Does Disney read these boards.

[Ralphlaw]

No, but people have been denied jobs for being overly-idealistic, economically naive, and critical of the company they want to hire them. People also fail to get hired, or even get fired, for misspellings, poor grammar, and unclear writing. It seems that contributing to these boards could be an opportunity for displaying your Disney enthusiasm,which Disney would like. My advice is that a person must be a bit careful about what he/she says if they want to use it as a plus to getting a job.

Short story: I recently advertised for a legal secretary, and received more than 80 resume's. I then used any reason I could find to disqualify people in order to winnow down that unmanageable list. Nobody at my firm has time to interview 80 people, so you have to shorten the list due to misspellings, lack of references, a bad google search, etc . . . You end up using any minus on the person to do so. Employers do this all the time.

Wanting a 5th park or monorail is a wonderful dream, but being petulant about it in the face of economic reality is NOT the mark of a qualified employee. Walt and Roy had amazing dreams, but they were never undertaken with a blind eye to economic realities. Now, coming up with an intelligent, financially viable, and thorough plan to add a 5th park or monorail extension would be the mark of an exceptional employee. Whining about the lack of a 5th park or extended monorail is the mark of a poor employee who may be the first to be downsized.

Of course, I may be wrong about all this, but I am an employer who has hired and fired people.

 

[goodtimes5286]

No, but people have been denied jobs for being overly-idealistic, economically naive, and critical of the company they want to hire them. People also fail to get hired, or even get fired, for misspellings, poor grammar, and unclear writing. It seems that contributing to these boards could be an opportunity for displaying your Disney enthusiasm,which Disney would like. My advice is that a person must be a bit careful about what he/she says if they want to use it as a plus to getting a job.

Short story: I recently advertised for a legal secretary, and received more than 80 resume's. I then used any reason I could find to disqualify people in order to winnow down that unmanageable list. Nobody at my firm has time to interview 80 people, so you have to shorten the list due to misspellings, lack of references, a bad google search, etc . . . You end up using any minus on the person to do so. Employers do this all the time.

Wanting a 5th park or monorail is a wonderful dream, but being petulant about it in the face of economic reality is NOT the mark of a qualified employee. Walt and Roy had amazing dreams, but they were never undertaken with a blind eye to economic realities. Now, coming up with an intelligent, financially viable, and thorough plan to add a 5th park or monorail extension would be the mark of an exceptional employee. Whining about the lack of a 5th park or extended monorail is the mark of a poor employee who may be the first to be downsized.

Of course, I may be wrong about all this, but I am an employer who has hired and fired people.

:lol: to my knowledge, no one has used there WDWmagic forum status as a reference to why they would be good at a job. Just thinking of someone listing that on there resume makes me roll ("I know I don't have any job experience or education beyond a high school degree.....but I am a member of WDWmagic!")

I also believe there is a definite line between grammar and spelling mistakes and some smiley Dinosaur Cast Member's views on what they think disney's next attraction should be.

On a completly unrelated note I cant spell or use correct grammer but I almost got my AS in paralegalism (but it wasnt stimulating enough so I never attended the classes). God have mercy on whoever filled that position, it is tedious beyond all comprehension.

 

[unkadug]

Did I hear somebody say "Greetings evil people. When will you offer me a job" ?

 

[whendoweleave?]

^ On that note:

Përshëndetje të keqen njerëzve. Kur do të ju ofrojë mua një punë?

ok i give up :shrug: Please explain

 

[unkadug]

ok i give up :shrug: Please explain

Did I hear somebody say "Greetings evil people. When will you offer me a job" ?

Need I say more?

 

[whendoweleave?]

If you were a company and you had a fan site that had 63,000 members and over 3 million posts talking about you, wouldnt you be interested? It's a great free focus group.

They obviously don't change things in specific reponse to everything they read online, but it certainly helps them to know what a lot of people are thinking about the additions and changes they make.

i totally agree. Think about how much research Disney does about every little thing. Ask yourself how many time you have been stopped by someone with the touch screen thingies. ( sorry I'm not tech savvy)
I get stopped about every other time i enter the park.
This is FREE research from hard core Disney nuts like us. I'm not saying they take every suggestion here and run with it but I'm sure there is a dept that reads all of the post's on the net. Not just here but many of the other web sites where we all post.
I know Comcast take's any post's made in cyberspace very seriously and at time's have made contact with the posters. They have been trying to clean up their rep. recently.

 

[whendoweleave?]

Need I say more?

Thanks!!! :wave: I have enough problems with english let alone a foreign language!! :veryconfu

 

[SirNim]

And here I thought Albanian was a dying language! :lookaroun

 

[unkadug]

And here I thought Albanian was a dying language! :lookaroun

Google is my friend ! :wave:

 

[magicmaya]

They need to.Especially the thread on disney world getting some attention.Please stop focusing on disneyland so much!!! Im getting tired of disney world's treatment!

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

When they found out I post here it became essential reading.

 

[fosse76]

I would be incredibly surprised if Disney did NOT read these boards. I assume this is part of the job of many people, not the exclusive job of anybody, and not the only job of anyone. Any forward thinking company would want to read what people think of them, especially if it is constructive and intelligent. They will not necessarily fold under online pressure on specific issues, but I assume they take such expressed views into account on their decisions.

I bet Disney's main purpose in reading these boards is to monitor the flow of "classified" information. I know Six Flags used to monitor message boards to make sure employees weren't disclosing information they shouldn't disclose, and I assure you Disney does the same thing.

