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Author Topic: Working at multiple theaters Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-21-2003 10:04 AM                     I have always wondered if it is a conflict of interest if an employee works for two different theaters owned seperatly. I ask this because we had a employee working for two compeating theaters.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-21-2003 10:14 AM                        How about someone who works for one theater but has multiple personalities?  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-21-2003 10:50 AM                     ok ya got me on that one.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-21-2003 12:09 PM                     Back in the 80's I worked (as a projectionist) in five different theatres in the course of a week: Phoenix Theatre Sonomarin D/I Parkway D/I Novato Theatre Cinema II Of those five, only the drive-ins were owned by the same company. Had no problems whatsoever. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-21-2003 12:17 PM                        How about working for three companies in the course of a day? I've always felt that if it didn't cause major scheduling conflicts that couldn't be sorted out among the projectionists then why not. If a company has a problem or policy against it then "don't ask, don't tell" usually works well.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-21-2003 01:02 PM                     Back when I was a theatre projectionist in Los Angeles. I worked for five different companys. GCC Pacific Mann Cineplex Laemmle None of the companies had any problems with the scheduling. One thing that a few of the companies tried was sharing projectionists at a few locations. Pacific/Cineplex and Mann/Pacific. In Westwood the Odeon and the Crest, for a time was a shared job. Before the Crest theatre started limited service on the Local 150 contract. In Pasadena, the Pacific Hastings 8 and the Mann Hastings Ranch 3 was a shared job. Each of the above theatres were one block to a half block away from each other. Another thing Pacific did was shared Drive-Ins. They had two single screen Drive-Ins about 2-3 mile from each other. So you start one and then go to the other one to start. You then drove back to the first one. You also got mileage, wow  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-21-2003 01:45 PM                        To give you amore serious answer to your question: Aaron has 4 personalities (I met all 4 of them at the film-tech gathering in Las Vegas). Now, by working in 5 different locations, there would have been only one potential conflict of interests.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-21-2003 01:47 PM                        How about identical twins working one position at one theatre?  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-21-2003 01:58 PM                     I've had that Daryl. I hired the first one, then the second one got hired about 2 weeks later--soon after school started back up and they had to cut down so they both took half the shifts and split what one employee would normally do. Only problem is they kept fighting over who was going to take the weekend shifts...they soon left after that. The whole thing didn't last over 2 months.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-21-2003 02:02 PM                        It'd be more interesting if you didn't know.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-21-2003 02:05 PM                     I'm sure it would but if I ever found out I'd be pretty pissed off!  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-21-2003 02:43 PM                        How about just one person working in just one theater, but in parallel dimensions?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-21-2003 02:46 PM                        I think it would only be possible in serial dimensions.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-21-2003 02:51 PM                     Back in the union days it wasn't uncommon for projectionists to work multiple locations, or so I hear. Now most theatres have policies against employees working for different theatre companies. I'm not sure if I agree with this in the case of mininum wage popcorn shovelers. However, it is a reasonable policy for the assistant managers/supervisors of a theatre. Since many 'projectionists' now fall into this category the practice of working at multiple locations is diminishing, though as noted it still occurs.  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-21-2003 02:54 PM                     Well the twin idea would be some fun jokes, and a lot of confusion.  |  IP: Logged

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