The business development manager at Level Green Landscaping loves efficiency, which means she doesn’t waste time. 

“When I show up I’m grabbing people in the middle of their day,” she says. “They have a full calendar. I don’t want to waste peoples’ time. I want to be a friendly face and show them I made the effort to find them and drive over and leave my business card.”

That in itself is something memorable these days, she says.

“Everybody is so used to digital everything, a lot of people aren’t used to having a person in front of them anymore,” she says. 

Why not take a couple minutes to chat? 

Jesse Ware started mowing grass when he was 5, pushing the mower around his grandfather’s Delaware farm on a summer day. 

When a Level Green Landscaping team member welcomed a new baby, Ellen O’Brien made sure they got a tiny Level Green onesie, in pink or blue. 

Caitlin Cross loves doing something that fills a lot of people with fear: she shows up at businesses unannounced, with her business card, ready to chat. 

Her goal as a business developer: drum up some new business for Level Green Landscaping. 

“I love to cold call,” Caitlin says. “I show up and introduce myself. It disarms people. It’s harder for them to turn me away if I’m there in person.”

Marvin Balsoma has worked as a baker, chef, truck driver and furniture delivery guy. He’s worked in sales and in retail. It took a job in landscaping to make him realize he found his calling. 

Now, as a branch manager at Level Green Landscaping, he’s settled in for the long haul.

Two new regional manager positions at Level Green Landscaping reflect the company’s continued growth as they look ahead to an expanding footprint in the industry.

Joey Schneider and Kevin Doleman will focus on training and development for team members and increasing efficiency, says Paul Wisniewski, Division Manager at Level Green and the manager who hired for the new positions.

Have you ever bought something? Jordon Foss might have sold it to you.

He started his sales career at age 19 and has sold watches, solar panels, real estate, and pest control. He’s waited tables at restaurants and tended bar.

Now he’s a business development manager at Level Green Landscaping.

You’ll have to look elsewhere for that watch or new house.

But if you need your company’s landscaping to wow, Jordon can set you up.

Is your vacuum cleaner broken? Your car not running quite right? Need a new computer, built from scratch?

Rob Kubes is your go-to guy.

Rosvin Lara has a lot going on as a busy landscaping operations manager, from managing schedules to coordinating equipment and materials to making sure every job is done right.
But he prioritizes people.

One summer during college Adam Smith landed a job as a whitewater rafting guide in Colorado.

He had no experience in this adventurous sport, but drove straight through from Maryland to the mountain state and was ready to learn how to navigate the Arkansas River. Of course, there’d be training.

“I threw myself into class 3 and 4 rapids to see what it would be like if I flipped my boat,” he recalls.

Yikes.