National Amusements Reviews

Pros

Pay is one of the best in the industries for assistant managers.
Very flexible with hours when I was a floor staff
Was able to advance quickly

Cons

Too many turn arounds.
some management was very stalemate. We ran out of opportunities to grow (lack of near by locations and nobody wanted to relocate).
Holidays were terrible, but that comes with the industry

Advice to Senior Management

Take a transfer and move on to better yourself like I did.

Pros

you get to see free movies

Cons

dealing with idiots on a daily basis

Advice to Senior Management

get clue and do some work

Pros

Free Movies
Decent Insurance
Freedom (Until your bosses boss shows up and then you are treated like a child)

Cons

Incompetent Upper Management
Horrible Direction
Upper Management Out of Touch With Real Workers
Mandatory Doubles
No Work Life Balance

Advice to Senior Management

Reconnect with the people who run the theaters. Come out of your office and actually work once in awhile.

Pros

As a manager at National Amusements you are allowed to get free movie tickets for friends and family. You are paid very well for the skill set that is required to preform the duties of your job. This is a easy job once you are shown how to do everything.

Cons

The vacation policy is very bad. You accrue vacation on a yearly basis (as in every year you earn two week of vacation verses every month you earn 1/12 of 2 weeks vacation), and you are not allowed to carry any vacation time over to the next year. You are not allowed to go on vacation during the summer or holidays or whenever a big movie is coming out.

You are expected to work 48 hours every week, the majority of which will be on nights and weekends.Sometimes when business is very busy you will be expected to work more, however you are on a salary so you will not get anything extra for this.

Advice to Senior Management

Shorten the hours of operation. There is no need to have shows starting at 10 in the morning on Christmas day.

Respect that employees need to have a work/life balance.

Change the policy that salable concession inventories need to be counted daily and non salable inventories need to be counted weekly. Counting saleables once per week and non salables once per month would provide you with just as much information as you get under the current system.

Pros

free movie tickets with courtsey bags of popcorn.

Cons

1. you are not allowed to call out sick, unless youre dying.
2. management are terrible at making successful scheduals.
3. communication betweem managers and emplyees does not exist
4. you never recieve holiday pay on holidays.
5. overall, youre not cared for at this company.
6. "all of you are replaceable" - management

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees with respect and care. You must have happy employess to run a successful business.

Pros

The perks of course, free movies every week. You get four free tickets every week. You used to be able to give them to anyone, but now it is for you and family only. Also, free pop and popcorn at break.

Cons

Working every Friday and Saturday night gets old really fast. Also, you stink of popcorn after every shift. Another downside is all the customer complaints about movie ticket and concession ticket costs. I happen to agree with them, it is ridiculous but there is still a demand I guess.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure middle management is in line.

Pros

They have a wonderful understanding of the need for a work/life balance

Cons

Communication is often lacking from senior management

Advice to Senior Management

Spend more time in the offices learning what is happening before making a decision