retail sales associate

guest service agent

account manager

shop supervisor

Houston Astros

The job is really fun when things get busy. Although stressful, it gives you plenty of time to kill throughout the days.
The coworkers are usually really cool and chill to be around, the stores management’s are very flexible and chill.
 They always have a great attitude with you and they are just regular people who love the astros.
 However the pay could be better considering what you actually do. 
Standing all day takes a toll on your legs and it isn’t healthy for the human body to do that.  The 30 minute break isn’t enough to recover from the pain you would undergo. 
The supervisor is intimidating but he is overall very fair, flexible and professional. I have great respect for him.
The culture is electric and really fun, though if it’s your first job there is a bit of a learning curve but if you have someone you could shadow then everything would be fine. 
Overall it’s a pretty cool first job I’d recommend to anyone starting out and that’s a fan of the Astros.

A typical day at work includes conducting tours you are scheduled for and interacting with guests along the way. We learn things every year when changes are made to the ballpark and if they are relevant to the tour. Management is great when it comes to scheduling, flexibility, and making sure your happy with what your doing. The culture is basically what you would expect inside a major league ballpark. However, during the season there is a lot more going on especially on a game day. The job is not hard in any way if you know what you are talking about. I think when you first start there is a lot of information that you needs to be memorized, but it becomes repetitive and easier the more your giving tours. Learning from others is also very helpful. One of the most enjoyable parts of the job is probably the work environment. If you love baseball what better than being at the ballpark everyday.

A typical day in the intern program I had the opportunity to be involved in with the Astros would change by the week. The program allowed my fellow interns and I to spend valuable time with each department in the Astros organization. This aspect of the program helped me shape my desired career path and was a incredible learning opportunity for me in my first role in a corporate environment. The culture is a true team building environment and everyone is motivated in their respective roles. The hardest part of the job was getting adjusted with each department rotation the interns faced every week. I learned the objectives of each department of the business and developed a passion in my chosen career path.

If you love baseball, working for a baseball team is always fun, especially being right next to the coach and players.

Spring training are tough, have to be awake around 6am everyday to get to the clubhouse to prepare for the training and meeting.
Morning training session starts around 7:30 to 8am to 11:00am. Away squads travel to away games, home squads stays for lunch and prepare for game starting 1 pm. Off-day average every other 10 days.

Regular season games. Arrive at the ball park around 2pm. Prepare and meeting. Help the rehab players who come into the ball park early for workouts and rehabs. 
3:15 pitchers practices and conditioning begins. 
4:00 fielders practices starts. 
5:00 away team begin practice
Game usually starts 7:05pm. 

Game finish around 10:30. Hit the training room to help player work out or translate for interviews.

Get home around 12:30 am.

What I took away from this profession is that you get what you put in. If you work hard, consistently, good things will happen to you. There are a few teammates that will be lifelong friends, but since it is such a cutthroat business, a lot of guys wanted to take my position, and I wanted to take theirs, so there are a lot of "co-workers" that I won't really talk to ever again. The hard part of the job was being consistent day in and day out. It's not like a typical job, everything changes every single pitch. Different counts and different pitches make things a lot more stressful. The most enjoyable part of the job was trying to beat the pitcher. It's a cat and mouse game, or a chess match, and that is what always made it the most fun. The pitcher is trying to beat you, and you're trying to beat him. It's nice when you succeed.

I was able to physically work on Minute Maid field.  Some days consisted of cutting the grass, dragging the dirt, watering the grass, and preparing field for home games.  I learned how to take care of grass the right way and how to keep the infield dirt level and presentable every gameday.  Co-workers always knew how to keep the day fun and enjoyable.  The hardest part of the job was having to extremely quick on taking down batting practice setup right before game starts because everything has to be on time.  

Pros:
- 4 Free tickets to each game
- 2 Free tickets to opening day and all postseason games
- Fly out to one of the away games if the team makes it to the World Series
- Life changing environment and atmosphere 
- Great pay compared to most other sports jobs
- Great benefits
- Networking opportunities with other Houston sports teams

Cons:
- Communication around the office is an absolute joke
- There is a great divide in the office between two groups (corporate America I guess, go figure)
- They’ll want you to come in and be an instant “rockstar” without even giving proper training

I could honest to God list a lot more cons but I genuinely enjoyed my time there and just want the best for anyone else who gets this position. 

Management in the front office needs some improvements. Not very organized. Employees and supervisors running around not knowing what to do. When I got my start from the store to warehouse. Warehouse was a hostile environment. Work twice as hard and treated unfairly. Warehouse is very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter. We had walk around the whole stadium filling up the stores. Unboxing and pricing the products and inventory. Honestly even though you are working for a sports team and the whole experience. I feel we were all under paid. Management in top desk upstairs needs to work on their people skills. 

Part of my responsabilities:

Managed and prepared journal entries for accounts receivables and payables on JD Edwards on a daily basis.
Processed bank deposits totaling more than 1 million in accounts receivables.
Reconciled several of the club’s accounts on a monthly basis.
Assisted the VP of Finance and Controller to ensure that the journal entries were properly recorded on the general ledger and performed the appropriate investigation on any exceptions and oddities.
Filed and processed paid invoices on a weekly basis and maintained the file record in order.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Making sure that I can watch over the people's car's and they feel safe parking there car's  with  us and and they identify me by my name  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The room for parking sometime there's not enough room for car's 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very enjoyable we work fast and efficient to keep customers happy

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Filling the lot fast so customers can get to there seats

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