Summer is just around the corner, and you’re in luck! Wally Wolf’s is still looking for a select few to be our interns for summer 2022! You read that right, iconic children’s entertainment venue Wally Wolf’s is thrilled to be able to legally re-open our doors to the public, and we want you on board for the journey!
About Us
We pride ourselves on running a tight ship, but we don’t mean no naval base, it’s more like a family cruise line! Take however much time you need to stop laughing because it’s not all fun and games. We leave those to the kids who’ll put their Wally Tokens into whatever machine they so choose.
You see, we don’t want somebody who cares about the “bottom line” or “code violations,” because our founder Harlan Wolff said he never learned the amount of money that was equal to a child’s smile – though he did learn the amount that was equal to a child’s arm though due to an ongoing legal investigation and that is all we can say at this time.
With that in mind, your official title will be “intern,” but we don’t want you to think of yourself like that. You’re joining the Wolfpack™. So, when people ask you what you do, you won’t just say “I’m an intern,” you’ll say, “I tie a ribbon around a young boy’s hand so he doesn’t lose his balloon (free with every purchase of a Wally’s 2-for-10 meal).”
You’ll say, “I make a child just as happy walking away from the prize desk with a pencil topper even though it was the iPad they really wanted (the tickets are skewed to keep the iPad unobtainable).” You’re not in the business of tight collars and corner offices, you’re in “the business of making dreams come true™.”
On a more serious note, we’re excited to finally be able to operate at what can be defined as a “normal” level. The COVID pandemic hit us pretty hard. All of a sudden, it was a bad thing for a kid to put their entire mouth on the joysticks or lick the underside of our tables. Things we used to take for granted, like never having to wash the tokens, were gone, lost in a mess of stigma and judgment. We’ve been thrilled with the level of business we’ve been able to do under the circumstances – private events, class trips, and even a completely remote birthday party (we held a webcam up to each of the games and just let the kids go crazy) – but none of that compares to the rush we’ll get when our Wolf Den™ is finally full again, full of Wolf Cubs™ just running around biting whatever they so choose, which is okay now because the facilities will be cleaned on a tri-weekly basis.
Qualifications/Requirements
Now, if you ask me, I think that the only qualification for joining the Wally Wolf’s family is a go-getter attitude and a drive to make life a little more fun! But of course, we have our preferences for the kind of candidate we hope to attract:
- Experience in childcare
- Familiarity with Wally Wolf’s™ and other Wally Wolf™ subsidiaries
- Good people skills
- Pursuing an associate, bachelor or graduate degree at a college/university (or equivalent), or be a recent graduate (within six months of graduation date)
- Ability to commit 18 weeks to the internship plus four weeks post-internship
- Ability to work full time (60 hours/week) starting from June 21, 2022
- Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Harlan Wolff, despite his advanced age, still makes a point of being seen at this location to “put on a brave face” due to the aforementioned legal turmoil he finds himself currently in. He refuses to wear a mask (unless it’s the famed Wally Wolf mascot head), and he is immunocompromised due to an existing bowling injury; his safety is our top priority as the company cannot face another loss at this time.
What’s in It for You?
We’re no fools. We know the real reason anyone would apply to an unpaid internship is the chance to rub elbows with some influential people and come out of it a step higher than they went into it. That’s why we took the liberty of outlining some things you can hope to get out of the experience:
- Interpersonal skills
- A chance to work as part of a unit that builds each other up
- Any food that’s on the top part of any garbage can is yours to keep
- Leslie David Baker (The Office, The Office Retrospective) once walked in, then just said “no” and left, so should he return, you could pick his brain about the industry
- Since July 2017, we offer an employee-only weekly screening of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (attendance encouraged but no longer mandatory)
Interested? We’d be thrilled to have you!
Fill out an application form here: http://www.wallywolfs.gov/intern/summer2022/courtsettlement/wereback!