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Walt Disney World Management Structure
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Captain Hank
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For the main lines of business (operations, merchandise, etc.) in theme parks, roughly (to my knowledge):
President, WDW
VP of the park
VP of the line of business
Area/Ops manager for each area in that line of business
Guest Service Managers
Coordinators/Front-line Cast Members
Keep in mind that there are many, many variations on this, presumably with many more levels in many cases. It can get insipidly complicated.
President, WDW
VP of the park
VP of the line of business
Area/Ops manager for each area in that line of business
Guest Service Managers
Coordinators/Front-line Cast Members
Keep in mind that there are many, many variations on this, presumably with many more levels in many cases. It can get insipidly complicated.
Captain Hank
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Entertainment works a little bit differently, though I'm really fuzzy on the details. The structures of Security and Transportation are pretty much unknown to me, but I'd assume they're fairly similar.
s8film40
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Transportation and security are separate independent business units, as if there were a another park, resort, etc.
wedway71
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Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
Yes.
wedway71
Well-Known Member
Interesting! I can't seem to find out any info on Merchandise VP's that are current. I only seem to get old info on who is in those jobs.
I was under the assumption that Merchandise and Food and Beverage were under one VP with the newer structure.
I would love any info anybody can get me on those positions, names, etc. I am a Retail Consultant and a Huge Disney Fan and love anything Disney and Disney Merchandise!
Captain Hank
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No clue.
Pioneer Hall
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I thought that the head of each unit in the parks was a director. So there would be a director of merchandise ops reporting to the VP who is in charge of the entire theme park.
Captain Hank
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Went on the Hub and looked. It seems I'm a little out of date on my titles. The current title for most of the people that report directly to the VP of the park is "General Manager of (Line of Business)." I swear they were called VPs not long ago. Certain other LOBs have "Directors," but not all (at least, not at this level of management).
At the park level, there are separate VPs for Merchandise and Food and Beverage. I'm not sure if these LOBs are combined somewhere else on the executive ladder, though.
wdwemployee13
New Member
GSM's make roughly $50,000, areas make around $75,000 and GM's would be upwards of $110,000.
Pioneer Hall
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I feel that might be a little inflated, at least for a number of areas. I thought GSM's made a lot less than 50k...more in the area of 30k.
wdwemployee13
New Member
The exact numbers are:
GSM: $38k - $54k (salary)
$17-$18/hr (hourly)
Area: $62k- $88k
Or you might be thinking of a coordinator who averages $31k - $33k
wdwemployee13
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DisneySaint
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I have no idea where you're pulling those numbers, but that's mild lunacy. A coordinator would have to be pulling $16 gross in order to get $33k, so unless they are capped (which very few are), they are more likely pulling somewhere around $22k-$26k (barring some large quantities of overtime). GSM's start at $600/wk or $31,300/yr as of about 3 years ago. I doubt their base salary has increased by $7,000 in the course of 3 years (possible, but unlikely). GSM's also pull, on average, probably about 50-60 hours a week. I knew many people who didn't want to advance beyond frontline because they found they could make more money there (with OT and such).
Now, area managers I have no idea about but I'd EXPECT them to start around $40k-55k. I can't fathom that they are pulling $62k to start. Granted, I know most of the dough is distributed at the top, so I won't say it's completely out of the question.
DisneySaint
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No one can do that vertbatim. Anyone in the public can see at least down to the VIP, but everything below that is in-house and, honestly, rotates so often it'd be hard to keep track of.