The Spirit of Six Flags Shall Live On

While we cannot change what has been done in the past, The decisions we make right now will affect us well into the future. As a former employee, a share holder, and a guest I have the utmost faith that we can pull Six Flags out of the hole its in now. When we get out of this mess… things have got to change.

For far to long we have let the competition make us look like a joke. We have wondered too far away from our roots. Six Flags Inc. was grown on providing an experience, an atmosphere that can only be found at a Six Flags theme park. The parks may serve beer, food, sell merchandise, put on shows, but the one common element that has made this company what it is today is the rides. Don’t believe me, stand at the exit of the park and listen to the guest as they leave.

You will hear more about the experience they had on a ride than the food they had for lunch or the merchandise they bought in the store. I feel that we don’t need to build new rides this year. We need to focus on taking care of what we have and what we count on the most to make us successful. We tell our employees to provide a memorable guest first experience… yet we slave drive them for minimum wage salaries and make them feel like they are not valuable to this organization.

I think it would do this company a lot of good to take all of the executives, stick them on ride at one of the parks, and let them see what its like to work a ride for 14 hours straight with out a break. Let me assure you that it would be a very enlightening experience for them. If we are to receive the most benefit to our business from our work force, than we must see our employees as an asset to the company.

Do we really see a benefit from creating an employment atmosphere where over time employees have less desire to perform? We don’t, Our guest don’t. If our guest are not happy, and our rides are not running good, or running at all, we are not making any money. Our previous leadership ran the company into the ground, and because of that we all must make some sacrifices, but now we should make it a priority work to correct these problems and make it better for everyone.

I saw on the news today about a dear friend of mine getting $10 million in repairs… all I have to say is its a good start and about f-ing time.