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3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(5,949 total reviews)
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Adam Aron

50% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

AMC Entertainment has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,949 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AMC Entertainment employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Jun 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Free movies for you, family, and friends when space in theatre allows for it (not allowed during Special Engagements) - Not stressful and slow during the weekdays (and non-summer months) - Usher and Projection are less stressful positions

Cons

- VERY LOW PAY for Supervisors, Managers, and Operations Coordinators - Extremely stressful and busy during the summer months - Concessions and Box Office are more stressful positions (if you are short on your register 2 times, you will be fired, no exceptions) - Angry customers at all aspects of the job, complaints about ticket/food prices, customer service - Employees are no longer allowed to specialize in one aspect of the movie theater business (i.e. Concessions, Usher, Box Office, Projection), you are required to work a minimum of one shift in concession per week.

3.0
May 12, 2013

good starting point

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

learn a lot about managing and the business... great people to work with... the most rewarding part is the free movies since theyre so expensive.

Cons

Very cheap company to work for... raises are hard to come by... Lots of politics within the market to move up really. You have to know the right general manager on the talent board in order to move up where you want to be but sometimes thats even hard. They hire you for the market so they can move you to a diff theatre without any regards to what you want

1.0
Mar 23, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent co-workers Lots of "potential" to make money for a PT job as a college student Flexible scheduling - but does result in "how flexible are YOU to work for AMC" Lots of young people hired who want experience Can be promoted quickly - but i wouldn't recommend a career Free movies and discounts on the food (i still wouldn't eat it though)

Cons

Communication is minimal - which is the main cause of all problems Transient staff - Highest turnover you'll ever see - people will "quit" and come back, people who were fired even come back. Because so many people come and go - there's never an iron-fist of how to do things because nobody lasts more than 90 days Favoritism and Nepotism do occur. Dumb staff really are promoted due to likability. Relationships run wild, brothers, sisters, and friends are hired. People get special treatment because they went to High School together. The politics there are more corrupt than the government. Superior lack of professionalism - where swearing, degradation, and being just plain rude are the norm here Complicated rules that are easily broken by the people who make them up Unfair scheduling practices - you'll be forced to work during days you explicitly declared not-available (and some have walked out with less than they started) Young managerial staff has little discipline - they act like your RA in a dorm - seemingly friendly, but just really a moron- highly emotional - little experience - react very poorly to disasters they cause The building is broken - things break constantly - you'll know how to do your job 23 different ways because of everything that breaks-down -systems, electronics, the staff breaks down. There's always something you cannot do because it takes 6 weeks to recognize there's a problem and another 12 to get it fixed. Like I said "A M C - Always Missing Crap" Wages - Because most of the associates have tip-based income, the money can come as a matter of just pure luck. Some associates will walk out with 300$ in a 5 hour period - others walk with 5$ from a 10 hour. Also, no raises for salaried staff unless you were promoted. Bad guests are just the icing on the cake There's plenty more cons - but i just can't type that much - don't work there

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