quote: Jason Black

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I dislike meetings myself...

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quote: Dean Kollet

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at the 20 plex I worked at....it was like twice a year

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..I did the same at my 21 plex where I was "Presentation Manager" - all of us sat down and hashed out what was needed to talk about and bring up ideas..and we did this about every 3 months.

-Monte
 

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Posted by R. Andrew Diercks (Member # 1725) on 03-15-2005, 07:56 AM:
 
I typically hold a meeting twice a year, once right before big summer business and once in fall before dead time.

They can be productive, but often times I wonder. Once an employee ordered a pizza and had it delivered in the middle of a meeting. He was terminated soon after. Some kids just don't take them seriously enough to do any good.
 

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Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-15-2005, 08:06 AM:
 
I do like the thought of "terminating " employees

So much more fun than just firing them with the added advantage that they can't come back and sue for wrongful dismissal.

We tend to have two full museum away days each year where everyone from security to curators and of course projectionists get together. Our next one in April is here with added attraction of a trip down a mine shaft!
 

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Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 03-16-2005, 03:51 AM:
 
does that mean you're getting "terminated"?
 

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Posted by Brandon Willis (Member # 2345) on 03-17-2005, 02:23 PM:
 
We have an employee meeting at the beginning of every shift. We call it a line-up. It's a very quick affair where we go over things that have been happening lately, upcoming events, etc.
 

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Posted by Jannette McQueen (Member # 1885) on 03-17-2005, 07:17 PM:
 
We're meant to have a gerneral staff meeting every quarter, I beleive. But I'd think just having one for the sake of having one isn't a brilliant idea. Yeah there's usually always stuff that needs to mentioned. But going out of your way for nothing too important?

We tend to have them on sunday mornings. None of the kids have school, and we're not keeping them out late, or interfering with their evening social life (aside from their saturday nights, but it's not like we hold it *on* the saturday night). Only problem with that is that it's early, and they're not always entirely awake. The management have recently complained that the staff didn't respond too well to what was said in the last meeting we had, so maybe it's just the timing that does need to be reconsidered. But who knows what a better time would be considering the hours we run?

It was a good point too that the meetings need to be taken seriously to be effective. Staff does need to care
 

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Posted by Matt Whitney (Member # 2909) on 03-17-2005, 08:12 PM:
 
We have a staff meeting every month on the first Saturday of the month. I find it useful to go over current promotions and problems that need to be brought to everyone's attention. We also announce the winner of the previous month's concession selling contest and let them know what this month's contest will be.
 

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Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 03-18-2005, 01:24 AM:
 
I usually did a staff meeting about twice a year. One before the Christmas rush (sometime around Thanksgiving) and one before the Summer rush (around Memorial day). They were held on Saturday morning before we opened and usually lasted an hour long. Attendance was MANDATORY!!! I usually took about a week to plan the agenda getting the necessary input from my management team. I would make out an outline and hand out copies to the employees so that they could follow along easier (a good trick as they are incline to pay attention and learn more if they have the agenda in frount of them to follow along). And of course at the end of the meeting I would open up the floor to any Q&A's. Oh and I would also buy the employees cider OJ and Doughnuts to snack on before the meeting starts.
 

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