---
title: The Level Green Culture Blog (9)
description: Behind the scenes and insider information for landscaping careers and green industry jobs. (9)
---

# The Level Green Culture Blog

Search For ...

Search

All Up Close Landscaping Careers Career Opportunities Career Advice Giving Back Environment Landscape Maintenance North Branch Filter by Topic

Filter

![IMG_1794.jpg](https://levelgreenlandscaping.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LGL_images/IMG_1794.jpg?width=480&name=IMG_1794.jpg)

Being outdoors has always been Joey Schneider’s calling. It was just a matter of finding a job that was the right fit.

![016.jpg](https://levelgreenlandscaping.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LGL_images/016.jpg?width=320&name=016.jpg)Joey went to work for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, handling farm conservation. He thought the job would allow him to work outside a lot, but instead, he found himself mainly behind a desk doing paperwork.

He started looking for a[job in another industry like construction](https://www.levelgreenlandscaping.com/about/culture-landscaping-careers/best-general-labor-jobs-in-washington-dc) but was contacted by a recruiter for a national landscape company. He was unsure at first and continued the job search.

But when the recruiter reached out to him again, he decided to give the landscape industry a chance.

And that was it. Joey he fell in love with landscaping after the first day.

[Read More About Up Close with Joey Schneider: Finding a Job that Matched His Passion](https://levelgreenlandscaping.com/about/culture-landscaping-careers/up-close-with-joey-schneider-finding-a-job-that-matched-his-passion)

![Elder Martinez, enhancement supervisor at Level Green Landscaping](https://levelgreenlandscaping.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen_Shot_2016-06-28_at_3.37.02_PM.png?width=480&name=Screen_Shot_2016-06-28_at_3.37.02_PM.png)

![](https://levelgreenlandscaping.com/hs-fs/hubfs/landscape_laborers.png?width=480&name=landscape_laborers.png)

![Steve1-225271-edited.jpg](https://levelgreenlandscaping.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LGL_headshots/Steve_OBrien/Steve1-225271-edited.jpg?width=480&name=Steve1-225271-edited.jpg)