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Escape Room Live

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Great people, inconsistent hours, sometimes food - GameMaster Escape Room Live Employee Review

2.0
Aug 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of the supervisors/managers directly above the gamemasters were extremely professional, had a superb work ethic, and were always willing to jump into the fray when needed. Free food every now and then. Private parties would often have their events catered, and leave some very delicious food behind. Work wasn't too difficult, the public speaking aspect took some getting used to, but after you say a script 12 times a day. you get used to it.

Cons

Weird hours. You'd get cut very often when it was slow, but if it was a busy week be prepared to work three doubles in a row. They'd also cut hours during the shift you were currently working, they'd either tell you to come in later for a shift, or leave early and have the manager run your last room. You could tell the managers weren't too thrilled about these last minute changes, it essentially doubled their work load. The inconsistent hours on top of paying $10-$20 for parking every single shift when you're paycheck was 1/3 it was before led to some rather disappointing paydays. This is the biggest deal-breaker. Rampant favoritism amongst the higher levels of management as well as some employees. Employees who were consistently late, ordered whatever equipment they wanted on the company card, and disappearing for hours at a time to move their cars or go out to lunch, showed that they really had the authority to do whatever they wanted with no repercussions. The owners are very passionate. Sometimes passion is good, like working insane hours morning to night to make sure a room is ready. Sometimes it's bad, like firing 20 people in a single day. Props would stay broken, and if it broke in the middle of your shift, you'd have to whip up some crazy workaround and scramble in a window of a few minutes before the next booking was scheduled. I'll give the staff this, they work extremely well under pressure. Sometimes room maintenance wasn't a priority, the rooms were magnificent when they first opened, but after months of continuously play there were scuff marks on the floors, paint chipping from bookcases, exposed wires, etc. Health insurance was a large debate for a while. I think they have it now, but it was definitely an uphill battle to get it implemented.

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5.0
Aug 18, 2022
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Pros

They definitely care about you and do the best to adjust to any scheduling problems. You’re treated like family.

Cons

Although, the scheduling is pretty open, if you ask for a set schedule, it may not always be as consistent as needed.

1.0
Apr 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relaxed work environment, somewhat flexible schedule (which I would not consistently consider to be a “pro”)

Cons

- Bad pay. Was promised minimum wage and then a $1 increase after a 30 day probationary period. 5 months later, realized this increase hadn’t occurred and talked to the manager about it. He said that he never added it since I didn’t “ask” for it. I have never been expected to ask for the promised and contracted pay from a company - Unsafe. I can think of 2-3 times where someone walked through the front door and straight through the back, likely casing for robbery. One of my coworkers was mildly electrocuted by a game component on the job; she was not sent home or checked in on but sent back to work. - Shifts randomly cut. Day of, night before, an hour before start time. Store would also frequently close early on weeknights. - Passive aggressive text messages on Slack, rather than just speaking directly to someone - Rude clientele. Not exactly in the control of the company, but management was on the side of “the customer is always right”. - Would randomly be scheduled when I had no availability or requested off (and had been approved for those days off). Would get my phone blown up on a vacation I had given 2 months of notice for, because I had been scheduled the entire time.

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