duty manager

shift manager

supervisor

kitchen manager

Event Cinemas

Honestly a terrible place to work. The only saving grace are the staff discounts but then, you make up for that tenfold by having a proper wage in a stable employment. 

I worked there for 5 years. 

Management are lazy and cliquey, if you get on their bad side, you'll be relegated to the worst shifts and there is no amount of work or meetings to correct this. The HR team is like 3 people in Sydney and so if you have a problem with a manager, the only person you can speak to about it is the same manager. And they can and will just cut your hours and mess with you if they don't like you. 

There are no weekend penalty rates despite the massive extra workload so managers will just put themselves and their friends on during the week and then everyone else will only get weekend hours. They'd constantly deny leave and even will fire people if they have time off at an inconvenient time. Rosters are poorly managed and usually done by one person who normally puts the bare minimum effort in. If you call in sick, it's a massive stuff around because the managers will choose not to do their jobs and as I said, there is no way to report managers. 

Your entire pay and roster is entirely based on movie releases so you'll go through periods of little to no pay followed by periods where they will literally punish you for asking for an evening off. The general manager even once said that the job there should be your primary commitment, above education, family and health. Which is laughable considering the only technically not below minimum wage pay. 

They are pretty heavy handed with their union busting and even head office once found a low morale problem and then immediately blamed the staff for not being excited enough. 

When I moved on, I had no idea how bad it was. Coming in to a new job, my new employer said it was like taking on an abused puppy. 

I went on to a different industry and my hourly rate almost doubled, my hours became a lot more secure and I had more power to fight back against managers abusing their powers to bully. 

The culture was nowhere near as toxic literally anywhere else. 

Save your sanity, don't work here. They use and abuse the fact that people think working for a cinema is fun and exciting, the conditions are so bad because they know they could easily replace any worker who complains. Don't do it to yourself. Any other industry or employer won't treat you nearly as bad. 

I would open kitchen for gold class. Clean & refill the fryers.  Turn  on all equipment.  Place syrups & certain foods  into warmers. Or chill areas. Top up fridge bar for service.  + extras for back up.  Go & liase with front of house. What sort of numbers.  Had booked.  If not many. Wait until orders came in & cook to order. If bookings large.  Precook certain foods & have in warmers. Ready to go. Make sure foods were out of freezer defrosting.  All foods had been delivered from stores. & stock was in place. Anything missing.  Either had to duck out & grab. Or get management to. As orders & menu were strict guidelines. & needed to be followed.  If not busy. Start prepping.  Buns, portioning. Prepping.  Check all your stocks  & make sure enough in supply.  If not  bring up from main freezers. Always noting temps &  recording. Placing any orders on board for reordering.  Checking of other kitchen. If being opened for service or function. Preparing for functions. Cleaning.if equipment & kitchen. Training of staff. Putting dishes through dishwasher If needed. Helping deliver meals or clean cinemas if needed. Emptying  of bins. & replacing. Liase with Wait staff. Cook to order & times. Follow all menus 

I have worked at various jobs and working at Event Cinemas was by far my favourite. You are put into one department and (usually) have the chance to be moved around until you know all departments. Working the candy bar was my personal favourite, however, dealing with not so happy customers was challenging at times. It however did toughen me up and I felt confident whenever I had to deal with another one. The wage is good, however, no weekend rates. The most enjoyable part was making someone's day, example: by simply throwing in a free choctop when it has been a busy day. Hardest part would be dealing with management as your shifts do become less and less regular and communication isn't perfect.

Event Cinemas is a good place to work for as your beginning job or as part time/casual employment as the shifts are very flexible to be adjusted to your work/life cycle. Work at the cinemas sites are centered around working with your team therefore your experience really depends on the site and team you are with. For me it's been mostly positive so far. 

Management and team changes can mean drastic changes in the workplace however, with culture shifts and new demands from bosses so have to keep your mind open. Also, some days can be very exhausting because of overwhelming number of customers and also mismanagement for rosters or work allocation that will result in you taking up extra responsibilities.

I learned that not every workplace is hard. Communication and dedication are two keys to getting the job done and being happy at the same time. Since I've only had work experience here, I only had a small taste of what it might be like officially working here. On a typical day at work, I was practically on guard, checking each customer's tickets and directing them to which cinema they should head to. The only hard part about the job was trying to sweep up the floors of which people spilled a lot of popcorn on, but the most enjoyable part was making new friends with other employees and honestly; seeing the smile on customer's faces.

Well, I did work experience with this company every Wednesday for 8 weeks, and thought I would love this job all the managers were nice and cool. 

So later that year I got the job, and for the first few months everything was going fine, I loved all the workers and working there. Then through time there the ast manager started turning into a real dick mind my language. But I looked past that. the manager was a real good person. Just came up to 8 months and I thought it was time to go. Everything started getting awkward after my jacket was stolen and I just gave up on it. I would love to go back there. 

Though its a job for kids and I'm just to expensive and realised there's more to life then your childhood job.

I’ve been with Event for 10 months now, while some shifts can be very stressful (bookings, opening nights to big films) it is overall a very enjoyable job, and I hope to further develop with Event Cinemas. Shifts are on and off, during non-holidays shifts are absolutely dead and there aren’t many hours up for grabs but holidays you get slammed with bookings and big movies releasing. Pay is good and overall I would recommend for someone who can work often or is in high school/uni. My favourite thing about working would have to be my co-workers, all are fun and enjoyable people who support you, and management are very kind and supportive unlike many other organisations

The workplace culture is very supportive and uplifting with great people.
I got taught plenty to do with the retail work environment and some brilliant advice. The management honestly couldn't be any better if I asked. Overall most customers are pretty friendly and easy going but of course there are some who aren't as pleasant. The most enjoyable part of my job is the joy I get out of making customers happy and have the ability to have a laugh.

The job itself was incredibly enjoyable. The general staff were extremely friendly and helpful and completing tasks with one another was highly rewarding. Most responsibilities included cleaning and directing customers, which meant that shifts were typically relaxed and easy-going. I learnt a lot of valuable skills working here. 

Management in my experience was terrible. There were interpersonal relationships between some of the management and staff, which resulted in favouritism and many employees being fired because they didn't have social leverage in the company. 

While it did toughen me up and gave me a lot of skills and experience, the cons outweighed the pros. There was little communication with management, no training, senior employees would shove the work and blame to newer employees (eg people who worked there longer would hang in the back chatting whereas if a newer employee paused for a minute they'd get an earful). Wage was bad, took months to get my uniform, never got my employee card.

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Supervisor 3 salaries reported	$31.30 per hour
Kitchen manager 1 salary reported	$52,800 per year

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