05-19-2005, 03:43 PM
|  | The Ride Master | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sicklerville, NJ Age: 19
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| | | Employee "Perks"
Just curious, what benefits do you have as an employee of a park??
I know we get free entrance into (of course) our park and all the nearby parks (Six Flags: Great Adventure, Dorney Park, Hershey Park, and Wildwood).
At least, thats the only interesting benefit..lol What about everyone else?
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05-19-2005, 03:47 PM
|  | Panthers Country! | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Panther Country Age: 29
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| | | Other than free entry to the other Paramount Parks thats about it.
We do get 40% off food & Merchendise.
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05-19-2005, 08:15 PM
|  | Been Here Since the Begining | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tampa area Age: 38
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| | | ^ It certainly can include those. But to get those, you have to be more than a seasonal worker, which doesn't include the vast majority of their employees. Just like at any other job, the part timers and ones hired for a time period don't get those kinds of benefits.
But that doesn't mean there aren't others. If you get hung up on the word, then think "perks" instead.
And it seems like free admissions to company parks, some extra free tickets, discounts in the park, and some employee activities are pretty much the standard fare at all of them, though some parks will also add one some other things.
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05-19-2005, 09:17 PM
| | Wooden Poster | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond Va Age: 21
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| | | well at (pkd) of course:
1. Free admission to the park-and other paramount parks
2. Complitary tickets
3. Discounts on season passes
4. Discounts on food 40% I think
5. And employee activities
Like sir willow They are called perks |
05-19-2005, 11:26 PM
| | Panthers Country! | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Panther Country Age: 29
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| | | Tweetsie Railroad tickets.
Dollywood tickets.
Riverbanks Zoo tickets.
SFOG Tickets
Family Kingdom
Wen 'n' Wild
Biltmore House
Chimney Rock
Medieval Times.
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05-20-2005, 03:18 AM
| | Minetrain Poster | | Join Date: May 2005 Age: 25
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Depending on the department, aside from free personal park admission,
ValleyFair employees are entitled to: - Free go-karts/bumper boats (if you work in Rides) at the Challenge Park.
- A 25% discount from the merchandise department on purchases made only during park operation (and you must be punched out).
- Discounted foods at the employee cafeteria (discount is set in prices, not applied on purchase).
- Free admission to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH (enter through Guest Services w/ your ID).
- A maximum of 6 complimentary park tickets per season from Human Resources.
- (Probably discount season passes, but I'm not sure).
- And dozens of employee activity nights, which are really, really, really fun.
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05-20-2005, 08:35 PM
| | Panthers Country! | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Panther Country Age: 29
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| | | That reminds me. 8 free park tickets for working 160 hours and 10 more after working 300 hours. 18 total tickets for the season. Not to mention SCarowinds tickets which i think it's 4.
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05-22-2005, 10:18 PM
|  | Minetrain Poster | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Middletown, PA Age: 20
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| | | If you work at Hersheypark you get free admission to Six Flags Great Adventure (maybe America) im not sure, and Dorney Park. Thats all i know. We also get discounts on all the food, 8 free tickets total for the season (2 with each paycheck), coupons for our employee cafe, discounts on merchandise, and employee parties. |
05-23-2005, 05:52 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: nearby dorney Age: 21
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| | | at dorney we get 10% off stuff in the shops.
free admission to all the cf parks, hershey, gadv, dutch wonderland, clementon, kennywood, bushkill park, jersey aquarium, lehigh valley game preserve, and an all day wristband at knoebels.
and 6 free tickets to the park. |
05-23-2005, 10:19 PM
| | Been Here Since the Begining | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tampa area Age: 38
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Originally Posted by WildeFyre Actually, ALL employees get the free Ontario attractions benefits; inlcuding the part timers and seasonal workers. Our ID badges get us in almost everywhere. |
You missed the point. I wasn't refering to the perks (free admissions, etc.) I was refering to paid vacation, sick leave, medical, dental, etc. That is NOT available to most employees, and is usually reserved only for those that have been assigned full time positions.
That's totally separate from admissions, tickets, and discounts, which pretty much every park employee gets in some form or other.
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05-24-2005, 12:37 AM
|  | Minetrain Poster | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: At Busch Gardens.. no.. really Age: 22
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| | | is a military brat so i never paid attention to teh medical/dental stuff.. i do know busch offers a 401k plan... but never paid attention to that either
free admission to the park
2 free gold passes when you work three seasons
free admission to all busch parks minus DC
30% discount on merchandise and stuff like that.. anything sold without a cash register nearby (games and carts) aren't included.. i learned that during Imaginique
one day tickets and pass vouchers after working 100 hours or 60 days
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06-24-2006, 09:40 AM
|  | CA-CAW!!!!! | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: right here Age: 19
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| | | I get a free SF season pass, 50% off merchendice, dicount tickets, ride nights, other employee activities...and best of all getting the greatest experience of a lifetime with great people! |
06-24-2006, 12:34 PM
|  | UEO Naval Academy | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Traded the roar of coasters for the roar of STOCK CARS!!! Age: 29
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| | Universal offers medical / dental / vision plans to full time employees (average 36 hours a week), along with a 401(k) matching program (I believe it was 100% of the first 3% you contributed, then 50% of the next 2%), free admission to Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, CityWalk clubs (most nights), Sea World, Busch Gardens and Universal Studios Hollywood. We also got free one day passes every quarter, between 3 and 6 depending on how long you'd worked there, 1/2 price Halloween Horror Nights tickets, and 3 free "After 5" Mardi Gras passes so friends could come see the concerts on Saturday nights. Not to mention the 50 something page book of discounts we got in the area ... No application fee and / or deposit on apartments, discounts on car service, cell phones, cleaning services, *TONS* of stuff. It got to the point where we asked *EVERYWHERE* we went if they gave Universal employee discounts.  Oh yeah, and we had employee only events ... Sneak peek of HHN, Christmas (sorry, Holiday) party, preferred viewing for 4th of July fireworks.
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