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Traders Village

Everyone walks into the front office and signs into a touch pad at the clock in station. Afterwards they would line up at a window/door for their free lunch voucher. While signing for the lunch voucher they would be told whether they are on a cashier and what stand they will be working at. Depending on multiple variables the day would either be busy or slow. At the end of the day employees would clean up the stand and cashiers would prepare their till. Then managers would come and do inventory. Afterwards employees sign out on the touch pads at the clocking station and be on their way home. 
   During my time working at Traders Village I learned what hard work was. Employees must simultaneously prepare food and beverage while keeping a clean environment and occasionally taking care of customer service. In this time I put my problem solving and team cooperation skills to work. I also learned a bit about management through observation of various managers.
   The management at Traders Village is made up of experienced professionals that have worked there for years. They are hard working individuals that care about doing their job right.
   There is a strict dress code that requires employees to wear a traders village hat, shirt, and name tag; employees must wear Dickies brand khakis with a dark leather belt with the employee shirt tucked in. 
   The most difficult part of the job was keeping up with serving customers while restocking and cleaning various tables.
   The most enjoyable part of the job is the 30 minute lunch breaks where you can take a look at the market. Though management does not want employees to shop while on break; you can still browse.

The actual job is just fine. Working with customers in a flea market can be fun, you meet all sorts of people, especially the people who perform there. However, the management is poor. They are constantly on the radio, calling out a stand for something mundane. If not that, they are arguing with each other for something else. They treat the younger employees like children, and always compare them to other stands. They also rely on the employees in the stand to teach new employees, and that would not be too much of a problem, if the ones in the stands knew what they were doing.
The lunches are less than tolerable most of the time, especially when bigger events go on. All fall last year I recall eating nothing but hot dogs at work. Again, this would not be a problem if we got an employee discount for the food there, but we don't. If we do not want the lunches that are given, we have to pay full price for a different meal at a different stand. And when there is something different, it is more than likely food left over from the previous event.
The breaks are short and occur way too early. The schedules are always changing, and some employees are put on a cash register without prior experience in the slightest. Some are put in a stand all on their own after working one weekend, sometimes even on their first day!
Everything is just chaotic, and while the experience might be fine and tolerable for a high school student since it's a weekend only job, it's just too much for anyone else. The few things that make this place okay to work at for me are the other employees you meet in the stands, and the types of customers that you can talk to.

I started here as my first job, thats all this company is good for. getting into the workforce. 

Hours are long in stands that normally have no AC in the middle of summer or the AC is not working half the time. Management is rude and does not work only drives around on go carts and complains to staff when they take a hat off or check their phones when its not busy. Pay is VERY BAD based on all the work you are asked to do in the middle of the heat or winter. even if you cant work weekends they constantly hound you trying to get you to come work the weekends. 

i got a promotion after a ton of hard work and hours of work, i never got my promotion pay and the guy i worked under was racist and said horrible things to employees. he was friends with management so they let all this slide and he would say he would get us fired if we said anything about what he did. when i finally did report him management moved me to a different part of the village in a different department and dropped my pay rate. 

i really disliked working for food service here, it was miserable, hot stands and long time staff was rude and made terrible comments to other employees. Management never rotates and its the same crooked people in the same positions all the time.  

I would just work here if you really really have to, get your foot in the working world and move on .

The benefits including meal ticket are the best part, the pay and salary excellent, being in a theme park marvelous company! I worked there after graduating high school, I had a friend as a reference. I worked as a ride attendant and it was amazing; fun and I enjoyed every part of it! I wanted to come back to the company but switch rolls and go to Toll Booth because I heard about that job, just to know the park more. I was not planning on leaving the company but they completely screwed me! I understood they needed someone reliable that was why I accepted the job. They needed me every weekend and I asked in advance, if I can't make it to work can I let you know in advance the person hiring me said yes. He also stated that the uniform pants were not needed right then and there, so I wanted to get proper pants when my first check came. I had some old ones from the previous time I worked there. They put me in the termination process! I can not work there ever! A great job lost. Right before the fourth of July. They should've fired me when they said yes. Unrealistic. I even talked about my enrollment in college in Grand Prairie, he stated yes we have scholarships!

