What are the best and worst jobs at Disney?
Working at The Walt Disney Company is a dream job for many people, but according to a new ranking of the best and worst jobs at Disney, not all roles are created equal.
Disney travel planning experts MagicGuides analyzed Glassdoor data for several factors, including job rating, the number of positive and negative recommendations, and the average salary, to rank the best and worst jobs at Disney.
“In 2023, the Walt Disney Company reported employing approximately 225,000 individuals globally,” said a MagicGuides spokesperson. “With such a vast workforce, spanning from those working within the resorts to office-based roles, there is a job opportunity for everyone at Disney, regardless of their skillset or interests.”
Highest-Rated Jobs at Disney
The study found that the highest-rated job at The Walt Disney Company is working as an intern, with a score of74.38 out of 100 and an average rating of 4.37 out of 5. Interns also had the third-highest positive view of Disney CEO Bob Iger and management behind architects and those working in procurement (buying and sourcing items for the company).
The second-best role at Disney is procurement, which scored 65.73 out of 100, had the second-best CEO approval, and was the fourth most likely to recommend working at Disney to a friend.
Coming in third are senior managers who rated working at Disney 3.94 out of five and scored 65.38 out of 100 in the study, and rounding out the top five highest-rated jobs at Disney are architects (64.64/100) and Cast Members who work in the legal department (61.28/100)
These are the ten best jobs at Disney:
Lowest-Rated Jobs at Disney
Many guest-facing roles rank in the bottom half of the list, but mechanics rank at the very bottom of the scale. On average, they rated working with Disney as 3.76 out of 5, for a total score of only 23.79 out of 100.
Cast Members working in Disney’s costume departments are the second least happy with their jobs (23.91/100) and have the lowest approval of how Disney is currently managed.
Scoring 28.67 out of 100, construction workers have the third lowest-rated job at Disney but are actually the least likely to see themselves working with Disney for a long time. Rounding out the bottom five are transportation (29.64/100) and guest service (32.57/100).
These are the ten worst jobs at Disney:
Best and Worst Disney Jobs
- Intern (74.38/100)
- Procurement (65.73/100)
- Senior Management (65.38/100)
- Architect (64.64/100)
- Legal (61.28/100)
- Account Management (60.71/100)
- Research (59.98/100)
- Working with Animals (59.40/100)
- Director (57.49/100)
- Finance (56.98/100)
- Animation (56.62/100)
- Human Resources (55.81/100)
- Analytics (54.65/100)
- Events (53.23/100)
- Medical (52.50/100)
- Artist (51.15/100)
- Education (50.75/100)
- College Program (50.02/100)
- Designer (49.11/100)
- Project Management (48.95/100)
- Software/IT (48.01/100)
- Manager (47.76/100)
- Marketing (46.76/100)
- E-Commerce (46.10/100)
- Maintenance (46.07/100)
- Sales (45.31/100)
- Operations (45.30/100)
- Engineering (45.23/100)
- Administrative Assistant (44.66/100)
- Quality Assurance (44.62/100)
- Technician (44.47/100)
- Performer (43.95/100)
- Content (41.81/100)
- Production (41.22/100)
- Hospitality (40.25/100)
- Merchandise (39.87/100)
- Administration (38.18/100)
- Logistics (37.25/100)
- Food (36.83/100)
- Security (36.09/100)
- Executive Assistant (33.62/100)
- Guest Service (32.57/100)
- Transportation (29.64/100)
- Construction (28.67/100)
- Costume (23.91/100)
- Mechanic (23.79/100)
Methodology
Data on job satisfaction was gathered from Glassdoor.com; job titles were then categorized into 48 different categories.
Factors including positive and negative recommendations (the number of people who would and wouldn’t recommend working for Disney); CEO approval (overall approval for Disney CEO Bob Iger and the company’s management style); the mean business outlook (how long employees see themselves working for Disney); and salary (the mean amount a role earns at Disney).
The study used job review tags like “Recommend,” “CEO approval,” and “Business Outlook” to assign values for “positive,” “negative,” “neutral,” or “na” (where “na” means the reviewer did not submit a score) to compile an index. Each factor was scored on a scale of 0 to 10, and the total score for all factors was calculated out of 100.
I’d suggest that the ‘cast’/employees that got to call us ‘Rebel Scum’ on the Star Wars rides at Hollywood Studios have the highest job satisfaction, if their apparent enjoyment was anything to go by last November.
That’s kinda rough that even senior managers won’t rate them a 4 out of 5.
In the 1980′ there used to be a National award named “Excellence in Business”. In order to get t award the company had have an extremely high rating from The Customers and the Employee’s. Disney won that award several years in a row! Those were the days, my friend!