Reassignment?

I keep reading posts about people being afraid that they might be reassigned.. I was just wondering what the chances of being reassigned are, since soo many people talk it up to being awful.. and quite possibly common?

It's a necessary evil. What happens is a large number of people who return their agreement don't make it to their first day of work. They intentionally overhire to compensate. This leaves some rides with not enough people to operate and other with way too many. They end up having to move some people around to accommodate. Even then the hours from ride to ride vary.

As the season progresses, you'll see that as people leave, the same thing happens and people get moved around as a result. How it affects the people that get moved varies greatly. Some enjoy the change in scenery while others act as if being moved is depriving them of life.

You could be going to another ride but it's not the end of the world. The biggest problem isn't the new ride. It's the attitude of the people who are moving. If you act as though you don't like the new ride, you probably won't and the people there probably won't like you either.

Being reassigned isn't as bad as most people make it out to be. I was contracted to Magnum last season, and, I didn't find out until I got my ride manual that I had been moved to WildCat. My first reaction was to be bummed, because WildCat is so small compared to Magnum. I ended up loving it, though, because I came with an open mind to trying it before I decided if I liked it or not. My crew made the season great for me, and, as I said, I loved it. I cannot wait to come back this season. If you get reassigned, just give it a try. If you don't like it, you don't like it; but, then you can't say that you didn't try!

That is why it is a good idea to come in with an open mind and don't get prematurely attached to your ride/area/stand until you are actually working there...and even then you could find yourself shuffled around during the season.

I am happy to say I was never reassigned. I loved my experience on that ride, and who knows if my experience at the park would have been any different if I was working somewhere else in the park. Maybe I'm not the one to ask as I was never reassigned; so honestly I never went through the experience to tell you if it would be a good thing or a bad thing. If your open minded then most likely a good thing.

I hope I dont get reassigned because I really want to work on Magnum. If they do reassign you do they try to keep you on the same type of ride you were contracted to such as a coaster? you can always ask to cross train, right?

Believe me, working on different rides is a great opportunity. You learn more, get respect because your sups will like that you will do that for them, and you'll get to know tons of new people. Someone who says that they are only staying on their ride becuase working somewhere else is below them or not their responsibility, is going to get what comes around. Look at me, I've been a TL of rides for 4 years, but last year I worked Peanuts 500 and Snoopy Bounce for 8 hours. Not my idea of fun, but I sure did it without complaints!

When will you find out what ride you are really working, when you process in? To they put wherever or do they have a list of rides to choose from? I really like the ride I was assigned to and dont really want to move. I was assigned to Magnum.

When you show up, they will probably just hand you a manual and that will be your location. Magnum or something else.

Go in with a positive "I'm ready to get this summer going" attitude and realize that you might not go to Magnum. Just because it's a fun ride to hop on in the morning every once in a while, doesn't mean you can't have more fun elsewere. I worked Magnum for a short while. During my brief period, there were things that I loved about it and others that I didn't like at all. Each to his own. As a side note, when you walk in and talk to the people in Park Operations, they might make decisions on the spot. Every location needs good employees, but the park would like to staff high profile rides with their best. The worst thing you can do for yourself is give them an attitude.

Even though I got the ride of my choice, my saving grace was cross training. It made me feel more important during my time when my supervisors needed my help. There was many times that they thought of me before anyone else in the zone. Also I met more people and got away from certain others to help things cool off.

Another perspective is that smaller rides often give more in charge time to capable employees. This looks very good when promotion time comes arounds.