coffee in the morning,hour for lunch,getting work orders completed daily,always doing something different,from plumbing to painting,to working on carts,or buiding projects,(i worked alone,mostly,i was trusted to do the jobs,n getting them done,most enjoyable was working on weekends,getting in for free,having coffee with the boss,and working on side jobs,also seeing everyone have a good time(over 2000 people,hardest part was working on the clock on the weekends trying to get through the croud to get the job done,all the office personel were cool to be around,tori,johnathan,ken,john,mike ect,basically i did everything,electric,plumbing,construction,painting,assembled n dismantled walls,built stages,replaced lamps,fixtures,switches,sinks,toilets,urinels,faucets,repaired golf carts,trucks,forklift,shop tools,kept inventory of supplies needed,picked up supplies when needed.

When I first got the job I was happy and excited since a friend recommended id work there. On my first day I was put into a concession stand and I was just told what to do. After working for at least 2 weeks they put me in a stand by myself with no help at all. I had no experience with cash and the put me on register by myself. I told my managers that I had no cashier experience and they said it's okay well teach you but they did not. On my first day by myself I was so scared because I thought I was doing everything alright but at the end of the day my manager told me they needed to talk to me about me being short on cash which was ridiculous. After couple of months of working there they put me in bars where I was not trained at all. And I thought I was good at first but then I'd get yelled at by a zone manger for not doing this or that right. I decided to leave that job because they are so rude and unprofessional when it comes to training with anyone at all. They also have favorites with workers.

Leaving the company involves departing from an environment characterized by notable challenges. While the job may appear straightforward with minimal activity required, interactions with rude and inebriated dealers who break the rules of that they have to follow pose ongoing difficulties. Additionally, the absence of health benefits, extensive work hours, and the inability to negotiate a raise contribute to an unsatisfactory employment experience. Equipment failures, exemplified by malfunctioning golf carts, further compound frustrations. The upper management, displaying poor leadership qualities, demonstrates a lack of understanding regarding employees' roles. Success within this role seemingly hinges on minimal engagement, highlighting the unfavorable nature of the company's culture.

Traders Village is a great place to work! I have a chance to meet and interact with several interesting people on a daily basis. 
My co-workers and I get along wonderfully and we help each other without question. We make a great team and I would even consider some of them to be like family. 
Our managers are all amazing people. They somehow found the perfect balance between being our bosses and being our friends. They know how to talk TO us and not talk AT us. When corrections need to be made, they correct us without tearing us down or making us feel insignificant.
The best part of my job is making people feel comfortable talking to us; especially our regular vendors. Knowing that they know we're doing all we can to promote our market to insure that they have customers. 
The most challenging part of my job would be the occasions that we cannot accommodate some of the needs and wants of some of our vendors.

A typical day at Trader's Village for maintenance consists of either throwing away trash, sweeping streets, or cleaning restrooms, etc. I learned how to multitask and maintain responsibility while on my own. Management was amazing at the time I worked there, our manager made sure our needs were met the best way they could. The hardest part of the job was trying to stay away from being injured and/or sick. It happened consistently to a few of the workers due to sharp objects being tucked away in trash, working in the cold or rain at times (to no fault of the management) and short breaks which meant we were constantly moving and lifting for at least 8 hours a day. The most enjoyable part of the day was meeting new faces and enjoying the camaraderie of working with a good, well-balanced team.

I started working here about 3 years ago in the food service department. Management for such is terrible, managers sexually harass coworkers and get away with it, inconsistent hours, 30 minute break for 8+ hour shift, poor sanitation, children running food stands, and high employee turn over rate hence why they're always hiring, and over employed (which if not lucky, means you get no hours). 
There are still some good managers still here, but only about 1/3. 
No room for advancement and even if you somehow do, you only get a quarter raise.
Also, no filter on the people who get hired. You are hired before you even make it to the interview. 
Leaving is bittersweet, only because of the good managers and relationships I've made while here but otherwise, NEVER looking back.

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