⭐️ The Walt Disney Company Skillbridge review
⭐️ Rating 3.0 / 5
Review by anonymous:
Within Disney, as skillbridge, you are not an intern, nor are you a full cast member. You are a fellow. This makes a huge difference as you are not invited to participate in the same perks and cool things an intern gets to do, you are also not supplied with living arrangements, park passes, or anything else an intern gets to enjoy. Interns get paid, and also get free passes, while you will “work” for free, and have to beg for a park pass to actually enjoy seeing what you are working for. Sometimes, depending on your line of business, you might get to enjoy the park after hours, by yourself. This means you will get to walk around…
This organization fails to understand the leadership qualities and amount of experience members who come in with 20 years of military service brings. I was assigned to a role where I spent most of my time “back stage” and spent a lot of time doing “meet and greets” with other hiring managers. I came in with the hope and anticipation that my experience as a senior enlisted member with experience as an Air Force first sergeant, squadron superintendent, and aviation specialist, with a bachelors degree in homeland security and infrastructure protection would translate easily into their security section, or a leadership position. Instead, I constantly got the “but you don’t have Disney experience” excuse. I walked in with my PMP, and other certifications with security experience, and all I got was an offer to either be a uniformed security guard, or a night shift mechanic. Each position paying less than $65K annually.
The area directly around and within a comfortable driving distance from the parks requires an income of close to 95K just to survive.
My direct leadership was incredible and extremely welcoming. They understood the need for me to meet with multiple people and explained my first job was to conduct meet and greets, and apply/interview for positions. After 4 months, I ultimately ended up applying for a job out of the state and accepted the position with a pay of $125K, conducting security and infrastructure protection.
This was a great position to get to vacation in Florida for a couple months. But there wasn’t really any marketable skills gained from doing this position or growth of any known experiences from the military.
In retrospect, I wish I would have tried to accomplish this with HoH, but their timeline didn’t match up with mine. I also know that everyone that did HoH was not selected for a role.
If you want a chance at getting a low salary job in a really high cost of living area, this is the perfect skillbridge for you!
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