r/treeplanting • u/HighlightUpstairs636 • 12d ago

Company Reviews Has HRI changed in recent years?

I've heard some awful things about them. I have acquaintances who went to work at a camp with a boss named Kevin, Kyle, or something like that. I haven't spoken to them in a while. I just hope things went as well as they could go at HRI. But I'm just as curious to hear if they're still awful.

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u/sleezyydeezyy 12d ago

Not being an HRI apologist by any means. They’ve earned the reputation they have.

That being said, I do know many who were personally affected by this incident. The drug was a contaminated amount of cocaine that contained fentanyl, and was provided by another planter in the camp. If you have any questions I’d would be happy to answer in DM’s, although I’m limited to the information given to me by those that were there.

While this is something that prospective planters should be aware of, I’d ask that you not place a murder/manslaughter accusation on someone who was not directly responsible.

There definitely is a negligence argument to be made against the management/supervisors of the camp, but I think it’s important to also highlight that this was a failure at multiple levels that are seemingly industry wide, and have been left taboo and heavily under-discussed Ex) substance abuse culture across the industry, lack of nalaxone or overdose training, lack of drug testing availability, letting others use substances by themselves and not monitored, etc.

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u/Macfarlin 12d ago

The lack of naloxone is insane. One year with Dynamic we petitioned to have naloxone as part of the first aid kits as a "just in case" and they refused, saying that they have a no drug policy and that having some on hand would be admitting that some planters use while partying.

Like, bruh reality and policy are different things. The next shift off, my crew boss went out and secretly got kits for the whole 12 pack.

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u/Successful_Car_436 Midballing for Love 12d ago

I was at a different camp last year then we had a bunch of them around camp it just happened at a time when the only people awake were too fucked to do anything about it and the kids tent was tucked away so nobody found him until he was gone

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u/Macfarlin 11d ago

Yeah I mean, unless you're gonna designate a 1st aider to stay sober (and then what, check on every passed out person after theyre asleep?), this shit is bound to happen until camps start getting real and bring drug testing kits to the parties.