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- Hometown:
- Reston, VA
- About Me:
- A member of the older & bolder,had my first seasonal summer job at Glacier - wish I'd started doing this years ago. I am a Realtor in a northern Virginia suburb of Washington DC. I wanted an adventure away from hot, muggy summers.
Don't know what's next - thinking ALaska, Olympic or Isle Royale.
- Last Seasonal Job:
- Glacier Park Lodge summer 2007 - Front Desk Associate
- Dream Job:
- haven't figured that out yet
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The weather is extremely varied. The beginning of the season is chilly - might want to bring blankets to add to what they give you, and a medium-weight jacket is good too. Expect fog (especially early on), rain, hot sunny days, and everything in between. Sunscreen and insect repellent are musts if you intend to spend a lot of time outside.
The dorms (mostly housing for 20-somethings) are very noisy, but the lodge building where most of the over-40 employees live is quiet. It's nicer than the dorms. The rooms in said lodge building are about like you'd find in a Super 8. You have to be able to deal with being on an island for 4 and a half months, because it's impractical and expensive to get to the mainland in mid-season. If it turns out you forgot to buy something, you can buy it online or ask a coworker who's going into town to pick it up. There's a store in Rock Harbor, but it's expensive (expect everything to cost twice as much as on the mainland).
The food is pretty good, but there are some things that show up on the menu more often than others (say twice a week). In case you don't like what's being served at the counter, there's always a salad bar, with differing amounts of variety (sometimes it's lettuce and carrots; sometimes you have 10 toppings to choose from), and there's usually a soup. You can also make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or have cereal if you don't want the main course. They do cater to vegetarian, vegan, and other specialty diets, but only if you put a notation on your application or talk to the GM about it in advance. There are very specific hours when employees can eat, since the cooks are feeding employees AND customers.
The rooms have electricity, a bathroom, and wireless internet. The internet is extremely slow; worse than any other connection I've ever used, including dial-up (that's what happens when you share between 20-30 computers). You can use it for basic e-mail (sometimes). I managed to order shampoo and other things online, but didn't count on it functioning. It's satellite internet, so it doesn't work at all in certain weather. There is no public phone, and cell phones don't work enough to do more than text (depending on model - some people can get a sufficient signal to talk if they stand 20 feet off the ground on a railing). You get 10 minutes per WEEK to use the phone, during specific days and hours (it's a reservation line and they can't have it tied up during business hours). If you do that, you have to have your own phone card to pay for it.
Still interested? It couldn't hurt to apply now, if you haven't already. The working season starts in mid-May, with most employees arriving towards the end of May. The GM usually does phone interviews unless he's interviewing a local.
Let me know what else you would like to know and I'll try to answer your questions.
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