Pros
Free underground parking which is especially nice in the winter and saves $20/day. There’s also free snacks and drinks, which is a needed boost of energy if you’re working mostly nights. Come for the sports, stay for the adults eating fruit snacks. You can also wear pretty much whatever you want. The atmosphere might be my favorite part. Everyone has one thing in common: WE LUV THE SPROTS, so there’s always some small talk if you need to pass some time. The supervisors also do a great job of keeping things stress free, even during hectic times like March Madness. Any question was fine to ask, and it’s okay if there’s an error in your work because a perfect game is impossible. I also forgot my access cards one day but they were pretty cool about it. Their laid back approach made everything so much easier. Overall, you’re getting paid to watch sports, but the way you have to watch them for this job may be awkward at first. I may have gotten more out of this than a regular LDE specialist as I spend a lot of my free time researching statistics, trends, etc. So for me the experience of seeing the other side of stats (how they’re entered, how certain stats are credited, etc.) was very valuable and I appreciated small things like this other may not have. Also, you don’t have to pay for NBA League Pass, etc. when most of your time watching the games would be at work. Supervisors also do a good job working with your schedule. If you need to switch shifts or whatever, it can usually be arranged. Students abused this so very badly, though, requesting time off for the silliest reasons, so the place is well organized for how many people request a night off. I guess that allows you to go for 40 hours/week if your schedule looks like you might not get there without picking up more games.
Cons
The job only pays $9/hour, which on one hand I get, but it was odd when the workspace looks spectacular. Why not put some of that money into us too? Some shifts are only a couple hours because that’s how long games last, so I get why both are a dealbreaker to people and appeals mainly to college students. You’re also usually working nights, but that’s not surprising if you follow sports outside of golf. It’s best as a second job if you’re not in college. If you work here long enough, you also realize ESPN is legit awful at tracking stats, and when you have to verify numbers with theirs they sometimes make your job look bad when you did nothing wrong. Supervisors are aware of this, though. I also rolled my eyes more than a few times over #branding but I get it. Business stuff. Meetings during the day didn’t make a ton of sense, though, when our shifts take place at night.
