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Starplex Cinemas Reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)

Steve Holmes

81% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Starplex Cinemas has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Starplex Cinemas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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36 reviews
3.0
22 Oct 2013

decent for students

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As an usher, you have quite a bit of downtime between cleaning the theaters, so they allow you to sit in the breakroom. I get all of my homework done during these breaks, and if you're on podium during the week, you can do it while you stand there.

Cons

the pay is really low

2.0
1 Aug 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's actually a clean theatre. A lot of the people you'll work with (ushers, some concessionists & box) are great. As an employee you can see movies for free!

Cons

More than half the staff is made up of teenagers, so if you have any maturity whatsoever you will go insane-you will be trapped in high school while working there. They also like to hire complete idiots. There's no nice way of saying it and some are even just flat out rude-and I'm not talking about the teenagers, but the managers. You can do excellent work every day you're there and you will be treated like dirt by most of the managers and you'll get paid just as well. You're supposed to be reviewed every 3 months to see if a raise is earned-I've been there 9 months and have had one evaluation that resulted in a 10-cent raise only because a co-worker wouldn't stop complaining about not having had one yet. It's definitely not worth the headache it will give you every time you're there. Oh, and there's no room to move into a higher position. They keep adding more idiot managers and taking hours away from the people who actually do something, and punish anyone who starts doing a better job than they do.

2.0
3 Apr 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Starting out as floor staff, the job is fairly easy and lax. There is not much supervision, and employees are expected to be self-motivated. Managers are nice, if incompetent and intrusive into employees' personal lives. Overall, work is fine - it really depends on whom you work for/with.

Cons

Upon gaining employment everyone is told that advancement will be fast if you care enough to pursue it. This is definitely not the case. Managers hire friends and family instead of promoting deserving employees from within. They will also hide in the office during busy rounds, slack off work duties (which they expect lower-level employees to make up), and disciplinary actions are usually based off of management's subjective opinion instead of the employee handbook.

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