The Disney properties in Florida and California aren't called Mouschwitz and Duckau for nothing (although you won't hear it from an active Disney employee, it's instant termination).
I worked with a lot of ex-Disney folks in high school and my early college years when I was spending my summers working at Bush Gardens in Williamsburg. None of them ever had a nice thing to say about working for the House of Mouse.
You and John think it's funny, and it probably is, except it was always said with such loathing and contempt from ex-Disney people that I can't get myself to laugh at it.
They don't have to like it, but they EARNED those. Disney had the highest turnover rates of any of the major theme parks (at least, they did then, I doubt that's changed) for a reason.
Disney is Pure Corporate Eeeeeeevil. That is one wheel that you never ever want to be a cog in.
Although, even if they weren't Teh Ebil, it would still suck to work the parks. A friend of mine was Mickey for a year or so in Orlando, and she finally had to go on disability - back and knee injuries, from the number of times she'd been rabbit-punched in the kidneys and kicked in the shins by little shits in the park who thought it was funny to slug Mickey.
The best, she said, were the little snots who did shit like that in front of their parents, and the parents did nothing. Most of them didn't even apologize.
The sad part is, knowing this, we went last year anyway and it was one of the best vacations I've ever had. Yes, they suck to work for, but they are great places to go.
I actually did my internship there back in 88/ It's true. You bust your ass continously for being treated decently. Whoas you if you screw up even once. They drop the hammer pretty damn quick. The management found out my buddy was dating another person in the Disney Village. They told him to break up with her or he'd be looking for another job. He broke up with her and they still suspended him without pay for 3 days.
I have a friend whose husband is an artist, currently working out in California in the Movie industry (and living in Hawaii). Back in the day we used to sit around and chat (before they moved) and he had nothing good to say about Disney. He had worked there as a ride employee but was talking in reference to the idea of working there as an artist. So the bad stuff's not just limited to the park employees.
As a teen I used to work at a shoddy little water park as a ride operator on the "dry" rides. I never had come-ons except once when some girls a few years younger than me wanted to touch my hair(it was long back then). Not exactly flattering, mostly just embarrassing. In short, that job sucked, I got treated like dirt for around $6.50 an hour. I was lucky enough to never get vomited on though, oh and the ferris wheel never caught fire or had exploding lightbulbs while I operated it. That only happened to other people.
I can't help but wonder how much those actors make considering the review process and the intense on-the-job scrutiny. Somebody needs to make farcical Disney's "1984."
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Date: 2008-05-23 06:01 pm (UTC)Perks of the job?
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Date: 2008-05-23 07:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-23 06:09 pm (UTC)I worked with a lot of ex-Disney folks in high school and my early college years when I was spending my summers working at Bush Gardens in Williamsburg. None of them ever had a nice thing to say about working for the House of Mouse.
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Date: 2008-05-23 06:12 pm (UTC)I believe that. *I'D* fire you on the spot for that, and I'm not an uncaring megacorp.
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Date: 2008-05-23 06:23 pm (UTC)And I'd still fire you.
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Date: 2008-05-23 06:31 pm (UTC)I can't wait to hear what he thinks of working for them full time.
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Date: 2008-05-23 06:24 pm (UTC)Although, even if they weren't Teh Ebil, it would still suck to work the parks. A friend of mine was Mickey for a year or so in Orlando, and she finally had to go on disability - back and knee injuries, from the number of times she'd been rabbit-punched in the kidneys and kicked in the shins by little shits in the park who thought it was funny to slug Mickey.
The best, she said, were the little snots who did shit like that in front of their parents, and the parents did nothing. Most of them didn't even apologize.
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Date: 2008-05-24 12:04 am (UTC)I can't help but wonder how much those actors make considering the review process and the intense on-the-job scrutiny. Somebody needs to make farcical Disney's "1984."
Apparently, being Jack Sparrow for a living kinda sucks.
Date: 2008-05-24 01:59 am (UTC)Or Keith Richards.
Then it's kind of cool.