Cashier Almost everyone ends up running one of two of our cash registers during the summer. Our registers run a basic POS system with a touch screen display that you will get hands-on training with on your first day. If you are at this position and you are not checking someone out, other job duties might include sweeping the porch, cleaning up corn mess on the front porch, cleaning bathrooms, organizing and cleaning the front counter spaces, watering flowers, emptying garbage bags, cleaning tables off on the deck and under the lean-to, restocking produce in the display cooler and on the produce table, and helping customers carry bags to their cars. Barn Floater This position is only available to employees who we specifically assign (typically someone who has worked more than one year for us). Responsibilities of this position include cashiering when needed, stocking produce, sorting produce, answering phone calls, cleaning various areas in the barn and outside, answering customer questions, and training new employees on the POS system. Pick-Your-Own Strawberry Field Attendant (June Only) We offer pick-your-own strawberries in our fields every day during the season. There can be anywhere from one to three employees running our pick-your-own fields at a time. Your main job is to get customers set up to pick strawberries. You will explain how picking is handled, hand them a flat and a carrier and guide them to good picking. Once a customer is finished picking, they will bring their flat up to you, weigh it and record their weight and final price. The customer then brings that piece of paper up to our barn to pay. This position rotates every few hours with cashiers in the barn, so you are not stuck working in the same spot all day. This does require you to sit outside all day, but we do provide shelter from the sun. Pre-Picked Strawberry Hauler/Sorter (June Only) This position involves heading out to the strawberry fields in the early morning for 2-3 hours and hauling full boxes of strawberries out of the field to be sorted. Sometimes up to 20 pickers will be in the field and when they fill a box, you will come grab it, bring it back to a truck, and sort out the bad berries. This job involves a lot of walking at a fast pace and staying alert. Typically, this position is only available to veteran employees in good physical condition. Bakery Server If you are assigned a kitchen position for the day, your main job will be working the window serving customers food from our kitchen. Working the window also includes helping to clean when necessary, such as helping with dishes, sweeping, mopping, wiping down counters, and cleaning out the display case. Other jobs can include assisting in donut making, making strawberry pies, and making strawberry jam. This job requires your hair tied back, a hat, and an apron at all times. We will provide hats and aprons, but please remember to bring a hair tie. Lead Baker This position is typically reserved for our veteran employees who have experience working in our kitchen serving and prepping food. This job involves getting the donuts made first thing in the morning, baking other items in the ovens, doing dishes, mopping, sweeping, and cleaning up counters. We expect an employee in this position to be able to direct other employees in the kitchen, assign tasks as needed, and be able to fix issues that might come up with equipment. We also expect this employee to be able to determine when it’s time start making more donuts and baking more items in the ovens. This job requires your hair tied back, a hat, and an apron at all times. We will provide the hats and aprons, but please remember to bring a hair tie. Roadside Stand Worker This position involves you being solely responsible for your roadside stand set up, sales, and tear down for the day. We run eight stands around southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois during the summer. This job requires a driver’s license. You will begin your day by checking in at the farm, getting your stand assignment and driving a pick-up truck (already loaded with summer produce) out to your assigned stand. On your first day a manager, or another employee, will be working with you in the morning to help you get set up and show you how to sell the produce. You are expected to have a presentable-looking stand (don’t have your produce all scattered randomly on the tables). Requirements for this position include being comfortable driving a pickup truck, being able to lift heavy crates of produce (around 50lbs), being able to get in and out of the back of a truck easily, being comfortable running a location by yourself, knowing how to follow directions while driving, being outside for an extended period of time (all stands do have roofs so you’re not in the sun), and being able to run a tablet with a POS system to record your sales. This position does not require prior knowledge of summer produce because we will teach you as you go. Sunflower Bungalow Attendant (Sunflower Season Only) During the 2-3-week period in late July/early August when our sunflower field is in bloom, we have the bungalow parked outside the entrance of our field taking payments for admission and handling flower bundling. We need workers to run the registers, bundle flowers for guests to take home and generally direct people where to go. If you’ve been a cashier in the barn before, expect to be working out here at least once during the season. Opening attendants oversee getting registers, other supplies and gift displays out for the day. Closing attendants oversee supply restocking, putting registers and gift displays away and bringing money back up to the barn. This position does require you to be outside for an extended period (these areas do have protection from the sun), be able to walk a long distance if needed (if we ask you to patrol the field) and be able to interact and have fun with the customers.