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Author Topic: Employee Passes Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-04-2003 02:54 PM                     You all make it seem like the customers KNOW that it's a staff member that's sitting in the seat you are depriving them of. When your employees come to see a movie, just make sure they're not in uniform and it should be fine for your image. I've worked at a few places that were much too concerned with "Image and PR" which resulted in disgruntled employees working long hours between reading ALL-CAPS memos on things that MUST be done AT ALL TIMES. Both companies went bankrupt. Most managers I've worked for, and this is not to imply that it's the same everywhere, were also confident that they had a happy and helpful staff because the staff would never voice their contempt around the management. Just because there's no smoke in the henhouse doesn't mean the rooster isn't on fire... or something like that. Customers may come to you with their money, but it's your employees who see to it that it ends up in your pocket. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-04-2003 11:32 PM                        quote: Customers may come to you with their money, but it's your employees who see to it that it ends up in your pocket. Thomas, That's a good point you try to make. Allow me to counter... A thief will always be a thief regardless of what you do or don't do for him/her. Free movies won't mean to an employee concerned with taking money, or anything else that doesn't rightfully belong to them for that fact, away from the employer or anyone else. While I understand where you are coming from, a paying customer takes priority over en amployee ALWAYS. We're not in this business for employee handouts/perks/bennies/etc, we're in this business to make money... Would you like to go to your favorite restaurant to eat a fat steak only to find that they were out... becuase an employee came in and ate the last one? Cheap anaolgy, but it helps reiterate the point...  |  IP: Logged Warren Smyth Expert Film Handler Posts: 158 From: Auckland ,New Zealand Registered: Aug 2003 posted 12-06-2003 06:20 AM                     A large exhibition chain for whom I once worked, had an innovative policy to staff passes. This is surprising as they were not noted for their generosity. Staff could obtain a pass for two admissions from the manager except for Saturday nights. There were no questions asked as to who they were for, just as long as the requests were not too frequent. The manager exercised his judgement and refusals were very rare. Here's the innovative bit. The recipient of the pass traded them at the box office for two complimentary tickets together with seat number chits (if we were on block). They were charged theepence per seat. This equated to about 10 percent of the admission, so today it would be about a $1.40. It was explained on the pass that the funds were contributions to the staff benevolent fund. No one ever complained as the scheme was for the benefit of the employees. I remember it was used to pay, for example, the cost of an eye operation for the wife of the projectionist who trained me. When full time staff had an addition to the family, they received I think about three weeks wages to help with the additional bills. This was forty years ago. The corporate culture of today would probably consider it inappropriate, but the fact is, it worked successfully for decades and was appreciated. Then again, perhaps there was a stronger community spirit in those days and working in theatres, made us feel part of a family.  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 12-06-2003 02:38 PM                        I know many companies had EBF's and some still do. EBF stands for Employee Benefit Fund. I wonder if those chains actually use that money for additional benefits, or of they use this money to help recoup money that they're paying out for pre-existing medical benefits.  |  IP: Logged

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