Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group reviews

Like a headless corpse forcefully coaxed into rigid movement with electrical stimulation, Cirque du Soleil is made up of some of the finest talent the world has to offer, squandered and abused by leadership whose lack of relevant experience is overshadowed only by the either ineptitude or disdain with which they (just barely) do their jobs. The festering blight of executives and administrators manage the impressive feat of dragging down the immensely talented crews and casts of resident shows with stagnant wages, zero job growth, disinterested, absent leadership, and no regard for the health or well-being of the teams who make these shows happen. It's a miracle the many neglected safety concerns haven't caused more severe injuries than the ones that have already happened, but it's an inexcusable trend that many technicians' bodies break down due to repeat stress and minor injuries, which would be easily preventable had Cirque's computer chair warmer admins not fired entire levels of department leads, leaving most techs to fend for themselves - it sure shows. Cirque is losing talent to their competition who outpace the paltry wages and (once again) impressively incapable corporate management, whose expertise ends at Zoom calls and fluff posts on LinkedIn. By the way, company surveys went out recently, and after employees gave the suits a glimpse of the dissatisfaction growing within the company, all the managers who were supposed to be at the next company meeting to speak with workers directly mysteriously lost their resolve and bailed, leaving one person to take the fall. Unbridled cowardice! Clearly the Cirque leadership team would rather be babysitting an investment portfolio than doing any of the actual work required to show up for their crews.

Ever since the buyout, the quality has declined drastically. We have all been poisoned by their employee food on numerous occasions. (If you work in a costume or wet suit, you'll understand how horrifying this could be). Our "boss" now is comparable to Peter Griffin an we are all Meg. The review about "who you know" is absolutely correct. I've seen so many qualified people turned down because the position was being filled by a family member or friend. It's really hard to get fired from here so you've got to work with that 20 year drunk that messes everything up or the person who wants to be lazy and not do her pre-chores before the show. (yeah, our job is dangerous too so that's exciting). But don't worry! The boss won't fire you. He'll just chat your ear off about the weather and hate speech. (He should just try out to be a clown). If you work too hard, you will end up doing the additional work of the lazy person. They will change your hours for certain weeks that's all over the map. (Don't have a life or else!) And be sure you understand you work on every holiday they could get their greedy hands on. Little by little, they take pieces of our satisfaction away. They take our time away. Just waiting until they start breaking into our banks. Welcome to the new America.