Disney Reviews

Pros

They seem to provide good benefits to their employees once hired.

Cons

Some of the management does not know how to communicate with co-workers without degrading them and putting them down. There is not enough information sharing. You are only allowed to see a small window of how your work fits in the big picture but are not given enough relevant information on other areas of the company in order to do your job effectively. Disney does not provide training, or at least did not for me, and then they put you down and yell at you for procedures you were never told.

Advice to Senior Management

Adequate training should be provided to new employees. For a new employee to receive 'no training' at all and then be criticized and humiliated on a daily basis for not knowing Disney's 1 million plus policies and procedures that have no relevance to the actual job skills performed is terrible.

Pros

Fun atmosphere and reasonable pay.

Cons

Considerable standing and walking. Very political company. The atmosphere tends to lend itself to gossip and cross talk which takes away from the magical time the guests are supposed to be having. Promotion does tend to be according to who you know and not how qualified you are.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the Disney spirt like Walt would have liked! Althought it is tough to keep a small and personal feeling, this huge company would do well to keep in mind the family spirit.

Pros

decent training, good perks, clean work enviornment

Cons

Pay is bad, promotions are done unfairly

Advice to Senior Management

I have my masters and lost out on a promotion to a high school graduate who had been working at disney longer.

Pros

Best perks of any company, anywhere: free tickets to the theme parks! Disney is a huge company, so advancement opportunities are plentiful.

Cons

Mickey Mouse is cheap. Starting pay is lower than average for the same jobs elsewhere. Plenty of overtime is offered, which means they don't staff at adequate levels.

Advice to Senior Management

Starting pay should be comparable to similar jobs in the marketplace. Especially in the Los Angeles market. Don't be cheap!

Pros

A great company with a rich heritage. Lots of very bright people.

Cons

Can be very competitive and political. Lots of stress goes into the "magic."

Pros

Getting to work with "guests", learning the WDW property as well as most if not all resorts on property. The benefits and free admission to the parks

Cons

Money, no chance of getting a top out wage. Dealing with the public (on vacation no less)

Advice to Senior Management

More praise for a job well done. Boost moral, work on a respectable wage for having 60-75 lives on a bus.

Pros

Great job flexibility and responsibility.

Cons

Salaries are discouragingly low across business units.

Advice to Senior Management

Maintain competitive salaries

Pros

The company is very well established. People are very friendly and personable. Senior management organize events and conferences at least 1-2 times a year to communicate important developments within the company and answer questions

Cons

Promotions take a long time, years sometimes. Full time opportunities are less as compared to part-time / temporary project based positions.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer transparency in terms of hiring/layoff decision. Focus on recruiting standards. needs to be more pro-active.

Pros

The insurance (only optional for full time) is very cheap and pretty good. Getting in free saves a lot of money assuming you would be going to the park whether you work there or not.

Cons

The hours are terrible, there is no flexibility when you need time off, the heat in Orlando is insane during the majority of the year, people treat you like crap because you're in an amusement park even if you're a college grad, the managers treat people like garbage, there is no communication, backstage facilities are terrible, scheduling is uncooperative, advancement is limited unless you're a serious ass kiss, and the pay is lousy on any scale under Area Manager.

Advice to Senior Management

Might be nice to treat people with respect and stop acting like you're the greatest thing ever. The fact is, you're probably less educated than the people who work under you.

Pros

Fun, a bit of glamour, flexible hours, good benefits.

Cons

Very little support from senior leadership to get the tools and resources we need to do our jobs well and provide the best Guest experience. The administration building gets all the luxuries, while the actual operating areas get the leftovers.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop spending so much money, time and effort on meaningless TDA "initiatives" that have absolutely no impact on the Guest experience or the way the Cast Members can do their jobs effectively. Get out of that stupid yellow building once in awhile and walk through the theme parks instead of taking the backstage shuttle to avoid the Guests and the Cast and the entire reason you are there in the first place.