Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Employees of cinemark

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Posted by Patrick McDonough (Member # 1363) on 05-09-2003, 09:57 AM:

I was just wondering how many Cinemark employees are on this site?

Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 05-09-2003, 07:38 PM:

I have seen several on here.

Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 05-12-2003, 09:47 AM:

I'm raising my hand.

Posted by Manuel Francisco Valencia (Member # 710) on 03-28-2004, 03:18 AM:

I was going to start a topic on something like this but found this one during a search. Don't know how I missed this. ONLY TWO REPLIES! Shit that is pathetic! COME ON! We Cinemarkers have to show ourselves!

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-28-2004, 03:24 AM:

Yes, you must show yourselves and be proud! Cinemark is the best! They take care of their employees... hell they almost pay them too much! They create a nice, comfortable atmosphere for the employee. They LOVE projectionists and they are always fair. Always. It is the best job you will ever have![av=f]

Posted by Manuel Francisco Valencia (Member # 710) on 03-28-2004, 04:18 PM:

Jealous Joe?

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-28-2004, 05:16 PM:

Heck, I was going to post and ask when Sinemark started hiring actual employee..... I thought they only used slaves......

Mark

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 03-28-2004, 06:22 PM:

Mark,

No, that's our company. [eyes]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 03-28-2004, 07:25 PM:

I be one of dem emplo E's at the Cinemark. I'm a self proclaimed Usher B!

AJG

Posted by Stewart Anderson (Member # 1809) on 03-30-2004, 11:06 AM:

I remember my Cinemark days:
- Usher-B, not projectionist because of projectionist unions
- $5.75 / hour for booth work
- "if it works AT ALL don't bother trying to fix it, much less calling a Cinemark regional tech."
- lowest turn over rate I've seen [Wink]

At least that was my 1 1/2 year [thumbsdown]

Cinemark [fu]

experience [Smile]

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 03-30-2004, 11:44 AM:

I used to work for Cinemark. Here is what I did.

Concession
Usher
Stock
Maintenance
Usher-B
Inventory, different than stock.
Helped managers close.

All for a whopping $5.60 an hour, and it took me over 2 years to make that much. Needless to say, I am much happier working for an independent.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 03-30-2004, 02:16 PM:

I don't work for Cinemark, but before I was promoted I only increased $1 per hour in three years. After being promoted I made/make quite a bit more.

Posted by Chris Liczbinski (Member # 1957) on 03-31-2004, 05:22 AM:

Cinemark "Booth Manager" here. I think experiences with Cinemark depend on the theater you work for, or maybe not but our managers like what they do and make working there comfortable. Our tech is always polite, knowledgable and willing to train me on new things when he comes out as well. Sure the pay is not luxurious but then again I am 20 and going to college and for that it is enough.
I'm not saying Cinemark is "the best" because I have no grounds to say that, it is the only theater I have worked for. Maybe since our theater is 45 minutes away from the corporate headquarters it makes a difference?

Posted by Manuel Francisco Valencia (Member # 710) on 03-31-2004, 12:26 PM:

Jeremy/Stewart

Were you guys working at megaplexes or eight screen theatres that did not do a lot of business. If it is the latter then that is why you were not making a lot of money, it is not because Cinemark is cheap. In the three years and some odd months I have been working for Cinemark my pay has gone up $4.

Stewart

The turnover rates could be from a bad GM, a lot of seasonal employees, business flow, etc. When were you with Cinemark. The techs were not always from Cinemark but an outside service so I wondering if it was them or a Cinemark tech.

Don't let the bad apple spoil the bunch.

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 03-31-2004, 01:07 PM:

Manuel I worked at a Megaplex. It had alot to do with the GM. He sucked. And me and the manager who did the evaluations for raises didnt get along to well either. She was one of those people who can't be wrong, and I am one of those people that likes to prove that someone is wrong, especially during an argument. She is the one who let me train in booth, but didn't want to lose me in concession, so she made sure I wasn't scheduled to many booth days. And all this time, the GM would always take her side on everything. Other than that, I really liked working there, the other managers were good, and I met some of my best friends there, along with my wife. Plus the booth crew and booth managers there are some of the best at the job. It was just the people that controlled the money that I had a problem with.

Posted by Manuel Francisco Valencia (Member # 710) on 03-31-2004, 04:03 PM:

I have met some bad GMs before, especially at a certain "show." I really feel sorry for the employees under them. I am thankful that my boss is for he most part pretty cool. I really can't see how some of these people get to be GMs.

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 04-02-2004, 09:56 AM:

I know what you mean. That GM is no longer at that theater, and the GM that replaced him, I am told is even worse then he is.

Posted by Chris Medley (Member # 2145) on 04-02-2004, 01:37 PM:

Cinemark has some great GM's and some not so great ones...Paul is blessed with Robert Casey and any of you Plano 20 kids should feel lucky to have Porter. I got fours years under my belt with Cinemark and it has been one of the best times of my life. True I work long hours and art house kids always brag about getting more money...but then again they get to deal with the oh so nice high class snobs in Dallas.

But I think mnay people would agree that when you work in this industry there is just something you have to be born with. You have to love the experiance, no matter how much your boss, coworkers, or customers can piss you off, you still ove the job. I've left work hating my job sometimes, but I always seem to come back the next day, because there is just something about our industry that is so unique and fun.