Cineplex Employer Reviews

Employees are not valued at all! Management doesnt care of what you think, it's always ' because i said so, im the manager' type of attitude. Employees make it worth while and free movies. Hardly gets any shift if you're new and forced to take shifts if you've been there for awhile. Old management needs to go, then maybe this place will brighten up – more... a bit. – less

its very fun job, specially I like this workplace about job security, customer interaction

Pros of working at a movie theater that even on your busy nights you approximately have an 1-2 hours of a really big rush, and then an hour and a half of down time. The management is also awesome, whenever we'd have had a really stressful situation (understaffed, or a really huge rush we weren't expecting) they give us cast passes (free movie for you – more... and a guest you also get those every pay check) or they buy us all pizza, it isn't much but it shows that they care about their workers. Their system for workers is really well thought out too, they have 3 different departments - floor - RBO - and concession - each department has a team leader and we also have a minimum of 3 managers on duty. I'm currently in high school and its a breeze balancing the two because most shifts i get are on weekends or late nights on weekdays. It's easy to book off shifts because cineplex actually has a website for you and your coworkers, where your schedule is, contacts for everyone you work with, and you can post shifts up for grabs. It's awesome, I wouldn't wanna work anywhere else! (as a student) – less

This theater is actually not all its cracked up to be. My particular concerns are with the management team. Since the beginning of the year, countless employees have been fired or quit because management refused to intervene in critical situations, and this includes the management team itself. Don't bother. Good luck to whoever gets this job, I hope – more... they're able to deal with the disturbing reality here. – less

Hardly get any hours, Management team sucks, no flexible hours.

Every day brings new challenges and problems that have to be swiftly and effectively resolved. Cineplex provides an environment where I can enhance my skills in problem solving, team work, and leadership.

I love working here, the management care and are knowledgeable. I just cant see my self working here forever.

Working at Cineplex was my first job and only job (for now) and I do have some good experiences and bad ones.

I personally thought my management team was great (except for some individuals) but I have some friends who work at other Cineplex establishments say their management team is horrible. All I can say from this is that the management varies depending – more... on your location. You will make lots of friends there especially if you're in high school (age range varies from 15-20 being the average). I personally know almost all my co workers and have no complaints. Most of the rotten co workers quit right off the bat anyways so it never appeared as much of a problem for me. Overall, the atmosphere on the inside of the company (that being your co workers) is generally great and a factor that keeps me from quitting the job.

There are two main positions you get trained in when you start: Floor and concession. Both have pros and cons. Floor is essentially ripping tickets, cleaning spills, cleaning theaters, cleaning washrooms etc. In essence, it is all the grunt work and time can pass very slowly, but you do get the odd time to talk with some co workers or managers if your team is lenient about communication with the team. In concession you will primarily serve guests, make popcorn etc. It goes by very fast when there is a rush and all you're doing is serving people for about an hour straight. When things are slow in concession all you do is make popcorn and get things ready for the next rush, although, there is generally time to talk with people. The people you serve can be very fun and welcoming although I guarantee you will get rude insufferable guests that will surely irritate you. There is opportunities to get trained in other spots like box office, or the other food distributing services such as outtakes, pizza 73 or yogen fruz (varies depending on your theater).

The pay is horrible and it is not easy to get a raise. Even when you do it only goes up a few cents so it's barley worth it. Although, moving up in position can be easy if you are determined. For example, someone in my orientation group went from being a cast member (lowest rank, or what everyone starts out as) to a Team leader (next rank) then to an assistant manager in just four months.

To conclude, the job is very easy and is great for a starter job. I personally learned a lot about myself and I can guarantee you will make many friends there. The people you work with are fun and sometimes the management team throws little parties. In the even that you have a hard time making friends, I would recommend staying clear from this job because it isn't very fun when you have no one to socialize with. – less

The salary is minimum wage, very difficult/rare to get raises.
The company values the guests but not their employees.
The job security is great as they don't fire any employees, they simply tell their other employees to be mean and make them do more work than they should until they get worn out and quit.
The management is awful. There's not one good – more... thing I can say about it.
It was easy to balance my school work with my job as I only received 9 hours MAX per week.

I don't recommend anyone applies to this company. Working there was the worst 6 months of my life. – less

I worked for Cineplex for 5 yrs and got all the way up to Teller(controlled the revenue for the theatre). The position was 10.50, never got raises besides the poor one you got with your new position. The management is very poor at most locations and very negative. My GM harassed me and was verbally abusive and HR was told with proof yet did nothing. – more... I recommend to go to another employeer unless you have no other options – less

I worked at Cineplex for a few years and my co-workers were amazing, I made some of the best friends I've ever had there but the management wasn't that great. The managers were very nice and friendly, very professional and everyone had a great sense of humour but it was the general manager that wasn't very good. He would play favourites a lot and would – more... give the people he liked better that week all the shifts. And his preferences would change a lot, often without reason. So one day you would get a lot of shifts and the next he would give you barely any. The job itself is good, there's always lots to do so you never get bored and the time passes very quickly. Although there are rare occasions where you have to clean up puke, or worse. The job also gives you a pass for you and a friend with every pay check so you don't often have to pay for a movie, and you also get discounted food and drinks while working or right after your shift. Overall I learned a lot from Cineplex and I would still love to work at one in the future, just not the Clarington location because the general manager is not the best guy. I highly recommend finding another place of employment if possible or at least a different Cineplex. – less

I worked at there for I think like 6 months and the time I spent there was amazing haha fun co workers free movies, popcorn, and
Drinks. Overall a great experience, tere were bad times lol such as the puke cleaning or the never being able to go upstairs to the projectin room haha not all that bad but just by good haha but yeah if your readig this before – more... applying you definitely should! I had barely any experience before and I was heed the managers were so nice haha, but I will remind you I quit, there was nothing wrong with the actual work being done just my way of doing stuff was different than theirs haha good luck!! – less

Work there is great
Friendly co workers
Hours are long some days

A typical day, your busy always doing something
People love movies just like me
Knowledgeable and helpful
Good people, hard working and under paid
Late nights
free movies

I find that Cineplex is a wonderful place to work in, with a lot of up beat personalities, and felxible hours. The flexibility of the hours help me maintain my school and my personal life which I appreciate. Management is very well delivered in this workplace as well, they give out incentives to the workers, to motivate them to work harder, and they – more... treat everyone fairly and appropriately. – less

i worked there since it opened i enjoyed it very much at the starting but after about 5 months the work really started to slow down i was only getting 2 three hour shifts every 2 weeks even though i had my availability always open

hay dias tranquilos como dias de presion
aprendi el manejo del control de insumos materias , repuestos , hacer informes de peliculas , mantenimientos y cambios de repuestos para estos equipos

aprendi al buen trato al cliente y ser rapia y buen servico en la atencion

Un día típico en el trabajo, era el llegar a llamar periodistas, analizar noticias de las películas próximas a estrenar que salia en la prensa escrita, actualizar redes sociales y realizar ensayos de prensa de las películas.

Aprendí a relacionarme con las personas, en especial con los periodistas y realizar boletines de prensa interesantes para ellos.

La – more... parte mas complicada fue el convencer a algunos periodistas de realizar la nota/noticia en la prensa.

Lo que mas me gusto fue obtener mas conocimientos sobre cine. – less