Best Places to Work 2014: Marizco Landscape Management

SANTA ROSA -- Marizco Landscape Management Inc. is one of the North Bay's largest commercial landscape companies, with 50 employees and three locations.

Every employee is considered important and is treated the same, from top management to the crews themselves, according to Pierre Marizco, president and founder.

"I have the privilege of overseeing my team as they manage some of the most prestigious and award-winning landscapes in Marin and Sonoma counties," he said.

Those awards include California Landscape Contractor Association local chapter recognition for work at Corte Madera Town Center and Point Tiburon Bayside last year.

The company first looks within its ranks for eager and able candidates to promote. That initiative has helped it weather tough economic cycles since Marizco started in 2004, drawing from employee ideas for solutions to problems. For a decade-old company, it has workers who have been with it typically five to eight years.

Several employees said Mr. Marizco and other managers continually show their appreciation for work done.

"When we do a good job, [the company] thanks us with words and a gift," one said.

"[The company] gives us a turkey for Thanksgiving, a Christmas bonus, provides a picnic for workers and their families, and buys tickets and pays for parking to go to the fair every year," another said.

Flexible time isn't a set policy, but managers are willing to help when life happens.

"When an employee needs their work schedule adjusted for family or time off, we accommodate them," a manager said.

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