Could be fun outdoor job but management will abuse you - Land Activities Guide USNWC Employee Review

2.0
Mar 19, 2024
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Pros

The job is outside, so you get to have fresh air. Your peers are wonderful people. You have free access to the park’s facilities and friends/family have 5 day passes at 50% annually.

Cons

Takes favoritism to get a promotion. Supervisors aren’t hired from within. You must submit time off requests a month in advance, but management will only give you the schedule for one to two weeks at a time. It is hard to clock in but if you are one minute past the start time, you are marked as late. They will call you out of work 45 minutes before your shift starts. Good luck taking a break there! Your bladder will suffer. Water can be inaccessible. Management can do whatever they want to bottom tier people. Management requires you to wear a uniform but will not pay for it, and it isn’t cheap. You must buy your own professional gear on top of that. Management is lousy and the land director is a terrible leader. She only cares about the money and will lie right to your face and call you names. Not environmentally friendly at all. They don’t want to be called an amusement park simply because they specialize in outdoor sports, but they are an amusement park, with corporate-minded management.

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5.0
Nov 30, 2025
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Pros

Great place to work. great coworkers. Flexible schedule. Strong mission.

Cons

they dont pay great but it is a non-profit,

2.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

-Pay is pretty decent given the workload -Access to Whitewater Activities -Staff Discount at the store on property -Happy Customers 9/10 times -Great team -Flexibility

Cons

-Upper Management: while direct management is caring and supportive, upper management watches for mistakes and only cares about the bottom dollar -12+hour shifts; breaks can be ignored -Extreme Heat -Uniform not included -Can be expected to come into work when the road is iced over in winter season (parkway not salted) -Dead seasons of the year (post-summer and pre-winter)

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