shark6495 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 We have said it ad nauseam on here. Your workers should want to not lose their jobs for a certain reason (great pay, great perks, etc) and should have a "fear" of losing their jobs. When that's missing you get lazy or non caring employees. Maybe KI needs to bump the pay to bring in a better type of employee. Maybe KI needs to have better perks for the employee. Maybe KI just needs to fire a few people to make the others "Fly Right." Whatever it is KI is not doing it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingMaster Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 There used to be a system back in the Paramount Era where engaging with both guests and your supervisors (say, taking a lap around the fountains with your manager while sweeping in Park Services/Ecology) netted you coins that you could trade in for meal tickets at the employee cafe. There was also a fairly comprehensive perks system in which you could aim towards tickets to parks outside the former chain of Paramount Parks, including Dollywood and Cedar Point, and you were given up to 20 tickets to the Island to give out to friends and family members depending on how many hours you worked. Cedar Fair did away with almost all of those programs and reduced the amount of tickets to a measly four, regardless of hours worked (at the beginning of the Fair's reign of the Island in 2007). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Don't forget the bonus per hour for staying the entire season.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I can say Paramount did away with end of season bonuses for hours worked in 2000 when they raised the pay rates in the park. However we did receive a 100 dollar bonus if we stayed till the end of the season in 2000. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Even Camden Park gives $1000 to the seasonal associate of the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 4 tickets? Is that for real? What's the point? I'm guessing you get free entrance all year which is great but if you can't bring friends it gets boring very quickly. 4 tickets is disappointing the f you were hoping to bring a few people multiple times. I really enjoy our park but it's tough to do that ya kno Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 40 years ago, small parks did not ALLOW employees in the park ever unless they were working. No tickets. No employee parties. Work and get out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I always, in my former career, sought good talent (employees), developed them, and rewarded hard work. This was not always monetary. And when I did make a hiring mistake, I was quick to implement progressive discipline and rid the bad apple. Unfortunately, food service at KI does not seem to do this. Like the guy at Panda Express on Sunday. He was at the grill area, flipping thru his cell phone. I can understand if there is a lull, you don't have to work like a madman. But using a cell phone in public when preparing food, without hand hygiene? Cell phones are filled with germs! Or the cashier--instead of saying to my companion: "We don't have no bottled water." She could have said, "I'm sorry but we are out of bottled water today. Would you like a Coke instead?" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Panda Express employees, I believe, do not work for the park. See also the photo people. Both are perceived as such by the public, and what they do or don't do reflects on the park. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjcolglazier Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I appreciate the Subway, Chick-fil-A, and Panda Express offerings in the park. I really do. If done right they bring value to the park. And my wife and most of my kids hit Subway every visit, whilst my son hit Potato Works, and I went to Burrito Shack. Service was decent enough every time we went...but we avoid a packed park. If I was a franchisee I would think KI would be a place to clean up, and rake it in over the other park fare. Which makes me wonder...are these corporate franchises in the park rather than local? Anyone know? A local franchisee---one would think---could outperform Cedar Fair's offerings in the park. Right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 LaRosa's? Skyline? And Subway? Park employees operate these, not franchisee employees, right? Unless the park IS the franchisee. Chick-FIL-A? I've NEVER gotten bad service or food at the park location. Who works there? Terp, who likes to ask questions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I've never had Subway or Chic-Fil-A in the park. I do enjoy Panda Express because it is something I cannot get locally. It seems the attitude is pervasive in all of food service-park employed to outside contractor employed-of slow but mostly friendly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I was disappointed with concessions this year. Stands shutting down and hour or more before the park closes upon each of my visits. If I had shares in the company I would not be happy! Panda Express was shut down, lights off and gone at 5 on Closing day??? Reds had a 1.5 hr wait because of only having 3 servers. People were leaving there very unhappy! I understand it is hard to get people to work on closing day, I get it, but I thought you're there there to make it a #KIBestDay and I would assume having food stands open and adequate service would be apart of that! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Culver's was happy to get the business... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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