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Topic: Working Holidays/4th of July
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Ian Price
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Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 07-04-2000 10:10 PM
As I sit here on the 4th of July, bemoaning my very existence and wishing I were at a fireworks display with a jumpy girl who would cling to me after each explosion... Whoops, get back to the subject. I have always worked for large chains in competitive markets. We only canceled one show each year. We don't run the last show on Christmas Eve. Do any of you cancel more than this? I was thinking of no last show on July 4th, Christmas Eve, New Years Eve. I also think it would be cool if we could leave the theatre dark for one day around the holidays, perhaps a Monday in early December. What are your thoughts? On another related subject. Does anyone pay his or her staff time and a half for holidays? I want to, but I haven't run the numbers yet or decided which holidays. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions? I worked all those holidays as a staff member and groused that management didn't pay extra. Now I'm the guy and I am still wrestling the same question. Two members of my staff didn't show up this evening. But because the attendance declined, they weren't really missed.
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Ian Price
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From: Denver, CO
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posted 07-04-2000 11:39 PM
The 4th of July!Total Attendance = 388 Attendance After Dark = 41
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Kenn Fong
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From: Oakland, CA 94610 USA
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 07-05-2000 12:02 AM
Ian, I think you should pay time and a half if for no other reason than to thank anyone loyal enough to show up instead of calling with some some lame excuse.Otherwise you risk burning out your loyal staff -- who are probably underpaid considering what they could get at other retail outlets or online businesses -- and engendering bitterness. I wouldn't be working in a movie house at my age except for the fact that I love movies and write them... I was offered twice what I'm getting to work in retail. kenn
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