Great fun but also plenty of hard work. - Master Bear Builder Build-A-Bear Employee Review

5.0
May 25, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Better than minimum wage. Flexible hours that work around my school schedule. Pretty good discount, 30%, if you're going to use it. Fun place to work. Great coworkers and great management team. Better than flipping burgers.

Cons

On-call work is a pain in the but when trying to make plans. Work every weekend unless you take the weekend off. Hosting parties sucks if you're not loud, outgoing, or good with large groups. There's no set schedule, it changes every week. It is in a mall, so if the mall is busy then you're busy and time goes by fast, but if the mall is slow then the work is slow and it drags on, especially if you've finished all the cleaning.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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