Current Events > Do you think it sounds like a cool job to work at a major amusement park?

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any of you ever have, already?

I would have loved to for a year or two back in my early 20's

BignutzisBack posted...

I would have loved to for a year or two back in my early 20's

really? which park? And i know that i lot of cedar point workers still work there into their 20s and late 20s. But you think it would be really odd to work there after your early 20s?

Only if I was an engineer. The entry level positions would suck. On my feet all day, watching other people have fun? I couldn't do it.

NoxObscuras posted...

Only if I was an engineer. The entry level positions would suck. On my feet all day, watching other people have fun? I couldn't do it.

engineer? you mean the ride operator? yeah, i guess you have a point. You want to go on the rides, not watch others go on them, all day.

my local one was infamous for scheduling, but not paying, any overtime because the fine was cheaper than the wages would have been.

Medussa posted...

my local one was infamous for scheduling, but not paying, any overtime because the fine was cheaper than the wages would have been.

which park was this ?maybe that stuff is very common. I heard that at cedar point, if you're hired they expect you to work like over 55 hrs a week. Which i was a little surprised by

idlewild in Ligonier PA, while they were owned by Kennywood, who i assume were doing the same thing in Pittsburgh.

it also might have only ever been rumor, but my brother worked there for a few seasons and never really denied it.

Medussa posted...

my local one was infamous for scheduling, but not paying, any overtime because the fine was cheaper than the wages would have been.

Seems like if they were fined they would've been ordered to payout the unpaid overtime.

UT1999 posted...

engineer? you mean the ride operator? yeah, i guess you have a point. You want to go on the rides, not watch others go on them, all day.

No, no, I mean literally an engineer. As in, the guys that actually build the coasters. When I was younger, I wanted to be a mechanical engineer. But I decided against it, after I started realizing how small that industry is, as far as number of job positions go.

I guess doing daily maintenance on the rides wouldn't be bad though. You'd see more of the inner workings of the rides doing that.

DarthDemented posted...

Seems like if they were fined they would've been ordered to payout the unpaid overtime.

see, that makes sense, but still, the rumor was around for decades. (at this point, i'm just going to stop talking about it. because i'm probably wrong about something and only embarrassing myself. and if not, it's really not all that important anyway. was just supposed to be a funny aside, but i'm definitely now regretting making it.)