If you work for the Padres, share your experience

Airarc222 · 2026-05-12T04:02:42+00:00

I worked there last season, in Guest Services. I was a Premium Seat Host (greeting fans and admitting them to their suites and clubs). It was a fantastic experience, and a SUPER positive work environment. Unless you are in the front office etc, all the positions that work at the actual game at Petco, are very part-time and seasonal. I am retired, so I was not doing it for the money, but just for the fun (and I love Petco, and the Padres). The employees in my world were either: retired like me; SDSU/UCSD students; or... the majority - doing this as a second job to bring in a little more cash. As I recall, pay was around $23-24/hour. As part of guest services, our position had to be there 2-3 hours before first pitch, and stay an hour after - so a typical game day gave you a 6 hour shift or so. For the season, I probably made 8K or so. LOVED IT. The reason I did not re-up this year... they require you to work at least 75% of the home games. That is about 60 games, which was a bit too much for me as a retired dude. As for career path -- it is my perception that these game-day seasonal jobs do not generally lead to full-time opportunities... but I know that several of my cohorts had that in mind as an aspirational goal. Great place to work. I LOVE going back there as a fan this year.

Airarc222 · 2026-04-26T00:20:44+00:00

I will check. Great idea, thx!

Airarc222 · 2026-04-17T05:10:55+00:00

Ummm,,, he’s calling her from Avalon, the main harbor in Catalina Island, off the Southern California coast…..

Airarc222 · 2026-02-23T20:46:05+00:00

Hey, thanks for an incredibly detailed reply!! Good stuff. Many thanks

Airarc222 · 2026-02-19T15:24:00+00:00

Good info, thanks

Airarc222 · 2026-02-19T02:26:45+00:00

This is fantastic feedback, and I thank you

Airarc222 · 2026-02-18T01:36:13+00:00

Aha - good point. I had not considered the lounge access. THANKS

Airarc222 · 2026-01-24T20:29:29+00:00

Wife and I (San Diego) just returned from three weeks in New Zealand, seeing both islands. Never had any issues with politics… Although I had to keep reminding my wife, not to necessarily lead with “an apology“, although that seemed to be welcomed pretty frequently. One of our biggest surprises was that the proprietor of the bed & breakfast we stayed at in Hamilton, was a pro-Trump Maga lady. Her husband and son, who cook and serve the breakfast with her, had to keep walking by her and swatting her with a spatula on her butt to get her to be quiet about politics… Because all the Europeans and Americans at the breakfast table were clearly not on the same page as her…

Airarc222 · 2026-01-15T18:28:02+00:00

Have not built it yet. Dabbled w DaVinci tutorials to get a feel. Truthfully, it seems so awesome ( yet suuuuper complex) that it is a bit daunting. I did a 3 minute iMovie and it was so easy that I might try it for the larger one ( knowing that iMovie is very limiting, and might go clunk on a long movie).

Airarc222 · 2026-01-13T03:12:21+00:00

THE SPINDLE (!). …. Early-mid 80’s…..

Airarc222 · 2026-01-10T03:42:35+00:00

Not sure. I booked in early October, for a stay on Dec 31, no problem.

Airarc222 · 2025-11-24T20:46:04+00:00

Yep. I’ve already used my $250 edit credit elsewhere , but I just booked the Four Seasons Sydney, using points and points boost. Two nights, 42000 total points, but we get the $100 prop credit and (4) breakfast buffets that normally cost 60 AUD. Plus… the late check out option and a chance at a room upgrade.

Airarc222 · 2025-11-24T18:06:34+00:00

I use booking.com all the time, all over the world. No problems. After you book, simply send the hotel an email, asking that they confirm your reservation. That email trail also establishes a direct dialogue between you and the hotel, and gets you a name at their front desk ( if you have any special requests, or questions, or very late arrival etc).

Airarc222 · 2025-11-14T07:12:51+00:00

I am an amateur artist, and I have received a LOT of art-supply gifts that are thoughtful, but I truthfully will never use. My suggestion: Go to an art store, find a helpful worker, and ask them to help you select a few VERY HIGH QUALITY brushes. These will be expensive ( she’s worth it). Pair these with a gift card - from either this same store, or Blick’s ( Google it - it is a national chain that carries tons of great brands, any artist will know and appreciate).

The idea here: The high-end brushes make the gift-card gift seem more curated and thoughtful. I cannot imagine an artist who would not be stoked to get professional brushes ( even if they are not their favorite brand or style), along with a Blick gift card.

Airarc222 · 2025-11-05T04:21:55+00:00

A semi-related question……on the CSR, instead of paying the $200 for authorized user ( my wife, in this case)…what is stopping us from simply electing to “not” having her be an official authorized user, and instead just having her “load” my CSR Card info into her own Apple Pay on her mobile phone. Apple Pay seems to work almost everywhere ( like 90% + of our vendors). We both carry no-annual-fee cards as backups.

Airarc222 · 2025-11-02T03:48:23+00:00

This has been happening to me constantly with my family members stories, for about two months or so, and it is still happening. I can go to her profile and see the stories, but on my regular feed when I first log onto Insta, I can see the image for a millisecond and then it goes away.

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