College Program starts back in June

[Grumpy and Grandma 740]

From FOX 35

Great news for college students who love Disney!

Disney has announced that the Disney College Program is returning in June.

Those students whose programs ended early or were suspended last year due to COVID-19 are being asked to reapply.

Disney said it has simplified its application process and modified its eligibility requirement so many who have already graduated can still apply

 

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/disney-world-to-bring-back-disney-college-program-starting-in-june

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This is not great news for anyone. 

Note this key sentence: “Those students whose programs ended early or were suspended last year due to COVID-19 are being asked to reapply.”

There are at least 20 former castmembers who worked in management positions for the DCP (about 80% of the management crew) who were canned by Disney who have not been rehired- or even been contacted with the prospect of being rehired.  I know one of them personally.  They also have not rehired 100+ other CM’s who worked screening and training the applicants.

What they do have is a few thousand college kids who made the DCP cut but got sent home early or told not to come last year.  They were already interviewed and screened for employment and hired.  Those are the only kids who might be allowed to come back. Disney wants a few hundred of them to come and bust their humps all summer because they can pay them less than the regular castmembers that they are choosing not to rehire. Those kids won’t get some of the perks that DCP kids used to get like special events and parties because everyone in that department got fired too.

Great news for shareholders.  Not even close to good news for anyone else.

TCD

 

[Grumpy and Grandma 740]

On 5/10/2021 at 12:58 PM, Tri-Circle-D said:

Those kids won’t get some of the perks that DCP kids used to get like special events and parties because everyone in that department got fired too.

TCD

Special events CM call backs started in Feb/Mar and they are again booking Parties and other events from what we've heard.

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1 hour ago, Grumpy and Grandma said:

Special events CM call backs started in Feb/Mar and they are again booking Parties and other events from what we've heard.

But the CM’s who coordinated these events for the DCP have not been rehired.

I have no doubt that Disney management will be deploying the Special Event CM’s to staff dessert parties and other cash grabs as soon as they possibly can, but that’s all separate from DCP.  

TCD