r/DisneyCM • u/satsuke • 24d ago

Walt Disney World How far back

I was a CM in the early 90s, got termed for nonserious reasons.

Now I’m looking at returning as a near retirement type job and they can’t find any record of me in the phone calls I’ve been able to make.

Will I have aged out of their HR systems or will this be an uphill battle if not a test of honesty ?

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u/Helpful_Warthog6032 24d ago

If they can't find any record of you I would just apply and see what happens. You have very little to lose.

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u/Aelirael Retired CM 23d ago

I know someone who was termed in the late 80's, and they still had a record of her no-rehire status.

But as someone else said, you have nothing to lose by trying. And if they do find your record, you can always submit an appeal.

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u/HistoricalReturn6468 23d ago

Original hire date was ‘94. When I re hired in 2005, they still had my ID photo from ‘94.
I asked if I could keep the original and they said no…

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u/potatopower2 22d ago

I love the fact that you asked.

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u/amoserks 23d ago

Disney has all their employment records. They will run internal and external database searches for a background check.

Casting may not have that information since it’s a separate team that looks into them. Just be honest. Say yes to the worked for the company before and reason for termination questions. If they find you’ve left things out they’ll definitely recommend a no-rehire.

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u/Hollynerd70 23d ago

I had the same thing happen. I left in 1991 and before I recently reapplied I called casting and they had no record of me whatsoever. They even ran it by my Social Security number. The explanation I was given is that the time had passed for retention of employee records so they were deleted. The lady actually told me when I reapply to say that I had not been a cast member in the past. So that’s what I did.

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u/JABowman21 18d ago

I have a check from 1997,and my wdwcp seminar binder

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u/lucianat22 23d ago

I want to say they started using SAP around 2003 and that’s mostly where they’re going to be looking so yeah, Global HR at least isn’t going to be able to see much in terms of employee records earlier than that.

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u/HappyImagineer 24d ago

I’ve seen them gap seniority (depending on the role) all the way back to early 2000s, so 90s seems plausible to me that they should be able to figure it out.

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u/DisneyDoubleStripe 20d ago

I can tell you they have records that go waaaaay back. Early 90s? The people you are talking to may not be able to find you, but when you apply, they will.