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Whether or not he was usurping his athority, I don't know. But the bottom line was, I had a union placement with AMC to service their equipment in the area since Regal wanted to remove all my benefits and reduce my hours. I turned that position with AMC down because of the statement Regal's District Manager made, and I have to admit it was a stupid decision on my part.

I told the District Manager to shove his company and his theatres where the sun does not shine shortly thereafter. I should have taken up AMC's and the union's offer, and told Regal to "shove it" earlier.

rant mode off!!

Steve

I have worked at Regal/Edwards for over a year as a ground level minimum wage employe. It has come to my attention that a local independant theatre is hiring, and starting their employes at higher than minimum wage. Ideally, I would like to divide my time between the two theatres.

I have a good thing going at Regal/Edwards. I provide outstanding customer service, work hard, and have high upsale rate at the concession stand. I really enjoy working at this location.

If the manager realizes that she/he could be losing a great employee, they will try to do something about it, possibly a raise. If they seem indifferent or encourage you to go to the other theater, they unfortunately probably regard you not as an employee, but as merely "time on the clock" as most corporations do. Sad, but true. If this is the case, you may be appreciated more at the independent.

Paul -- Sounds to me like you were a victim of union-bashing. That's why I always carry a handheld tape recorder whenever I have to speak to superiors. It changes their tune really quick.

This may sound sarcastic, but it is true. I don't know why Regal wanted to enforce the "non-competition" clause. Some theatres in the outlying area put on a much better presentation anyway. There was no competition to begin with.

However, we have to be careful what we write here. Regal has "Lurkers" that don't have the intestinal fortitude to come forward and clear up some of the sticky points with us. When they read our posts, and if some of them were written by Regal employees, Regal takes a very dim view and will eventually find a way to terminate the employee.

Another point-blank statement I heard from the higher-ups was basically this: "If an employee speaks unfavorable about the company, that employee will be fired."

Sorry, I get a little steamed about this....I wish I would have had a pocket cassette with me when I was dealing with some of the corporate guys in Regal.

I trust people until they do something to me that will cause me to distrust them. I trusted Regal until I got the shaft.

Doesn't it seem strange that just about every ex-Regal employee has nothing good to say about that company? I have never heard of a company that has more disgruntled ex-employees than they have.

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Doesn't it seem strange that just about every ex-Regal employee has nothing good to say about that company? I have never heard of a company that has more disgruntled ex-employees than they have.

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As an hourly, I see no reason as to why you can not work both locations at the same time. Given the circumstances, and presuming you would explain them to your manager, I see no problem with working both locations.

I can say this, working for a major chain, as you do, you will often times not 'enjoy' your job as you should becuase of corporate structure and it's (sometimes) ineffectiveness. Your options could greatly expand with an indie and the rewards, both personal and financial could very well prove to be to your liking.

Theatre work is a part-time "fun" job for me, and I work at several places, none of which are in direct competition with each other. I enjoy working in different places; all of them know this and none seems to care. I don't see why Regal would have an issue with it.

I brought it up with my manager. She doesn't know right off the top of her head, however she doesn't think regal would go for that. I told her that if she wanted to throw in a competitive bid (a raise, promotion, projection time, etc.) I would drop the situation.

BTW, the independent theatre i'm aplying to is Madstone Hazard 7 (Pictures from when Mann owned it are on the Film-Tech pictures section). It's almost a half hour from the Edwards I work at, so IMHO it shouldnt be considered competition at all.