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Topic: DLR Casting Center - No Longer Hiring?

#	Author	Message
101	oneyepete Fri 1/16/2009 2:30p	^^So, if I were still in costume , but not "on the clock" I could still get in?
102	oneyepete Fri 1/16/2009 2:32p	damnation! I missed it again! dalmations for pete's sake
103	SpokkerJones Fri 1/16/2009 3:16p	I don't think the main gate people will let you in while wearing your costume. I don't know. Try it.
104	Sierralife Sat 1/17/2009 10:33a	This is a response to message 51. When I look in the mirror I say "You are old, fat, and ugly and with the unemployment rate being what it is you will be lucky to get a minimum wage job." I have recently been laid off after 32 years and if I worked in So. Cal I would apply at DL, too. Overall I think corporate America does have a love/hate relationship with their employees. And I agree that if your immediate manager is good it will make a big difference in your experience.
105	Westsider Mon 1/19/2009 2:49a	monorailblue, there is no longer a break area/office in the Buzz building. The attraction took up the entire footprint of that space, and the office and break room area is now part of the ride you travel through in your space cruiser. The big doors on the backside of the building, across from the Matterhorn, lead to the vehicle maintenance area. I learned at work this weekend that Casting has cut way back on their spring hiring plan. The turnover rate has dropped even below the projections from last October, and they are planning on hiring even fewer this spring, and since the waiting lists are still long they don't plan on padding the lists much more than they already are. Good luck to anyone applying for Disneyland this spring for summertime work.
106	SingleParkPassholder Mon 1/19/2009 9:37a	"I learned at work this weekend that Casting has cut way back on their spring hiring plan. The turnover rate has dropped even below the projections from last October, and they are planning on hiring even fewer this spring, and since the waiting lists are still long they don't plan on padding the lists much more than they already are." What? You mean people aren't leaving? It doesn't suck so much to work there they'd rather not work at all? I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you.
107	VanFrance2009 Mon 1/19/2009 10:21a	Westsider, Thanks again for this update. It is truly valuable insight to not only what is happening at Disneyland but also what is going on with the labor market in general within Orange County. VF
108	fkurucz Mon 1/19/2009 11:12a	<It doesn't suck so much to work there they'd rather not work at all?>> i don't recall anyone ever saying that. But when times were better they had some pretty bad turnover problems.
109	monorailblue Mon 1/19/2009 12:36p	Where do Mono and Subs CMs take breaks?
110	Westsider Mon 1/19/2009 1:16p	There's a break room in a trailer behind Innoventions. It was installed there about six years ago, as they were getting ready to demo the CircleVision interior and install Buzz. It's not pretty, but it's one of the better ones because it doesn't smell, it has working AC, working bathrooms attached to the breakroom, and a small covered patio with tables and chairs. The vending machines there are also kept stocked regularly and have a broad selection. The furniture is the standard hard steel chairs and plastic tables, but there is enough of it so that no one sits on the floor or stairs for lack of seating on busier days. It also has big windows that open, which helps air flow and seems to prevent the usual smells at other small, enclosed break rooms from developing. The best break rooms are, of course, at TDA. They have several on every floor, they have nice furniture, they are kept spotless and fully stocked with coffee and hot cocoa and tea bags and hot water, with a GE refrigerator that is cleaned weekly, a big sink and microwaves cleaned regularly, TV's on the wall that get cable, and wall art featuring the latest Disney release that is changed seasonally. They are perfectly climate controlled and nicely lighted, with vending machines that are always full of product. It's really a very plush setup there in TDA. The bummer is not just the physical appearance, daily cleaning service and more lavish furnishings, it's the coffee and drink service. Park break areas are lucky to have running water, as many don't. But TDA break areas have the full kitchen setup with the beverage service; decaf and regular coffee brewed routinely, filtered hot water with a big selection of tea, creamer, sugar, splenda, stir sticks, napkins, hot cocoa packets, all restocked and tidied up daily. It's like the Taj Mahal of break rooms and complimentary beverages back in TDA. None of that exists in the park break areas, anywhere. It would be nice to have a cup of coffee waiting for you if you had an opening shift, instead of going to Starbucks or McD's and paying for it on your way in. Little simple things really, and I don't mean to be a whiner, but it would make a big difference if the Park Cast was treated the same as the TDA Cast.

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