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I would say this business is worthy of maybe a 3 star review but when it comes down to it the typical day at AmeriPark is beyond belief. I would say that at some locations the managers didn't even know there job and wouldn't even really be there. The Music factory in Charlotte had a operation manager and apparently the company wanted the show to run his way and to please numbers more than employees (when did companies start not provided for the workers?). He proceeded to tell me to go find another job after I was commuting 2 hours a day and still showing up to work as a cashier and Valet job. He didn't seem very motivated about his job either way but still the point is management in this company is a disaster.

The hiring manager at the airport is very considerate and will push you through to the next level of employment if you are willing to work hard and push the barriers. Although you need to be motivated and most likely have some form of transportation to get to the airport I would suggest more people to work not in Uptown Charlotte if you don't want to get lost in translation as a employee.

Out of all the company locations: the Hotels in Charlotte that use AmeriPark as a valet service certainly should learn some pointers from the Airport. The culture at the airport in Charlotte, NC is very tight and they get work done but none the less the experience I got from the account manager at a hotel in Charlotte was something of picking favorites and allowing people to be not charismatic in the workplace.

The summary is if you are looking for something to get by with, this can lead you to your next job! The pay is decent but the benefits are nothing like what you would get from a family business. Please do yourself a favor and get to know your account manager before you accept your position and mainly the most enjoyable part of this job is the people and getting to see the city!

There's a reason that Reef is constantly hiring.

If you don't emphasize that you want to work the morning shift you'll get put on to graveyard shifts where you won't go home until 3-4 AM. Scheduling is not flexible at all, your Vessel Captain decides the schedule but Area Managers will hire new people to fill empty shifts without any communication. You just have to pray that your VC takes pity and moves you, or that a catastrophe happens in your life that makes working nights impossible. If you're signed up for weekends and your vessel is understaffed you will never get a weekend free schedule. Not to mention that AM shifts are super slow (20-40 tickets on a busy day) while PM shifts are hectic.

The pay is ok, it's about 2-3 dollars per hour less than most other entry line cook positions but with the benefit of stability. It's really up to you if staying up until 3-4 is worth the wage.

The environment in the company is completely unprofessional. Your coworkers may or may not be competent in doing very basic tasks like knowing when to wash their hands or how to rotate stock. Your VC most likely has no management experience to speak off. The Area Managers are childish and spiteful if you ever challenge them, for instance by saying that you haven't been paid for days of work or that the kitchen has to close because it fails food safety hazards. Finally the whole area is a pool of gossip, constantly fueled by upper management fraternizing with vessel captains.

The only benefit of working at Reef is that any restaurant that sees it on your resume will know you survived a terrible kitchen. If you want to learn about how to cook, prep, or make something that isn't frozen, look somewhere else.

I worked as a valet driver/bellman with Park One, owned by parent company Reef Technology, in Aventura/Sunny Isles Beach, FL. It was an okay job, but there definitely was favoritism on people who spoke Spanish as well as English, not something explained in the hiring process. Also, it was hard at that location, to move up, and to getter a better job. That was probably due to the language barrier. When I had a family emergency, and I could no longer work at the first location, I went to another location within the company. Better perks, such as free drinks & lunch. At this location, I felt it was an easier path to get a better job, however working there wasn’t simple. People coming in with possibly better jobs than myself, and I had 2 years w/the company. Sometimes they’d give you jobs where you had to figure out on your own how to take breaks, and when to use the bathroom, & sometimes you’d get penalized for that, when clearly it was the managers fault. I also didn’t like that they wouldn’t allow the valet employees to operate the elevators, so it was hard to do our jobs as bellman sometimes, when the security wouldn’t operate the elevator as we’d request. They could tell the elevator what floor to go to from their desk. Also, your equals in terms of job, they would give direction to others at the same level, and it was hard to know if you should do it, or ignore it. Also people you weren’t sure might be a supervisor, it turns out they weren’t, but yet they were allowed to wear a supervisor uniform. Not the worst experience, but certainly there were challenges. 

I worked at the Jupiter location in harbourside. Some of my coworker were really cool and I got along with, but the older guys who been working there for who knows how long could be unreliable at best. Favoritism is definitely present here, some employees will wreck customer vehicles and never even get sent home. Manager can be really chill which is a plus, but sometimes can come across as a pushover. Some of the supervisors can be brick heads. Can sometimes be unfair, only look out for themselves, come across as rude or disrespectful, and may look down at the other employees. There’s been instances where new hires would get fired after a week just because the supervisors didn’t like them or didn’t think they were competent enough after just a few days on the job, however sometimes they could be right about certain individuals. Lots of lockeroom talk and lack of trust between individuals at times. Customers themselves can be very nice but sometimes you’ll get a rude one. The hostesses over at the woods sometimes talk to the valet guys and they’re usually friendly. Lack of raises tho, I worked there for two years and never saw a pay increase and they take too much off taxes in your paycheck. Biggest pro would be very good flexibility, manager would always work with you if you need a day off. 

