Village Cinemas Reviews

Pros

Friendly staff Excellent training Staff benefits

Cons

Some late hours when closing

Pros

The company is focused on rewarding staff giving screenings and plenty of staff parties. The people are amazing at the job and the culture among staff is very friendly.

Cons

The decline of the cinema business has meant extreme cost cutting methods have been introduced including reducing hours worked for staff, which places more pressure on other staff to perform duties. This also means that career advancement in the business, has all but dried up.

Advice to Management

Head office needs to understand the affect their decisions make on frontline workers. They are way to out of touch with their own business

Pros

Fun environment. Free movies.

Cons

Village put their employees last. The overall site purpose is to make money and cut costs. This means cutting staff shifts, sometimes staff were driving to work when they were called to say they were no longer needed. This made for a bad work culture.

Advice to Management

Please care more for the people on the site floor. They are the ones that are interacting with your customers, who bring the money in.

Pros

Amazing community vibe with the team. Regardless of the work, the team is very sociable and what made me enjoy going to work.

Cons

At a site level, innovation is slow and comes with stringent guides from Head Office. Head office are reluctant to provide approval and can sometimes act in their best interests and not that of the sites.

Advice to Management

Know your team; their strengths, weaknesses and everything in between. If you can master their skillset and knowing your business you will have no issues managing.

Pros

Free movies and food discountd

Cons

Poor management No opportunity for progression

Advice to Management

Treat your employees better and they'll treat your customers better

Pros

Flexible working hours, great perks, supportive work environment, good opportunities to grow and develop

Cons

Late night work, weekend work

Pros

The flexible hours and no pressure for minimum shifts allows for a great job to have while studying. The benefits are excellent.

Cons

Staffing issues in busy periods. Training and education is lacking for lower-level staff.

Pros

Good job to have throughout uni

Cons

At the mercy of shift work