It went from a point-based system to hours based. It now penalizes multi-day illnesses as before a multi-day illness was didn't require additional points for day 2 and so on. This new system will not work for part-time employees. It's going to be a very short, staffed holiday season at Disneyland. They are already canceling dining reservations because of staffing, it's now only going to get worse.The question is what changed? That sounds boilerplate
Yup, going to stay away from the parks for awhile. The Cast is what makes Disneyland what it is. If you replace well-trained, caring, happy cast with disgruntled, one-foot-out-the-door cast, you get Six Flags. And Six Flags is fine, but not worth Disney prices, ya know? No thank you.
Ok, just read the article that @Disney Analyst posted in the Miscellaneous Thoughts thread.... I agree that this policy seems pretty standard. That said, if Disney is already having staffing issues with their current, more flexible policy, this new policy is going to make those issues worse.
Yup, going to stay away from the parks for awhile. The Cast is what makes Disneyland what it is. If you replace well-trained, caring, happy cast with disgruntled, one-foot-out-the-door cast, you get Six Flags. And Six Flags is fine, but not worth Disney prices, ya know? No thank you.
When I was a student, this is how I worked and attended classes. I can't imagine my previous bosses trying to schedule me on a day they knew I was in school. That's nuts.I think it's more than reasonable for the part time cast to say 'these are the days/times a week I can work', and if scheduling is able to schedule them- great, and if not- then they don't get hours. And if they go too long without working they lose their benefits (free admission, Disney Aspire, etc.) and possibly their employment.
The question is what changed? That sounds boilerplate
I told Disney that I couldn’t work on Sundays and they scheduled me for every Sunday I worked there, except one.
The wife of a previous co-worker of mine got fired from her DCA position when she left her post to vomit in a bathroom and not in front of a guest. She tried to call in sick that morning, but she was told that her job would be on the line if she didn’t come in. Go figure.
I was threatened with a write-up after I went to see a staff nurse after cutting my hand, which overlapped with the start of my lunch.
Disney, create welcoming work environments and maybe your employees will actually enjoy coming in to work and will take their jobs more seriously and come into work when scheduled and on time.
I also don’t have a big issue with the system. Employees should be coming in to work when they’re scheduled, and on time. They of course should be letting their employers know when they can’t come in. Those who don’t do these things have terrible work ethic. However, I do strongly believe that Disney has work to do regarding establishing a healthy work environment, assuming it’s still the same from when I was a CM.I do agree, Disney is notorious for scheduling when CM's have notified them of when they cannot work.
If they can get their scheduling in line, I don't see an issue with the new system. But if they cannot schedule properly, this is gonna be a mess.
Someone did this when I worked at Universal. He was promptly fired.Did you guys catch this line? I'm laughing out loud here at the absurdity that an employer has to put that in writing, but here we are....
"Cast Members may not attend a Disney-sponsored event or visit a Disney Property as a Guest on a day that they are absent from a shift due to an unexcused or unacceptable absence."
What kind of idiot would call out sick from their scheduled shift and then show up at their employer's property as a customer on that same day???...
I find it galling that an employer has to put that in writing nowadays. But it's just so ridiculous that all I can do is laugh.
- Target Lady calls her boss to say she's sick and can't come in to work, and then a few hours later is seen by her boss casually doing a Target Run and squeezing the Charmin on aisle 12.
- Ky'le From Tustin calls his boss to say he's sick and can't come to work at his immersive snack bar, and then a few hours later is spotted by his boss riding Rise Before Dawn with his buddies.
I told Disney that I couldn’t work on Sundays and they scheduled me for every Sunday I worked there, except one.
The wife of a previous co-worker of mine got fired from her DCA position when she left her post to vomit in a bathroom and not in front of a guest. She tried to call in sick that morning, but she was told that her job would be on the line if she didn’t come in. Go figure.
I was threatened with a write-up after I went to see a staff nurse after cutting my hand, which overlapped with the start of my lunch.
Someone did this when I worked at Universal. He was promptly fired.
I actually had NO idea that Disneyland was open on Sundays. Never had a clue prior to applying for DCP…Were you statused part-time? In the hospitality industry, at a property that has Sunday's as it's busiest operational day of the week? Did you not realize Disneyland was open (and very busy!) on Sunday's when you applied for the job?
So just that one single time of calling in sick led to her firing? There were no previous absences and no previous documented warnings regarding all her previous absences?
Hourly CM's were fired after one, single absence for being sick? Surely that wasn't the case with the previous attendance policy.
One single visit to the nurse which caused you to be late for your lunch break and you were "threatened with a write-up"? What is a "write-up"? A documentation that showed you were late for your lunch? So you told your supervisor that you cut your hand on the job and needed to see the nurse for first aid care, and the supervisor told you that you were not allowed to access first aid and were "getting a write-up"?
There seems to be some pieces missing there.
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