Six Flags Reviews

Pros

Great people who know how to balance work and home life. Fair wages and good benefits such as a company car and home office if you work in outer market. Even though you may not work in the office you'll still have a since of family. Best job I've ever had.

Cons

Pay could be a little better but the company just went through bankruptcy. You have to work some weekends. Outer market sales people travel 75% of the time.

Advice to Senior Management

When making decisions about who to lay off - don't cut your sales staff that make you money. I brought in more than $250K in sales each year and got laid off because the territory was shut down. There had been major growth each year that I worked it.

Pros

Free admission, and theres free parking

Cons

Low pay, but decent place

Advice to Senior Management

Better pay

Pros

Fun, Meet a lot of people, okay pay rate, more likely to get along with the people your working with

Cons

guests can be a pain, full timers are constantly on your back

Pros

There are great employees there and you are likely to meet some new friends. Six Flags does hold alot of parties for their employees and always try and make it a fun place to work. If you work at Six Flags you get to interact with people all day and practice good manners which is a very valuable lesson to learn with real life and other jobs.

Cons

The atmosphere is a little dirty and the area that I worked in had a lot of fumes that were in the air which in the end could be harmful to my health. We do a lot of heavy lifting and pushing and only get paid minimum wage which I think is a little short for the ammount of work we do and the environment we are in. Also the ESO office's are very strict about what color your nails are or if you hair even looks the slightest bit unnatural, it's quiet ridiculous.

Pros

Working for Six Flags gives you the benefit of making a lot of friend in a fun environment. From working in an office to working out in the parks you get to experience the family like management that Six Flags cultivates. You also get some great perks with free tickets to the park for friends and family as well as periodic parties thrown in the employee's honor. It really is a fun and exciting place to work.

Cons

There are not many downsides to working for Six Flags. Probably the only downside is that if you are seasonal(which is the majority of the employees) you know you will have no work from the end of October to the beginning of April.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall the management and leadership at Six Flags is positive. There are a few sour apples but not ever company is perfect.

Pros

You get to see the behind-the-scenes action at an amusement park. This job can be fun if you make it fun.

Cons

Most of the stores are not air-conditioned. The heat is unbearable. Oftentimes it would be hotter inside the store than outside...and this is in the middle of July.

Advice to Senior Management

I think you do a great job leading as many different people as you do. I know it's a big department and it's hard to know everyone personally.

Pros

They provide many hours and it is often a fun place to work. Work is outside so you can enjoy sunny days.

Cons

Sometimes you have to deal with rude guests and still have to work outside on rainy or even cold days.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire many more employees to maximize guest satisfaction, also hire multilingual employees to be able to interact with foreign guests.

Pros

Loss prevention is focused on theft, fraud and crimes against the company and not auditing as in most retail loss prevention positions. Great opportunity to learn within the loss prevention field if you choose to do so.

Cons

Senior management can be disrespectful at times as well as incompetent. Everyone has their own priorities and will disregard everyone else's.

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

there are friendly people there

Cons

it is hot out and you have to stand in sun

Advice to Senior Management

listen to employees and see what they feel

Pros

Some of the best reasons to work at six flags is that you have the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of people. Also you get to enjoy yourself while your at work.

Cons

The downside of working at Six Flags would be working outside in the extremely hot sun. Also, never being able to know your exact schedule.