16: Tangalooma Island Resort Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?Staying on the resort with other staffWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?It takes 1 hour and half to go to main island.

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Island Paradise

Senior Housekeeping Supervisor (Former Employee) - Moreton Bay QLD - 1 March 2020

There are many pros and cons to working at Tangalooma. The pros being it is a beautiful island paradise and only an hour and a half on the boat from Brisbane. The cons are staff accommodation is mostly antiquated and many staff are crowded into a small area. The staff food goes from good to inedible and causes friction with staff. I don’t think that the Labor laws are always adhered too. For example people may work weeks without days off.

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Great for young people & travellers

Dolphin Feeder (Former Employee) - Tangalooma QLD - 15 January 2020

The money is minimum wage but the experience is maximum reward. There isn't much you can do in your spare time but it is paradise so if you are a nature lover hopefully that is enough for you.

Pros

Island life

Cons

seclusion, low income

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Relaxing and also challenging

ATV tour guide (Former Employee) - Tangalooma QLD - 23 July 2019

I started off as a porter and then moved over to ATV tours. My job was fun and i learnt heaps about bikes and changing the parts and gain more experience in customer service

Pros

living on a beautiful island

Cons

the food quality

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Fun work place

OUTLETS MANAGER (Promotion) (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 5 February 2019

Safe workplace and easy llife living... Nice work view.. Family Resort.. allowed to bring your child at work sometimes.. Breakfast buffet lunch and dinner for staff.

Pros

Allowed in all areas

Cons

Always been ask to come to work on your days off

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good place to work

Maintenance Worker (Former Employee) - QLD - 24 January 2019

everyone is easy to get along with. nice location, nice staff amenities and nice work/life balance. most days felt like a home away from home and a holiday.

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Dolphin Feeding

External Cleaner (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 9 August 2018

The Dolphin Feeding program is an awesome experience to get up close an personal to these amazing creatures. The Professional Dolphin Feeders will explain to you what to do and what not to do while feeding these beautiful creatures. Also there are photographers their that will take your photo for you and you can cherish this amazing experience forever.

Pros

You get to feed dolphins.

Cons

Feeding the dolphins is hard during the rain/stormy days .

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Life at work

Internship - Cook (Current Employee) - Tangalooma QLD - 11 July 2018

My typical day at work is fun, although I have to say that my work has become a routine as I do the same thing everyday, although sometimes it changes, depending on the season. I learned a lot from my co-workers, as they show me the right ways around the kitchen. The management is okay, although I have to say they need to improve, so that the staff will feel secure and happy with their jobs. The hardest part of the job is waking up early for a 4am shift, although I got used to it, as I have been doing it for almost 7 months now. The most enjoyable part of the job, is working and being around with people that I treat as my own family.

Pros

cheap accommodation that includes the food

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Multicultural and Beautiful

Guest Services/Japanese Guest Liaison (Former Employee) - australia - 27 April 2018

Tangalooma was an island resort on an island called Moreton Island Just off Brisbane. It is the 3rd biggest sand island in the world, so everything except for the sand in our shoes, all the staff from different departments were pretty happy. Surrounded by water which meant sunset on the water, which is not what everyone gets on the east coast. Work was interesting everyday in the tours desk as there were the Chinese, Korean and the Japanese tour guides all in one office.

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Don’t go there

Food and Beverage Supervisor (Former Employee) - Queensland - 20 January 2018

The management is pathetic in this place. They have no clue how to run a Resort. I experienced this first hand being a manager myself. My advise to you would be go there only if you cannot find a job anywhere else. Period.

Pros

Can save a bit of money

Cons

Too many to list

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Committed, Fun and Supportive Team and Superb Environment

Tour Guide (Former Employee) - Moreton Island Queensland - 16 December 2017

A typical day was the general 1.5hr Desert Safari Tobogganing Tours, 3 times a day. Then a 6hr Southern Tour of the Island commenced 3 days a week and a 4hr Northern Tour occurred roughly once a week. All tours we would prepare the buses and collect our guests and give a safety briefing for the bus journey. We would speak about the history, culture, animals and nature of the island on all the tours. The Tobogganing Tour we provide another safety demonstration of the Sand Sliding at the dunes. Management always provided a positive and supportive environment to work within. They worked on tours when required, provided training as required, allowed individual growth and ensured cohesive team work was practiced. The challenging aspect of the job was the communication barriers with the varied Non-English speaking cultures of the world. Learning to incorporate basic greetings and instructions in another language greatly assisted with connection and understanding of all peoples. The greatest part of the job was connecting with people and encouraging people to break through their fear of Sand Tobogganing. The joy and excitement witnessed from people pushing through their fears - especially those who initially were frozen with fear standing on-top of the sand dune looking down to the bottom was amazing to see.

Pros

Seeing more of the island

Cons

Hot weather

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I love it that kind of job and life syles

External Public Cleaner (Former Employee) - Moreton Bay Island - 30 June 2015

I missed this job and I understand their system and when I went oversea and come back and no available job for me there and such so hard job to get that kind of job. I love it thank you for having me there.

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Nice and pretty

Waitress (Former Employee) - Brisbane, QLD - 23 April 2015

It's a beautiful island, the environment is so wonderful, and pay is very high. It's the high pay I ever get... Working and pleasuring together, I was work in restaurant, everyday can see the beach in front of you, calling u to come. After work, everyone will go to beach, bar to have a drink, or snorkeling, play squash, so many thing to do. Working in there, co-works are friendly, funny, easygoing. Something we would have wedding function or party. But some manager or co-work isn't easy to work with... Every work has the hard part.

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fun an preductive

Bulk Store Manager (Former Employee) - QLD Morton Bay island - 5 February 2014

1. Cleaning fridges an shed for food to be put in, delivering food goods to the all stores, restocking goods into kitchen, sorting out deliveries 2 days a week to all outlets in the resort. At the end of the day I'd work on the beach an in the water with the dolphin's feeding and beach patrolling. 2. Management of stock control an management control. 3. Management up and down not enough talk between industry's. 4. Excellent good to work with an a hard worker. 5. Dealing with not much information on busy days. 6. The people in each outlet an the beautiful senses around the resort on my journey's