I have relatives that worked and retired from disney.
Disney ( or The Mouse as they are called) are very frugal when it comes to employee pay except for top name movie talent, CEOs and high executives. Routine park employees make just slightly over min wage. But they do get free park admission. And by the way disney hires mostly part timers. Few people are hired for 8 hours a day. Entertainment staff are treated slightly better on contracts.
The notion that disney employees called cast members are well paid is incorrect. Newspaper stories hve been done showing that a number of employees sleep in their car at night because it is cheaper than commuting.
The story she tells of every employee having to rummage thru garbage cans for food is obviously nonsense however.
1980’s pay at Disneyland was little more than minimum wage.
Average 3rd shift employee (night cleaning crew, landscaping, maintenance) pay was 24.34 an hour in the last union documents. Average on stage cast (attractions, parade, crowd control, etc) is 23.22 an hour. Average gate & parking cast is 21.20 an hour. Average hourly pay worker hours per week was 36.7 hours for 3rd shift, stage cast & security/parking.
It ain’t the 1980’s anymore.