Description Kennywood is not the Islands in the Stream counterpart to singer Dolly Parton's Dollywood. (Turn to Herschend Family Entertainment for that distinction). It does own and operate four amusement parks in Pennsylvania: Kennywood Park, Idlewild & Soak Zone, Sandcastle Waterpark, and Pittsburgh's Riverplex, a traditional picnic-type park located next to Sandcastle. The company markets its parks for group outings, and offers event planning and catering services. Kennywood Entertainment was founded in 1898. It is a subsidiary of Spanish theme park company Parques Reunidos.
Kennywood has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 116 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kennywood employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).
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Overall, 75% of employees would recommend working at Kennywood to a friend. This is based on 116 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
76% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Kennywood as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 1.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Kennywood.