Merlin Entertainments Employee Reviews about "long hours"
Updated Nov 23, 2021
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Pros
"The Magic Pass (free tickets to all attractions) makes you very popular overnight" (in 47 reviews)
"Staff is great; very positive work environment" (in 37 reviews)
Cons
"long hours when the season is open" (in 60 reviews)
"Attractions close a lot leaving not much to do" (in 34 reviews)
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Reviews about "long hours"
Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Staff is very friendly to work with. Fun atmosphere
Cons
Very young managers and long hours.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Decent payed, great way to meet people
Cons
Intense, full on, long hours, few breaks
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Meet lots of new people
Cons
Long hours for fairly low pay
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- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Merlin do it for the love of fun - Not a career but a fun job with many transferable skills
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Very fun place to work where you make friends for life. Engaging day to day structure where you can challenge yourself and learn lots of transferable skills within one industry. For example, I gained recruitment, L&D, marketing insight, guest facing, staff management and many more skills just from the one role in one of the parks smaller departments. Home grown style of progression, with lots of internal training and chances to develop
Cons
Occasionally demanding on hours, but predictable demand that comes with time of year (for example, I knew Halloween was going to be our busiest time of year with long hours). Pay is fine on hourly, however lower tier perm positions often lack the salary that comes with additional work load. Turn style method of staffing means lots of fresh faces moving in and out of the business, this can create a lot of competition when it comes to progression. Limited progression within my chosen department, must have a keen interest in other key areas of the park like rides or retail if you decide you wish to create a career. For a lot of people it is not sustainable enough to be a forever job, but I think with the nature of the business that is ok and I enjoyed my time there but an eventual expiry date was clear.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
good company for first job
Cons
long hours with little breaks
- Former Temporary Employee★★★★★
Pros
Fun colleagues to work with
Cons
Poor wage, long hours No career progression
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
provides lots of jobs for the area, there are some chances to advance in roles, and good perks e.g. free tickets and good discount rates.
Cons
long hours, sometimes would be tempted to say that it takes advantage of it's young employees, the longest shift I've worked is 13 and a half hours, there are numerous occasions where I have had to work 12 hour shifts, 10 hour shifts are very common, so not the best hours, it's good if you want to earn money but can be tiring and depressing.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Culture Varied experience Good team effort Catering
Cons
Long hours Management could be better Hardly any praise Strange training sessions
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Pan exciting industry to work in and a fast growing company
Cons
Expect their pound of flesh. Long hours for below average salary
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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You will have the best time giving guests the best time of their lives
Cons
Long hours and on your feet all day
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