otheraccount
Earning My Ears
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- Jan 23, 2020
Hi guys,
I'm a longtime DISser, but wanting to go incognito for this question. Not sure where to put it, so mods please feel free to move.
I'm being recruited by Disney. I'd rather not reveal the role, but it is on the corporate side and non-parks. My initial impression is that the role has very little interaction with the parks. I've never seriously thought to work for them because I always wanted to separate my happy place from my work place, for fear that if too much of my "work" is wrapped up in Disney, I would never enjoy another trip in the same way I do today. Such a silly reason to drive a career decision, right? I think a lot would depend on other factors: work life balance, comp, benefits, etc and still early in the process, but need to start questioning these things internally.
I saw that other thread on "if you love what you do, it's not work" or whatever the wording was. I'm not a big believer in that - I wish I could believe it, but I just don't. I am very happy where I am today, but nothing is perfect and some things drive me crazy. I imagine some things would (of course) drive me crazy at Disney...so will I not want to go to the parks anymore as a result of getting too wrapped up in work? As I type this out, I see how silly I am being, but I really want to post the question for others.
Have others been in a similar position? Any thoughts on this? Thanks so much!
I'm a longtime DISser, but wanting to go incognito for this question. Not sure where to put it, so mods please feel free to move.
I'm being recruited by Disney. I'd rather not reveal the role, but it is on the corporate side and non-parks. My initial impression is that the role has very little interaction with the parks. I've never seriously thought to work for them because I always wanted to separate my happy place from my work place, for fear that if too much of my "work" is wrapped up in Disney, I would never enjoy another trip in the same way I do today. Such a silly reason to drive a career decision, right? I think a lot would depend on other factors: work life balance, comp, benefits, etc and still early in the process, but need to start questioning these things internally.
I saw that other thread on "if you love what you do, it's not work" or whatever the wording was. I'm not a big believer in that - I wish I could believe it, but I just don't. I am very happy where I am today, but nothing is perfect and some things drive me crazy. I imagine some things would (of course) drive me crazy at Disney...so will I not want to go to the parks anymore as a result of getting too wrapped up in work? As I type this out, I see how silly I am being, but I really want to post the question for others.
Have others been in a similar position? Any thoughts on this? Thanks so much!