As for reading it to see what people think of them, I doubt they think much of it. People who post on this board are not a sampling of society, any more than asking atheists what their opinion is on faith-based initiatives. I'm sure they use the boards to leak information or to test new ideas, but I would bet the only time they consider this board's opinions is when it is a fan-centered (insider-centered) idea...or one where a new idea isn't really any more or less effective than an old idea.

By the way, you might want to consider your comments on these boards in light of a potential desire to work for Disney some day. Take notice of your spelling, grammar and thoughtfulness. If I were applying for a job at Disney, I would mention that I made comments on wdwmagic.com, and welcome them to look them up.

Companies generally frown on employees posting on message boards about the company, so I certainly wouldn't tell Disney to look at any posts, no matter how positive. They want to control the message, which they can't if you are posting freely...which means at some point you might want to espouse something negative...and which they don't want to occur. If you told them to look at your posts, I doubt they would even consider hiring you.

If you're smart (and want a job some day at Disney), you might want to realistically look into Disney decisions from an economic viewpoint. Most highly successful employees have some understanding of the economics of their employers, when it is possible to do so. I am not saying you should unduly censor yourself here, but you might want to consider that Disney may look into this. Or not. It's just a thought.

That goes for any company you want to work for. But as I said above, you definitely don't want them to know you post on message boards, because they aren't in control of what you post. I am actually shocked at the number of CMs who freely post here. Free speech is only protected from government interference. Disney can legally fire/discipline someone for posting on a message board (though I believe there are limitations as to what the cause of action would be for such a firing).

 

[Ralphlaw]

By the way, you might be surprised at how easy it is for a company like Disney to find you on the boards. Many of you, I am sure, use your same name on these boards as you do for your e-mail address. If, for example, you use "MickeyGoofyFan" as your name on these boards, AND have an email address of MickeyGoofyfan@att.net, you might be surprised at what the Human Resource department knows about you before you are even considered for an interview.

With the horror of the spector of embezzlement and sexual improprieties that could be committed and publicized by Disney employees, you can bet that a variety of clever background checks may be done. Googling is routinely done at most Human Resource Departments. You can bet that some forward thinking companies will check the fansite boards to see what their new potential employees are saying about them. Most employers also expect a person's email address on their resume's. Linking up the two would be very simple, I am sure.

By the way, I assume you can promise to abstain from writing in the boards once you have a job. Participating in the boards in many ways may be a plus, but promising to cease such writing should at least help (although not guarantee) that you will get rid of any such potential "problem" once you are hired.

And I certainly hope that goodtimes5286 obtains an interesting job some day. 90% of the people in this world have jobs that are generally boring in many ways; you have to find the interesting aspects of it. When I was 20 years old I had an incredibly dull factory job for the summer. I vowed then to find an interesting job, and I did. It is stressful and frustrating at times, but rarely dull. I never sit here waiting for the clock to let me go home. Education, more often than not, will help you find a more interesting job.

And that's my advice on all of this, for what it is worth.

 

[goodtimes5286]

And I certainly hope that goodtimes5286 obtains an interesting job some day. 90% of the people in this world have jobs that are generally boring in many ways; you have to find the interesting aspects of it. When I was 20 years old I had an incredibly dull factory job for the summer. I vowed then to find an interesting job, and I did. It is stressful and frustrating at times, but rarely dull. I never sit here waiting for the clock to let me go home. Education, more often than not, will help you find a more interesting job.

And that's my advice on all of this, for what it is worth.

LOL i like the mension but why me? b/c im so radical? (btw im starting my masters F09 so it might be a lil while before i get out into the working world....esp since i want a doctorate!).

To be honest i wanna be an imageneer. Thats my DREAM job. My teacher has heard so many bad things about there internship and working there (like low pay, over worked, hard to move up, etc) n he was trying to shove me towards uni or bush. But i just cant do it, disney or some other field.

Too bad i have the wrong degree, im in the wrong location, and dreams cant get me into the field

n ps your completly right aobut the google searching (thats all i know), my professor gets jobs for all of the hospitality management graduates (hes 100% so far n we've had the program for like 4/5 years) that cant get one on there own, n he said the same thing. Delete your myspace n facebook n google search yourself to see what comes up. Also creating a new, more formal email adress wouldnt be so bad if your trying to get a job

 

[Ralphlaw]

[To be honest i wanna be an imageneer. Thats my DREAM job. My teacher has heard so many bad things about there internship and working there (like low pay, over worked, hard to move up, etc) n he was trying to shove me towards uni or bush. But i just cant do it, disney or some other field.

Too bad i have the wrong degree, im in the wrong location, and dreams cant get me into the field




Well, keep the dream alive, and try to get the right qualifications somehow. If you're not tied down due to family obligations, go for it. It's terrible to live your life without knowing the answer to "What if . . ." A good friend of mine fancies himself an actor and comedian, but has never left our hometown to pursue the dream. Instead, he bounces around from dead end job to dead end job, with money problems, and a 40 something birthday coming up. Believe me, he asks "What if" all the time. Don't be him.

 

[Flower'sChild]

Now I am curious if some of these people from Disney have seen some of the adorable photos that I have had taken with Disney characters :sohappy:

 

[betteratmk]

I think especially in these economic times that Disney is paying more and more attention to the research and surveys to see if people are likely to come back. This past March I recieved 2 lengthy surveys from Disney to take ( one was from the resort we had last stayed at) We go to Disney every year and had never been asked to fill out a lengthy survey before. :shrug: i had also posted here and on another site that we might not go back unless there was an incentive later this year. I think that they realize that people are cutting corners these days