Comments on: Ex-Jack Sparrow Walk-Around Character tells all

By: Ken Pellman

Ken Pellman — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:03:57 +0000

Disney’s attendence policies are extremely lenient. They may have changed recently, but there was a time when a cast member could call in sick for four straight shifts without a doctor’s note about once a month for a year before consequences (besides either having to use sick time or go without pay) started kicking in – and that was only if they enforce the rules.

Still, people would get fired for their attendence. But they had to be really, really bad about showing up, and they’d only get fired after all of the other progressive discipline (warnings, suspensions, etc.)

By: meg

meg — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:40:35 +0000

I think people are being a little harsh on this guy – he’s perfectly entitled to think Disney are a bunch of anal lawsuit-fearing elitists. And I (an annual passholder) tend to agree.

By: Richard McDuff

Richard McDuff — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:56:28 +0000

It is very interesting how important this person thinks he is. Disney takes everything seriously, that is why they are so successful. They create strict rules to protect their image.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:45:31 +0000

Wow, I was a little shocked at the part where he said that if he called in sick, he had three points taken off. What? He doesn’t even get one sick day? That seems a little harsh.

By: Ken Grashoff

Ken Grashoff — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:47:47 +0000

Interesting read that I actually enjoyed.

I always laugh about Disney employees complaining about the point system. Three lates or absences in a month get you written up at my company. Pretty simple.

By: largelyignored

largelyignored — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:08:05 +0000

Ugh, the backstabbing in that story is completely off-putting.

Some weasel going to the guy’s private myspace page, printing a pic out and turning it into management? What a sad little life they must lead.

By: Charles Canzoneri

Charles Canzoneri — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:47:20 +0000

Wow, was this Spencer from “The Hills”. Sadly, I live in Hollywood and these self-important idiots are all too common. Even now, he’s clearly proud with hot cool he thinks he is. He deserved to get fired 100 times over. The rules are there for a reason, they help create the show that Disney wants to put on. Are we supposed to be impressed that he had an Ariel girlfriend and women hit on him cause they have Sparrow/Depp fabtasies?
Get Over Yourself!

Signed,
“Weird” Annual Passholder

By: GoofyGator

GoofyGator — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:16:38 +0000

Seems like a complete self-absorbed jerk!

By: Whit

Whit — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:12:55 +0000

That’s pretty interesting. It’s hard to read an account like that because you find yourself agreeing with the writer concerning rules and management, but then you realize that those rules and the way they are enforced are what sets Disney parks apart from others.

It would be tough.