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Topic: DLR Casting Center - No Longer Hiring?

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61	VanFrance2009 Sun 1/11/2009 8:55p	<<One reason Attractions Cast Members had more breaks is because they, unlike virtually any other Cast Members, take people's lives into their own hands all day long. That is also one reason why rotations developed--and, until CDS, Attractions CMs moved positions every 15-30 minutes (or more frequently). Just an observation--which may not need to have been made--I didn't read through all the posts. Sigh.>> This is an interesting theory. Here's mine. I believe that rotations developed because it was too hard to figure out how to give out breaks and lunches otherwise. I think rotations stayed in place for so long because the technology didn't exist to effectively deploy folks to their breaks and lunches. (and probably because the early leaders of the Park came from Attractions). The belief that attractions Cast Members need more breaks because they hold "people's lives in their hands" all day just doesn't hold water with me. Does the airline pilot get a break every 90 minutes? Does the surgeon get bumped out by another so she can stay fresh and alert? The Parking Lot Tram driver can run someone over if they are too tired. The Outdoor Vendor or the Sweeper could lose control of a stock cart or a trash cart and kill someone. The Attraction Cast Member is not alone in the Resort in maintaining the safety for guests. A rotational bump every 30 minutes and a break every two hours or so should allow anyone to stay fresh and alert throughout their day. I think the other thing to be aware of is that of the major incidents to happen in the last 10 years (and one month), none of them can be attributed to the completely fair and contractually obligated two breaks and a lunch in an 8 hour shift. VF
62	monorailblue Mon 1/12/2009 10:52a	Puh-leeze. Every other area in the park could figure out breaks and lunches, but Attractions couldn't possibly without a computer? What utter nonsense and rubbish. You think breaking Attractions CMs is harder than working breaks and lunches for--oh, I don't know--restaurant servers? Again, total rubbish, utter flim-flam and hysterical nonsense. Thank you for a comedic Monday.
63	SingleParkPassholder Mon 1/12/2009 1:29p	"Eight years, I guess. Look, I just don't think working at Disneyland is as good as a job they make it out to be. There is no "Disney Difference" and management and guests treat and pay the employees like crap. There are better jobs out there for first-time workers and/or people who need a part-time job while doing to school. And you definitely can't make a real living working at Disneyland." Well, good. I was afraid I wasn't giving your relentless criticism of Disney the proper credit and perspective it deserves. But since I wasn't giving it much, I was right all along. Thanks.
64	SpokkerJones Mon 1/12/2009 2:45p	"Well, good. I was afraid I wasn't giving your relentless criticism of Disney the proper credit and perspective it deserves. But since I wasn't giving it much, I was right all along. Thanks." I could have said anything and you would have still acted like an uptight twit.
65	lesmisfan Mon 1/12/2009 2:51p	honestly disney is a great company to work your way up if you know how to network. And there is a "disney difference", it might not come from higher wages but it comes in other forms, free admission, discounts on food and merchandise and hotels all around the disney universe, there are plenty of cast activities such as flashback, minnies moonlight madness which im hoping to do this year, the canoe races, there are plenty of opportunities to volunteer with the disney volunteers, the difference is there you just have to look. Like i said it doesn't come in the form of disney being one of the best payers like they used to me. I mean yeah the guy flipping burgers across the street is probably making more money than me who runs attractions!but then again, just to work in a place that walt disney believed in and making happy memories for all the guests out there is so much more meaningful than money, yes i realize to support myself i will have to get a better paying job sometime in the future and i hope that will still be with the disney company. I am still in school and we'll see what happens. but i know were to look for that disney difference and enjoy it.
66	SingleParkPassholder Mon 1/12/2009 5:07p	"I could have said anything and you would have still acted like an uptight twit." Hey, you never know. Thing is, I've been attending Disneyland since 1961, and have observed a thing or two about the place as well. No workplace is what it seems to the outside world. That's why it's called work. I've enjoyed reading the thoughtful essays of others here who can provide us with the benefit of years of experience on the inside. People and thigns change. Simply because it didn't go well for you in foods doesn't detract from the more positive experiences of others. Your constant sniping just hasn't seemed to add much here.
