#13: One Day At Disney is a Disney Shorts series that features individuals and the various jobs and careers they have with Disney Corporation. Stef and Ariel highlight these stories, and their own, with the belief that diversity in skills and networking instead, of just longevity, are what create personal fulfillment.

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Stefanie Bautista 0:11
Hello, everyone, welcome to the Happiest Pod On Earth. I’m Stephanie.

Ariel Landrum 0:14
And I’m Ariel.

Stefanie Bautista 0:16
And we are Disney fans. But we are really so much more than that.

Ariel Landrum 0:20
This place. This Happiest Pod On Earth is where we dissect Disney mediums with a critical lens.

Yep, exactly.

Stefanie Bautista 0:27
And what are we breaking down today Ariel?

Ariel Landrum 0:30
We are going to talk specifically about jobs. I was actually reading an article this morning from The Wall Street Journal called “Forget Going Back to the Office-People Are Just Wuitting Instead.”

Stefanie Bautista 0:44
Hmm.

Ariel Landrum 0:45
Yeah, very good, good title. You know, if you want you it’s if you want some clickbait that’s, that’s it right there, right.

Stefanie Bautista 0:52
Clickbait with a little bit of info. Actual info.

Ariel Landrum 0:55
Actual info. So it was really interesting reading this article, which is behind a paywall. But I think you’re allowed to read like one Wall Street Journal article a day for free or something like that. So I was able to read it on my phone. And a specific talent consultant in the article name, Steve Catagen. We will say that they’ll totally prounce it unless someone corrects me. He, he said that previously, security was stationary. And a new job security now means that you’re more on the move, the more that someone moves, the more famous they are and the bigger their network is. And the closer they get to essentially using the movement as a career buffet to find out what they really want and how to get the best pay. The article really talks about how the pandemic has shifted things for individuals not only wanting more separation, and fluidity when it comes to work, home life balance. But he also talked about how people are really seeing that diversity in their skill base and in their their job hunting and in the way that they they navigate and work, work has been more rewarding.

Interesting. Interesting.

Stefanie Bautista 2:14
Yeah.

Ariel Landrum 2:15
Yeah. And it’s really it’s really resting because it’s it’s doing this versus of like the idea that some longevity means you’re not reliable versus that it means whereas instead, having more fluidity makes you a more experienced.

Stefanie Bautista 2:33
Oh, that’s very interesting. And you’re all probably wondering, what the heck does this have to do with Disney? Obviously, Disney is a big reflection of our real life lives that we portray a little bit more fantastical sometimes.

Ariel Landrum 2:47
Yeah.

Stefanie Bautista 2:47
But the reason why we wanted to talk about this is because on Disney+, there is a series of little shorts called “One Day at Disney.” And it describes the different jobs that people have at Disney and like what Ariel says, kind of can add to your ‘career buffet’ of sorts. I’ve never heard that term before, but now I’m probably going to use it forever. buffet as in, there’s a lot of different jobs out there. And I think for us mainly growing up, I guess you could say as Millennials…

Ariel Landrum 3:17
Hmmhm

Stefanie Bautista 3:18
We were taught to pick a career, one of the big I guess, 5, be a doctor, be a teacher, be a, you know, somebody who works in the hospital, at least be a lawyer.

Ariel Landrum 3:30
This also may be like more Asian parents.

Stefanie Bautista 3:33
Yeah, perpesctive.

Ariel Landrum 3:33
Toting some of those jobs. But…

Stefanie Bautista 3:36
But I think many of you who might, you know, have been born somewhere in the late 80s or early 90s can relate to this notion that you need to be able to hold down one job and pick it at an early age and kind of stick to that. And there are certain I guess you could say tropes of that reflected in many classic Disney movies. Following your dreams, of course, very positive, but also it doesn’t show that there’s there’s something to learn about trying new things, different things. And I think maybe many of the newer Disney movies are reflecting that. I, I think of “Soul.”

Ariel Landrum 4:15
Yes.

Stefanie Bautista 4:15
And how you know, his journey from being a jazz artist, but then also kind of stepping back and figuring out exactly what he wanted to be because, you know, he had this dream that he never really quite achieved. I know super spoiler alert. And he’s a jazz music teacher which is just as fulfilling as you know being a musician on stage. So watching those 7 minute shorts, and if you guys have any just extra time to see behind the scenes Disney stuff. I know a lot of you guys are fans of that. You will love the “Imagineering Story” like us. One day at Disney kind of brings it to the forefront of how workers are making the magic now. Not super now because of the pandemic but definitely updated. So if you’re familiar with the parks, if you’re familiar with Imagineering, you’ll love seeing these 7 minute clips of real life people describing their real life jobs and how much they love working at Disney.

Ariel Landrum 4:15
Yeah, I think and it really this article, and then just watching some of the narratives of different people, these, these jobs in the Disney shorts. It’s interesting how you could see it as like, some of these people were flighty. Something we say Millennials are that they’re inexperienced, or that they’re not reliable. And in reality, it was the networking, the variety and skill building and the desire for personal development that created career development, just like this article is saying is what drove a good chunk of these different individuals, real people, to find some of the the careers and path they were going for. And a lot of them it was, you know, taking a variety of odd jobs, I would say, or, or just taking a risk, just just trying something different that got them to this, this dream job. This this dream opportunity that has been satisfying.

Stefanie Bautista 6:15
Exactly. And on top of that, I think it’s really interesting how people tell us that, you know, you need to stay at one place in order to gain experience, but how do you gain experience when you’re having the same experience every single day.

Ariel Landrum 6:29
Yes.

Stefanie Bautista 6:29
And I think seeing the journeys of some of these cast members at the park and some of these animators and the way that they’ve navigated, landing, a job at Disney is so different. Every single one is vastly different from the others. And they go through the same things that we are. You know, choosing our job has to fit in, or maybe vice versa with our lifestyles and the way that we decide to grow our families. And, you know, it’s it’s very insightful for a very short amount of time, it’s only 7 minutes. But there’s a lot to take away from it. And I think that’s what’s so great about this series.

Ariel Landrum 7:05
Yeah, sp...