Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
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    Work/Life balance
    3.2(38 ratings)
    Career development
    3.3(38 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    2.9(38 ratings)
    Management
    3.2(38 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.6(38 ratings)
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    3.6(38 ratings)
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    3.0
    Chef de Partie
    Dec 2025
    Melbourne VIC 30002 to 3 years in the role, current employee
    Find somewhere else to work for the sake of your mental health!
    The good thingsFree Food, enjoyable sometimes, get to see different types of venues and plated dishes.
    The challengesUnfair treatment, favouritism, and bad management can be stressful during the service; it just makes you feel awful! At first, they give you special treatment only to feel overlooked later.
    1.0
    Kitchen Staff
    Oct 2025
    Melbourne VIC 3000Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Work there just for moeny not for a career
    The good thingsFree food & beverages
    The challengespoor management, no efficiency
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Kitchen Staff
    Jul 2025
    South Wharf VIC 30063 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Maybe look elsewhere for work?
    The good thingsGreat central location
    The challengesManagement will pick their favourites and it will impact everything from your roster to opportunities.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Audio Visual Technician
    Jan 2025
    Melbourne VIC 3000
    Bad management, corporate shills
    The good thingsFree food, team spirit on the floor
    The challengesManagment outsourcing blame for their failures onto casual staff
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Customer Service Team Leader
    Sep 2023
    South Wharf VIC 30065 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Been here for almost 6 years, wouldn't change a thing except accepting opportunities to advance sooner.
    The good thingsFlexibility, friendly staff, great management.
    The challengesOther department management affecting Customer Service.
    2.0
    Management
    Jun 2023
    Melbourne VIC 3000
    Some key positives but out-weighted by the difficulties.
    The good thingsA great place to work if you're looking for a one stop career pathway as there are plenty of opportunities to move around and learn
    The challengesA very hierarchical management structure with overall management difficult to work with. Unrealistic work expectations and performance within a struggling environment.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Manager
    Feb 2023
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Great place to work.
    The good thingsPeople & culture. Location. Staff.
    The challengesLarge organisations take time to get to know your way around however it is amazing once you figure it out.
    3.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Nov 2021
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Could be so much better.
    The good thingsLocation convenient Some of the management staff in Food Beverage and Customer service was really good to work with and friendly and helpful.
    The challengesThe challenges I did not mind doing the dinners but after a long night working at the dinner functions you have to help remove the furniture from part of convention center to another it was tiring and you were absolutely exhausted . Also the shifts were not spread out equally among the staff some had to do dinners after dinners not never having a day shift. Hygiene ;There were no hand basins to wash your hands and the toilets were so far for you to go use the toilet and only one toilet and was not clean. During some the events the food delivery they used same trolley for all the food the food that was being used on the tables they were removing that on to the same trolley and fresh food on the top of trolley and all dirty dishes at the bottom. I found the food hygiene was not monitored so standard for food safety was not there maybe in the kitchen but after it left the kitchen there not much care food safety practiced.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Aug 2021
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Overall are awesome
    The good thingsFriendly working environment
    The challengesYou might find it tough to work at a dinner banquets
    5.0
    Technical Services
    Sep 2020
    current employee
    Supportive workplace and great fellow staff.
    The good thingsStaff and the organization. financial support of staff in the pandemic, Offerings of free study.
    The challengesworking casual can be difficult with unexpected hours
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Retail Attendant
    May 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Great, supportive teams, easy job sometimes and good salary
    The good thingsYou will meet people from different backgrounds every day and you will have super supportive co-workers. Management is good enough and the best thing is they pay you 20 minutes per shift to change your uniform
    The challengesIf you work for Catering, shift hours can vary vastly, sometimes you finish at 4am in the morning. Other than that, everything is so far so good
    5.0
    Manager
    Jan 2020
    A dynamic industry leader who is well lead and full of committed, collaborative employees.
    The good thingsFlexible working hours and work from home opportunities. Great camaraderie. Always something new and interesting happening. Some good perks - yoga, massage, health checks, car parking etc.
    The challengesEvents by their nature can be demanding at times and so they take attention to detail, commitment, energy and resilience to cater to.
    3.0
    Catering Attendant
    Nov 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Good for uni students
    The good thingsPeople, good hourly if you work a lot
    The challengesUnpredictable schedule, lack of hours at times
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Security Operations Role
    Nov 2019
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Great experience
    The good thingsOne of the best things about MCEC is its work environment.
    The challenges17 plus different departments accross the center makes any role a challenge as you have to know the basics of each department.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Oct 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Try to avoid this place if you care about your physical and mental health, they won't even let you drink water sometimes during the shift.
    The good thingsGreat people to work with, you can have life-long friends at the end.
