A Fresh Hell On Earth - Line Cook Great Wolf Lodge Employee Review

1.0
Oct 26, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

GWL will lure you in with a semi reasonable wage, but this company will make you suffer in every other way possible as justification for that meager sum.

Cons

On day one you are admitted into corporate culture brainwashing class, where HR drags you through the most insufferable training program ever devised. In fact this training program is so diabolically awful that I'm convinced it was prepared by the Devil himself. I've had over fifteen corporate jobs where they force you through this exact type of online training, but GWL is by far the most tedious. You'll be begging to be put out of your misery old yeller style by the end of the first eight hour shift of being dragged through this corporate puke. The only reason I can fathom that anybody still works here is that the corporate culture at GWL has killed any sense individuality, hope, or dreams for the future that their workers may have. I used to wonder what the purpose of my life is, but now thanks to GWL I don't have to worry about it anymore! I was born to stand here on this line and cook fries! Thank you GWL! The work environment is so horrible at GWL that I would rather go back to full time at my second job getting paid $11 an hour, than try to sustain my position at the snake pit of doom that is GWL.

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Pros

Other lifeguards are fun to work with, you have the opportunity to make an impact

Cons

Toxic management and leadership/supervisors above you. Inconsistent scheduling, bad staffing, and toxic work environment. If you want to work here, especially don’t get involved with leadership. Do your job, make friends at the same level as you, and go home. I’ve had the displeasure of knowing my managers and supervisors and they are the meanest and fakest people you will ever meet outside of high school. They make it seem like they care about the lifeguards, but when you offer feedback management will not listen. They only see change as necessary if it makes their jobs easier. They talk behind your backs and will hold grudges. I have seen them talk down and talk badly to other lifeguards that are very undeserving of the bad treatment and when it’s pointed out it never changes. Especially if you are a person of color, they will never let you win. Going above and beyond will do nothing but hurt you mentally and emotionally down the line. You should never work a job where you’re not being represented by likeminded people like yourself. I’m so glad I left this job and I feel bad for my peers that still have to deal with the toxic work environment.

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