Disney Announces Big Changes To Parks

[lockedoutlogic]

For the time I was a cast member and Lee was working at WDW, he was great with the cast. I can't say much about his business decisions, but he was one of the only execs that made it a point to wander the parks and resorts and find out what was important to the CMs.

On the few occasions where i had dealings with Al (including a "company sponsored" Christmas party at his house for local politicians where i worked valet), he was condescending to the cast members and didn't seem to care at all about their working conditions or happiness.

the word on the street, behind the costume, outside of the polyester was that lee cockerell was great to the face of the rank and file (not to be discounted...that's important)...but was just as onboard with the breaking of the workforce and eliminating specilization (which is exactly what Michael and the Boys did systematically from shortly into his tenure until the end and continuing through Bobby) as anybody else...weiss included.

people opine all the time about the diminishing quality, appearance, and standards....

that IS the reason...the eliminating of ANYTHING that made an hourly worker special or valuable...be it pay, supervisory roles, or the fact that it is standard practices at every wdw site is to imply that you are completely replaceable (and thanks to the policies...you are)

so with all due respect to lee...he knows full well that things were worse when he left it than when he got it. new rides and shows aside