67	Westsider Mon 1/12/2009 5:22p	The Disney Difference is what you make of it. You can clock in, work, go home and collect a paycheck. Or you can clock in, work, do Canoe Races, join a volleyball league, join a DRG club, volunteer to help with charity events for Disney in your community, play basketball against your managers who aren't as young as they used to be, go on a CM trip to Tokyo or Paris, stay at the Polynesian for half off, enter the design-a-pin or design-a-tee contests, get a team of your friends to do Minnie's Moonlight Madness, sing and dance your heart out in front of 2,000 of your fellow CM's for charity in Flashback, check out free DVD systems to learn a foreign language, do sunrise yoga with your coworkers on Tom Sawyer Island before the park opens or do Boot Camp Fitness back at the parade building, pay a few bucks a week for a very comprehensive medical/dental/mental/vision insurance package, and help send care packages to our troops overseas at Christmas, and then go home and collect a paycheck. It's all up to you. Personally, I'm happy to cherry pick a couple things off the Disney Difference tree. But what I really wish they would do is make decent food in the Cast cafeterias again. They did it back in the 90's and it's not rocket science. But the slop they serve up now with mediocre to crummy service is just a real downer. Fix the food, spruce up the break rooms, and run more shuttles to K Lot and the place would be near perfect.
68	SpokkerJones Mon 1/12/2009 7:45p	"Simply because it didn't go well for you in foods doesn't detract from the more positive experiences of others." Did I say it didn't go well for me? I had good times AND bad times. I was satisfied with my work there but did end up getting a better job. That doesn't mean it didn't go well for me. It was, as I said, a typical experience with ups and downs. Posting my experience doesn't detract from the positive OR negative experiences of others. It's just as valid as anyone's story. You act like working at Disneyland is a bed of roses when the fact of the matter is that they demand a lot for what little pay and people eventually do get tired of it. Morale isn't what it used to be. That's why the average tenure of a cast member was once measured in years where today it's measured in months. Something had to give, and it did. If you don't like it, don't work there. I agree with that wholeheartedly, and so do many of the good cast members who have jumped ship in the past decade or so. "volunteer to help with charity events for Disney in your community," In some cases, cast members are the ones who need help paying their rent.
69	Westsider Mon 1/12/2009 9:28p	I don't know of a charity that helps pay peoples rent. But the Disney VoluntEARS do help with the OC childrens hospital, AIDS Walk, Boys & Girls Club of Anaheim, and the Multiple Sclerosis bike rally to San Diego, among other smaller events around SoCal. My personal favorite, and one I never tire reading about in The Line, is the charity that Disneyland Custodial CM's specifically donate to. The CM's go through the trash in sorting areas backstage as part of their duties sorting out all the recyclables that guests throw away. (There's a sorting station behind Splash Mountain, and it doesn't look like much fun.) At the end of the year the Custodial department donates all the money from the trash recyling to a guide dog training facility in north San Diego county that trains and donates trained guide dogs to people who need them but otherwise could not afford one. Disney cuts them a big, fat check each year, and the Custodial CM's go down to the center in their Disneyland Custodial department costumes with Pluto and hand over the check. It's really very cool, and the Custodial CM's get a big kick out of it. Bravo Disneyland Custodial! Seriously, just improve the cafeteria food and run more parking shuttles, and the battle would be nearly won for 2011 when the economy improves and unemployment declines again.
70	SingleParkPassholder Mon 1/12/2009 10:04p	"Did I say it didn't go well for me? I had good times AND bad times. I was satisfied with my work there but did end up getting a better job. That doesn't mean it didn't go well for me. It was, as I said, a typical experience with ups and downs." Then maybe you should take a step back and see yourself as others do. There's not one post you've made outside of this last one that would indicate you liked working there at all.

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