Can Maintenance Facilities Affect Employee Morale?

Jared Weight, Grounds Superintendent at Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis, Ind., says depending on how a building is constructed, the materials used, and how space is established, the facility can affect employee morale. And attitudes, in turn, can influence golf course conditions.

Maintenance facilities, which have a lifespan of 30 to 50 years depending on how a building is constructed, the materials used, and how space is established, can affect employee morale as well. And attitudes, in turn, can influence golf course conditions.

“If the facility is not quite right, then crew members can take that mentality and look at the rest of the golf course in the same manner,” says Jared Weight, Grounds Superintendent at Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis, Ind. “If there is a clean building with good hygiene where people take care of things and do things the right way, they apply the same principles to the golf course.”

When he hires new crew members, Weight is also aware of the impression that the maintenance facility has on them. “It sets the tone for the way they perceive the place of employment,” he says.

The maintenance facility also needs to be presentable when sales representatives come to the building, adds Jason Bauder, Class A Superintendent at Mill Creek Golf Club in Mebane, N.C.