Kennedy Center Reviews

Cons

Can be crazy hours. Lots of turn over in lower positions because people get wonderful experience and parlay that into big jobs elsewhere.

Cons

Limited paid vacation and sick time offered

Cons

Salaries are far too little for the amount of nights and weekends you are expected to work. Fresh management is needed to ensure growth continues and is not stagnated by employees who have been there too long.

Cons

At a certain point you the growth opportunities become limited. They pay is dismal.

Cons

Employees are not valued, flexible hours and telework are not supported, very little holiday time.

Cons

Inequality in pay scale both internally and industry-wide; incredibly long hours required; no employee perks; no flex schedule/telecommute options; no industry-specific professional development; no overarching strategy within department; inequity in work loads and team responsibilities throughout department; uneven experience/talent within department + lack of oversight/accountability=pockets of people shouldering the majority of the work load.

Cons

You are on your feet with rarely a break. If you work concessions during the winter you are going to freeze next to the door.

You are not allowed to collect tips but bartenders can.

Schedule isn't flexible and you are notified the week ahead on what your schedule making it difficult to make other plans.
You have to submit a paper time sheet. You don't have a receipt of hours submitted.
I was fired via email a day before my shift.

Cons

None. This was a great company to work for

Cons

Unreasonable long working hour expectations upon mid to lower level employees with no comp time and no over time. Salaries for everyone (except VPs and President) are low to moderate at best, and not realistic or sustainable for DC area living (unless you are in the "union" or a government worker), especially given the hours employees are expected to work. Mismanagement from the top down comes from lack of understand basic job functions of the folks on the ground doing the important everyday work. Top level staff interested in "talking the talk" but not "walking the walk"--as that is left to the mid to lower level staff to do. Senior staff unappreciative of good, hard work that mid to lower level employees push out every day and night, especially given that work hours can often exceed 50+ hours per week with zero perks for the worker given there is no comp time and no overtime allowed. Little to no growth within the organization as they are most interested in recruiting from the outside and holding people in place once they are in their position. High turnover for all of these reasons.

Cons

bad management, weird company culture, cult like