Midwest Pool Management

I have worked for MPM once when I was 15 and then this past summer. I didn t go back for 4 years due to the water park scene, not MPM. When I found a neighborhood pool I decided I d try it out again. The problem is that pay for being a guardian of life at a pool should be much higher than minimum wage. Minimum wage = minimum effort. Increase of wages will also help bring more people in. The main problem is the stress managers are under due to lack of staffing. If we gained more guards, pools would be cleaner and guards would be happier. On the other hand, 15 year old should not be able to do this job, at least not at neighborhood or one guard pools. There are too many things they cannot do. And on the other, too many young people come into this job thinking they re there to get a nice tan pool side, that they get paid to sit in the sun and relax. The title of the job is LIFEGUARD, if you want to apply to this company you can t come in thinking this will be some walk in the park. You have people s lives at stake every single day, and it s an honest and important job. If you re thinking about applying, I suggest you reevaluate your idea of what your job really is.

I'm not hear to tell you how great MPM is or how horrible it is, because if I'm being honest, its not either of those by themselves. Like any company, there is drama, and like any company there are things that run very well and like they should. MPM has its ups and downs just like any other company, and for those who write terrible reviews about them isn't really fair. MPM really is a good company all around. MPM staff does their very best to keep things running the way they should be, and they do their best to make sure everyone is getting along and pools are running smoothly. If you ever run into a problem, you just ask the office staff and they're always wanting to help in whatever ways they can to help their pools become the best they can be. So as long as the guards are putting forth effort and really take their jobs seriously, MPM is a great company and a fairly easy job to maintain as a high school or collage student.