Disney Employment (Orlando: wages, car rental, rental)

[TerryRiddle]

dznynut....hesitant to commit too much information for fear of mis-leading you but it all depends on what you come in as. With a CPA and 21 years of experience I would say you will do well especially if you have strong finance and analytical skills. If you decide to move check out my profile and let me know if we can help.

[VaNative]

I couldn't stand to work for the theme parks...any of them unless it was in a professional position. Having to deal with the screaming kids, commando parents, Brazilian tour groups and working outside at an attraction would be too much for me to stand. If you can do it...more power to ya!

[luvthatmouse]

Originally Posted by Nirvana-Guy

Get ready for a major disappoinment. The Disney company is a HORRENDOUS employer. Low-paying (start at $7.15/h) and absoluetly no benefits, even for Full time workers (IF you can get a FT position... IF you can). The usual benefits you will get are some park tickets once in a rare while.

Why would anyone work for a "HORRENDOUS" employer? It is not like Disney is going out on the streets of Orlando and holding guns to peoples heads saying you have to work for us. Disney World has over 60,000 employees. That is pretty amazing. Most people you talk to there love working for Disney. I also know many people that have gone on to awesome jobs because Disney was on their resume. It looks VERY good on your resume if you have worked for the Walt Disney Company or even did their college program.

[mouseinthehouse]

Hmm.. I always hear good and bad about Disney, I can't wait to move back to FL.
Unfortunately I am too unique to be able to work at disney, I don't fit the protocols for their dress code, but my mum can't wait to work there.

I've likewise heard you can't live off Disney pay unless your a snowbird and have retirement pension or are a student that has other means of assistance.

However I have a friend who is a technician and he got stuck on small world and his ankle was broken and diced a bit.
But he never complained about what was prior posted, however he is union that may make a slight difference I don't know.

[jess31]

Hi,
I would love any input from your wife on any jobs I may be qualified for or if there are some suggestions on what i could do to be more qualified for a position at Disney (thats my dream) I currently live in NH but would like to move down there in a few yrs. ( I'll keep in touch on possible real estate, probably a 2bdrm condo in Lake mary, Oveido, Winter Springs area). I'm currently a waitress have been for 13yrs, also spent 4yrs as a shift manager and a yr as an asst manager for fast food. I'm a first year college student (better late than never) for management/accounting. I'm a divorced mom, I hear Disney offers some chilcare for employees? After school as well? thanks for any and all info!!!

[mojow]

I worked at Disney about 9 years ago as a temp through Kelly's. One of my jobs was a 3 or 4 month job at the Disney Institute. It's a department of Disney that gives management (just to name one) seminars to managers from all over the world. Disney does a thing.... They decide to just "do away with your job title", and your job duties get dispersed to other titles. And then, Disney didn't just move you to a different job.... no, they send you 3 options, 3 other jobs that you would be qualified to do, and then you have to go apply for those jobs. Disney may be partial to gays, but they didn't treat these ones too nicely. The one that I talked to the most was upset because his salary was up to 50k in his current job.... but the 3 job choices they sent him were only bout 30-32k. Just like that, no warning. I don't remember how many people at that time were "dispersed". 4, 5, something like that (just in that sector).

My brother in law works driving a bus for disney. I think they top you at 10 or 11 and even though he'll be retiring there, he doesn't really have a retirement to speak of. I THINK he'll get medical, not sure. (My sister's a manager for Publix, she'll retire with over a million dollars. Not bad at all!)

I worked a couple places at Disney in the offices. Some of them were pleasant, some were stiff. The offices pay a lot better than inside the park. Retirement and job security - Disney - tsk tsk.

It all depends on where you work there. And mostly it's kids or immigrants working costumes, with a few sprinklings of adults who are down on their luck and have to accept 7/hr employment.

[mojow]

btw, don't know about child care programs at Disney, but I mentioned Publix's retirementn... Publix isn't too family friendly. If you move up into management there, they don't want to hear a word about you not making it in because, for instance, your sitter couldn't sit that day and you had no where to take the kids. The hours are terrible, no set schedule to speak of until you get to the top store manager, and even that might be a little iffy, 60 -70 hour weeks sometimes... Publix won't start you in management. You'd start at 6.50, maybe 7.00, and work your way up. BUT if you do well, and the other store manager likes you enough to keep promoting you (they don't keep you in the same store after your promotion. You always have to move to another store.) BUT... if you can handle all that, you'll do well with paid vacations good retirement, and good bonuses. My sis usually gets around 11,000 to 15,000 dollars around Christmas time. You get 4 bonuses a year. The other 3 are usually around 6,000 to 8,000 per bonus.

Great pay IF you're in management. But still, for a single mom, sometimes you'll have to be there at 5:30 am.... Other days you'll go in later and stay till the store closes. Luckily my sister had her husband who could pick the kids up from school, and take them to their sports practice.

[jlind50]

Hello to those in the forum. I just registered and hope someone can answer my question. Some friends just returned from a wonderful vacation at Disney. They took their 7yr old granddaughter and loved the time they spent. They were talking to various staff and said that many were elderly, working part time. 12 hours a week received full benefits. My wife and I are thinking about a slightly early retirement but are concerned about medical benefits. Is the 12 hours with benefits true? How does Disney treat the part time help? I have worked with children and the public and assisting the visitors in some fashion sounds appealing. Anyone have opinions?
John

[doom1001]

I can't confirm if seniors get full-time benefits working part-time hours at Disney but I would probably believe it as anybody who's visited the parks can see that in many positions it's like 75% seniors working.It wouldn't surprise me if overall 60% of the non-management employees are either seniors or in the college program.My parents did visit one time and asked a senior cast member this same question and their response was that they pay wasn't great but they had great benefits.

[Magnulus]

Gunga, I don't want to needlessly slam your dreams, but Disney is just a company out to make a buck, and for most people that work there, it's just another job. The pay is anything from really bad, to really good. Alot of Disney is dependent on an army of young, low wage workers toiling away invisibly.

If you really wanted to move to Florida you could probably make a go at working at Disney. You'ld probably want to live down near Kissimmee or Lake Nona, however, as the commute is pretty bad from the good parts of "Orlando". I wouldn't give up a good life in Atlanta for it, however.