Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad >>>The economy is in the tank. This is no surprise and you can't blame them.<<< I know but I still hate to see it. Disney is our escape and you hate to think of anything bad ahppening there.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 Disney is a very top heavy company and the loss of that many directors shouldnt have any impact on what the guests see. I have said here before...there are more levels in mgmt at Disney than at any other company I have worked for. So much so that there are depts that interface with mine that I have never heard of.
Originally Posted By Disneydanny I hope Phil Holmes goes he's done NOTHING at MK. they NEED to keep Jim MacPhee at Epcot. I can't say enough good things about him
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I can't get into this but>> You will anyway ... and that's why we likes ya! <<just to clarify - it isn't specifically 200 jobs from WDI.>> That's good. Without them who would build Shanghai DL ... 'fix' DCA ... and continue to add underwhelming crap to WDW? <<There are other WDP&R groups that are sited in Glendale now including the likes of Adventures by Disney.>> That's not a surprise. Considering the price points of Adventures, I'm wondering how viable that business will continue to be ... <<However a significant number of the cuts will be coming from full-time cast members at WDI.>> I'd love to see a list of names ... there's a few I'd love to check off my WDI: The Home Game check list! Hope Nick is treating you well!
Originally Posted By barboy ///the likes of Adventures by Disney/// Who was responsible for that utterly asinine offering? I find it particularly fitting when stupid ideas are greeted with closings/layoffs/downsizing.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I hate to hear stuff like this. These are people with lives who are losing their jobs.>> I don't. Disney has way too much bloat in the middle and upper levels ... people whose jobs exist for no good reason. Cuts there actually make sense. As to the people ... well, this is our little capitalist (socialist for the wealthy) little system we live under. People don't matter. The buck does. More importantly, Disney's price per share at 4 p.m. matters.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< More importantly, Disney's price per share at 4 p.m. matters. >>> What a WDW-centric view you have. At the original DL, as well as corporate HQ, everyone knows it's 1pm that's important to the share price.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I hope Phil Holmes goes he's done NOTHING at MK. they NEED to keep Jim MacPhee at Epcot. I can't say enough good things about him << I will venture a guess that those are the two Spirit was alluding to.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<I'd love to see a list of names ... there's a few I'd love to check off my WDI: The Home Game check list!>> Oh that's a big ditto. According to Mr. Hill's article today about the buy out offers, many of the execs being offered buy out packages are close to retirement age. In a place like WDI where the median age is reportedly 47 years, and where most if not all of the remaining "old school" Imagineers are now close to (or past) retirement age, it makes me wonder if this move will be the final nail in the coffin lid for the WDI oldtimers. Since DCA will be sucking down the overwhelming majority of the Anaheim development dollars over the next several years, I wonder how many Imagineers assigned to DL will be let go? Tony Baxter will be 62 in the near future. That's pretty close to retirement age. Has Tony been offered a buy out package, leemac?
Originally Posted By jkayjs <<there are more levels in mgmt at Disney than at any other company I have worked for.>> Come work in healthcare. We have positions that I'm pretty sure only exist to pick the noses of those above them. There is never a good time to lose your job. That being said paying someone 6 figures to show up is insane & I'ld be hard pressed to feel any sympathy. THX for sharing Spirit & BTW you owe me an email.