    The challengesRoster, no work life balance, averaging between 20-30k steps per shift, having to work after midnight and staring as early as 4am. Having to deal with incompetent managers who look down on you.
    2 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Chef
    May 2019
    Great people, everything else not so great
    The good thingsFellow staff members are fantastic
    The challengesDealing with management who just think about figures and not the people
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Apr 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    A stressful work-life balance, with a slight saving grace in the form of caring managers.
    The good thingsManagement was understanding and never mean to their workers.
    The challengesDealing with Human Resources was challenging as the job requires a week to week rostering system. As a result, HR would become disgruntled if you had to cancel shifts. This made working a 2nd job impossible. The week to week roster would lead to a poor work-life balance as you will never know you were going to be free next. Other jobs have rostered me at least 2 weeks in advance. None of the F&B services were properly equipped or designed.
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Catering Attendant
    Sep 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    An interesting work environment...
    The good thingsGood hourly rate & central location.
    The challengesThe uncertainty of hours every week, managers have power trips they will use to their advantage, no work over the summer period, lack of training when commencing job role, manual labour (moving lots of furniture around from one end of the convention centre to another...) witnessing a lot of food wastage and lastly , staff members not taking recycling seriously.
    1.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Aug 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    somewhat time wasting
    The good thingsThe staff I worked with were amazing and I have made friends for life
    The challengesManagement was terrible and uneducated in their field that the ran.one day you could be working as a dishwasher the next you are a manager of a department
    4 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Jul 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    The Challenges are making it to the end of a shift without need for an ambulance
    The good thingsBelow management level mostly good people to work with.
    The challengesWorking to 3am hard physical job with no down time only 1/2 hr break on 10hr shift Management bring a new meaning to the term 'micromanage' and send people home that don't 'speed up' whilst doing tasks that can be very dangerous physically, like moving Stages!
    2 people found this helpful
    5.0
    F&B Manager
    Jul 2018
    Amazing
    The good thingsF&B Team Team Culture Food
    The challengesThe ususal. depends how you face challenges
    1.0
    Manager
    May 2018
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    no support from upper managment and a head in the sand approach
    The good thingsGreat staff, who help each other and are always putting the customer first
    The challengesVery bad upper management, never seen 'on the floor' either talking with staff or customers. I believe they DO NOT understand that to look after your staff leads naturally to staff looking after customers
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Manager
    Mar 2018
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    If you want an inspiring events career, MCEC is the place for you!
    The good thingsInspiring and diverse working environment - no day is ever the same at MCEC. The business is invested in its employees and you are encouraged and supported to excel within your role.
    The challengesIt is hard but rewarding work. This business is not for the faint-hearted!
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Manager
    Mar 2018
    7 to 8 years in the role, current employee
    Fantastic staff, fantastic venue!
    The good thingsGreat team of people, every day is different. Very focused on great culture and continuous improvement. Iconic buildings and very proud to work for the MCEC!
    The challengesWith over 1000 events throughout the year, downtime is rare. Work Life Balance can be challenging.
    2.0
    Co Ordinator
    Feb 2018
    Frustrating
    The good thingsSome management have your back and try hard.
    The challengesDealing with micro managers and people who think it’s their job to be your manger, even as senior staff there was no respect to run your own show.
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    AV technician
    Feb 2018
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Painful work existence.
    The good thingsThe people on the floor are awesone
    The challengesTo go about your work in a very unorganised and poor managed joint.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Food and Beverage Attendant
    Apr 2017
    Melbourne VIC 3004Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Place to be
    The good thingsGood people and working condition
    The challengesLong walks.Feet hurts.
    4.0
    Security Team Leader
    Oct 2016
    Melbourne VIC 30041 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Great place great people
    The good thingsThe Team. Very positive and supportive
    The challengesDifferent events bring different challenges every day
    4.0
    Manager
    Sep 2016
    Interesting, challenging and diverse work at an iconic venue.
    The good thingsA great time to be working at MCEC, an iconic Melbourne venue. Exciting times with the expansion and a fantastic, approachable and visionary CEO. Lots of diversity in the work we do, good opportunities to work on some innovative projects and a great sense of pride amongst employees. The food is amazing and staff restaurant a big perk!
    The challengesLots of projects on the go in addition to the demands of event delivery, a bit unbalanced across the organisation, some areas are really overloaded and under resourced while others are not. Average flexible working opportunities particularly for parents and need better succession planning.
    5.0
    Systems Administrator
    Sep 2016
    Melbourne VIC 3004Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great environment and people but the salary isn't the best.
    The good thingsThe people, the infrastructure.
    The challengesNo challenges. Everything that was assigned to me was taken care of instantly.
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