Disneyland Full Time students?

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Post by Scream162 » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:40 pm

Yes... newhire rate is $7.83 right now.


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Post by Zazu » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:08 pm

Scream162 wrote:Yes... newhire rate is $7.83 right now.
Damn, I'm on the wrong coast! I've been there five years now and don't make that.

Of course, I had 28 years experience as a railroad conductor before I started with Disney, so that's helped... I guess....


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Post by Scream162 » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:39 pm

Well cost of living here is way higher, so that's why we are paid more.

Edit: My one year at DLR is today so now my wage is $8.23. :D


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Post by abc » Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:51 pm

^^Five completed years at disneyland would land you a rate of $10.74, varying a few cents between the depts that share the common contract (pretty much everything but entertainment and food and guest relations). Then your raises stop and you just get cost of living raises or lead premium ($1 over the 5 year completed rate, $11.74, no matter if you've worked there 1 or 5 years).



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Post by lovethefuzzies » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:58 am

The starting rate for my dept is 8.60



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Post by IndyBob » Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:48 am

Damn, I feel shafted. I started out at 7.21, but now Im at 10.86 with only the cost of living increase to look forward to next march. A whole 3% which will put me at 11.21. Yea, that what I get for 6 years of service. I really need to leave.


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Post by aliceindisguse » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:31 pm

Scream162 wrote:Edit: My one year at DLR is today so now my wage is $8.23. :D
congrats!!!! yippee we have the same senority date!!!! yeah for raises!!! 11/8 was a great day!!


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Post by Jessica Rabbit » Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:21 pm

hold up, I was making 9.50 an hour when I left and I was only there two years.


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Post by SpaceRanger » Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:03 pm

Jessica Rabbit wrote:Dont do it, I just had to quit because my old dept. (stores) never gave me the time I needed for classes. And always tried to make me work when I had class. The park's needs come before your education, that it the mind set of the park. I loved working at Disneyland more than any place I have ever worked at and prb. ever will work at, but it just blows that they cant work with you.
I'm about ready to quit for the exact same reason... they schedule you when you know you have class, and you go to talk to them about it and they expect you to just call in if you really feel that school's more important than them. :roll:


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Re: Disneyland Full Time students?

Post by screnwriter » Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:18 pm

kirbaay wrote:As i said in a previous topic about how i am going to (hopefully) move to cali and go to school while working at Disneyland. I was just wondering if you college students work full time at disneyland (which seems really hard) or is it just part-time. Cause if i were to move down i need to figure out finacial... things. If it is mostly part time, how many hours do you work on average? and i know many people hate to answer this question but, how much would a cast member get paid starting out? this info would help a lot to figure out what to do with my life, and to persuade my parents that I can live on my own. Thanks for the answers in advance!
You can manage. I've worked, gone to school AND held down a Disney Job. Depending on what your school shedule is, and/or is likely to be, you might look into different areas, such as parades and shows, because you get regularly scheduled hours there. Or if flexible is better, any other area of the park can work out well.

Be sure to become good buds with the schedulers - they're the people who can switch shifts for you when you're scheduled against your availability (which happens a lot).



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