Where do I start... Lack of communication and professionalism is like no other. My last day here (Sept 19th) I was asked to close a shift, which I had no issues doing. Hr later, they sent over a “manager” form another food truck who sent me home. The very same day, I drop my phone in a puddle of water. 2 days later, after getting a replacement phone, I contacted the area manager to communicate what happened my last day I worked there. She proceeds to tell me that she assumed I abandoned my job and that she would call me about my job status in a few days. A week go by, still no word. I’m constantly calling her and the food truck manager to check on the status of my job, to which neither one contacted me back. It took another employee to tell me that I was no longer working there. If I was no longer an employee, then I would respect and expect a manager to tell me such instead of leaving me in limbo. Total lack of professionalism.

 The job itself is fairly easy, and the concept of the truck is ideal.  However, the drama and again, lack of professionalism are two of the things that will ultimately be the downfall of this company. Truck “manager” don’t do nothing but sleep all day, leaves the site while still on the clock, and give orders instead of effectively running the truck, not to mention bringing spouses to the job and engaging in illegal activities. Unless you’re in desperate need of a job, I wouldn’t recommend ANYONE working here. 

They are unprofessional, rude with poor training. There's a lot of unnecessary and confusing tasks to complete the simplest of things that make zero sense. And when you ask questions they tell you to watch the videos. You spend an entire week of watching videos (which is your training) but the videos that explain the job are no more than 1 to 2 mins long spread out over 4 days, and there's probably 5 of those altogether. The other WEEK worth of videos are 1 to 3 hours long talking about how "Great the company is", keep in mind your spending 40hrs in the first week watching videos. After the first week, you listen to calls for 2 days then they throw you on the phone, and will fire you if you don't get everything right within those last 3 days of your 2nd week. Then on payday no one got paid,  they claim everyone in the US didn't get paid because of a "technical error" people didn't get paid till 3 days later. And that was ONLY if you sent HR an email saying you didn't get paid, even though they knew people didn't get paid. 
THIS IS THE WORST COMPANY I'VE EVER WORKED FOR!!!!!
And I've washed dishes for a living, worked at a gas station, waited tables, a cashier, a TELEMARKETER, a warehouse worker, call center, security, worked at professional sports arenas (and I hate sports), passed out flyers, worked at theme parks, babysitting. And this company is the worst out of all of those jobs.  

Typical day at work is just sitting in a parking booth in the garage, waiting for people to come up so you can cash them out.

I've been here a while and have really only encountered a couple difficult situations to deal with that were over in minutes.

Use of technology is allowed as long as you actually do your job when someone comes up - just pay attention to the customer for the 30 seconds your interaction will take, and then you'll likely have a few minutes to yourself

On evenings, there can be a couple rushes that last up to 45 minutes, but it's not difficult to deal with.

Long as you keep your things organized, it'll be an easy job, day-in, and day-out.

The garages will always be here, too, so, you don't need to worry much about job security.

There is a drug testing policy, at employment and around once a year.

Benefits are good - medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k. PTO is fairly decent as well, and is accrued through the year.

There's a ton I want to say, but it basically boils down to corporate not knowing what exactly it is they want to do, never communicating with anyone on the front lines, constantly changing people from their position and never knowing who is doing what, and systems or items being implemented into certain places that make absolutely no sense or there isn't enough manpower to get the job done. What's worse is that higher ups CONSISTENTLY visit the workplace where you'll be working, but not a single one will introduce themselves or even talk to the people on the frontlines to get an idea of what's going on or even gauge moral among workers. Lately, it's become such a clown show that they severely reduced hours for drivers (40 to 18, some cases 14 hours), and most people not knowing why it even happened. Honestly this is an absolute terrible place to work for and it's better treated as a very, very small part time job IF THAT. On top of everything mentioned, they can't even keep employees long enough to replace them because too many people are either calling out or simply quitting.

The job is not glamorous and not very well-paying. However, there is a sense of understanding and empathy that comes with having a good, experienced manager. There is the possibility to gain a lot of soft skills such as communication and management skills. There are a variety of locations to work at which can make the job more interesting. Unfortunately, growth is capped and not guaranteed, and a lot of the work can become frustrating and tiresome. Working with the public also has drawbacks and can be difficult, but navigating customer and client concerns can teach you a lot. Overall, this is a better workplace to work at than most.

Typical day of work. Show up in the morning to open the store roughly 45mins to do inventory clean work surfaces and prep product for the day. Make food to order, maintain a clean work area. At the end of the shift making sure the next shift was set up for success. Management was very attentive , helpful, and easy to talk to, they'd occasionally asked for ideas to make our jobs easier and how to get more customers. Work place culture was pretty much same as any other cooking job, making the orders that looked as good if not better than the pictures  and being kind and curtious to customers trying to make there dinning experience enjoyable and memorable. Hardest part of the job was going home at the end of the night, I personally felt that it was like I was cooking for friends and family at home. Most enjoyable part of the job was learn how to prepare new items and also hearing from customers how much they enjoyed the food and what their favorite thing to order was.

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