I think a lot of restaurants and theme parks host employees and families for soft openings? No? It helps train the staff with "real" guests and is a perk for the employees.
As for the picture of the employee (if they are an employee) crying because she can't afford it.....welcome to a very large demographic of people?
Being an employee of a company doesn't mean you automatically get all the perks. WDW employees get to do a lot of the things first. We don't know for sure that NONE of the employees got to experience Star Cruiser.
I'm thinking that was some random photo she pulled from somewhere and it's not her.
But yeah, I agree with you. Just because we work someplace, doesn't mean we "deserve" to get free products / services they offer though I DO understand her and
@bakerbetty 's point that these "nobody" stupid-ass vloggers who contribute very little to society beyond sticking a camera in their face and uploading get first dibs these days on all sorts of things...but, it is what it is for now, unfortunately.
A lot of the stuff Disney did for employees was kept pretty quiet and, like I said, was different for different departments. I can say, hands down, I got the most perks working for Disney of any employer I ever had. And I worked for some big employers in the past - both public- and private-sector. I actually had awesome management, great CMs, etc. But I also had a slew of
crappy guests too and it helped that when I was employed by Disney, I had already had about 8 years of working in customer service at a management level in fast food under my belt so I knew how to handle them w/out getting flustered or truly upset (like this OP seems to be). Assholes will be assholes, and there will always be assholes. No matter the job or the pay.
I'm thinking this OP is a 20-something who had unrealistic visions / ideas of what it was like to work for Disney and at the end of the day, it's a business and if you're not in management or get cast into a better role, you may end up not liking what you're doing but there's still so many opportunities to move around and / or up in the company - promoting internally or doing lateral moves, that it's not like you're stuck.
Don't get me wrong, I still don't recognize (using the term loosely) my former employer in so many ways these days, but sometimes an employer may just not be the right fit for someone. It happens.
Kyle's the last person I'd expect to make an FRE video though, he and Mary seem like pretty much polar opposites of the Slackers imo
) and Disney never doled out free stays for CMs (but we got pretty good discounts and stuff) BUT yeah, sadly it's the nature of the beast at this point with these damn influencers and how companies think they're so important to throw tit at for free.
I avoid bathrooms at quickmart type places even when there isn't a pandemic. Get your prostate checked Dim!
