I get it. Costs get passed on to the consumer. But you don’t get to play that card if you’ve been running the parks like a bottomless money pit with no discernible connection between spending and prices. After 20 years, to suddenly pretend there’s some connection… it’s dishonesty. Disney can and will say it. And it should be rejected out of hand.
Many wonderful CMs have left for better pay and a work life balance elsewhere. Which means you get folks that aren't able to do that filling some of the roles.
That’s what they’re supposed to do - gain some experience at pay commensurate with (little) experience, and then either move up within the company, or parlay that experience into a better paying job elsewhere, or hang out in the same position with incremental increases over the years. That’s how it’s designed to work. It’s a merit-based system.
Exactly. This is something I have never understood about CM's. This is no different than when I worked there decades ago.
No, they should not. That's their choice or their skillset. They should get probably annual modest increases if they get decent annual reviews, so they will be making more than teenagers out of high school, but not as much as someone who went to college to become x. Then again, I know people who have worked in retail for so long at the same job that they have houses way nicer than mine and have lived very comfortably from those annual increases adding up. And that makes sense, because you are rewarded for your reliability and stability for the company.
Good points but my experience is somewhat difference. Leading teams of various ages. I would take a senior over a young kid any day. A senior has better attendance , not distracted with social media , willing to listen and make improvements and more customer oriented . Working with the young ones, not so. Reminds me of the Anne Hathaway Robert DeNiro move “ The Intern “.
I think if people want to work for Disney theme parks their whole lives and make a career out of it, they should go in with the intentions of working their way up. When I was an undergrad, I met a business student who told me she wanted to work for In-N-Out (a California-based burger chain, for those who don’t know). I was initially confused and asked her why she was studying business if she had plans to work at a fast food joint. She explained that she wanted to start from the bottom and work her way up into corporate. In-N-Out is, I believe, the highest-paying fast food chain, with managers making six figures. She informed me of this and everything made sense then.
Yes, I have to admit that I have to calm myself down every time I see people respond to pay increases for CMs by grumbling that it will make the cost of their vacation go up. The cost of the vacation is not so high because of greedy CMs, who in many cases are struggling to make ends meet. The prices keep rising skyward because investors don't demand that the parks are just profitable, but their profits have to grow higher and higher every quarter until the end of time. If you want to be mad at someone for price increases, that's where you should look instead of getting mad at the peasants at the other end of the totem pole who you expect to not just do their jobs but project magic at you while ringing up your purchase or loading you onto a ride.
'You should be thankful for that job! If you were any good, you'd do it for even cheaper!'
So you obviously disagree with the sentiment that all (full time) jobs should pay a living wage. Which is exactly what was intended for the minimum wage when it was enacted.
Because they are replaceable and have been replaced multiple times in the resort's 50 year history.
Well, it hasn't been the case in my lifetime of over 50 years. And I've worked 2-3 jobs at the same time most of my life just to keep the lights on.
OMG the spelling and math skills are the worst. DD14 since 1st grade has been given the reinforcement from school that spelling just needs to be recognizable or use spell check on the chromebook. Since 5th grade math isn't the old do it on paper or in your head and remember what say 8×3=, they're told to use calculators and "as long as they know how to do the problem" is good enough. It drives me batty going back and forth with the system.
Maybe its just a crappy place to work?
Every place is a crappy place to work, that's why they pay you to be there. If it was awesomsauce, you'd do it for free and it would be called a hobby.
This is false. You can have a job that isn't just a bad time to be there.
It's a standard term. It means a job you can be taught fairly quickly without a specific college education.
Wow.
