nataliesdaddy
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I read the miceage link from the previous posts - and well... even that has what appears to be conflicting stories in it... I won't get into it... and frankly I had no idea that Space Mountain there has been shut down and will be shuit down into the foreseeable future.
they do however elaborate on a phenomena I mentioned on another board one time. And that is how Disney is being run. Here is my diatribe.
I find it an utter travesty that Michael Eisner and his fellow scumbags have taken Walt Disney and his family's vision and *****d it beyond comprehension. Don't get me wrong I am a business man, profit is good, I don't even have a problem with being greedy and materialistic. But when those values cross the line and have a negative impact on business - well in my mind you are nothing short of a complete scumbag leach.
I noticed in our last trip that parts of WDW were in disrepair, others on the board have mentioned CM's seem to not be as happy, as helpful etc. This article points out maintanane was one area where Eisner and friends decided to save a little money. Then on top of that they lay off workers. Now I realize sometimes you have to lay off workers. But when you have just been paid 700 million dollars for one year as Eisner has... the first thing you do out of loyalty to the founder's vision, and loyalty to all those who depend on you is.... you pay yourself less.
Think about it, this scumbag is milking Disney for all he can. The company has shown sub par performance for years. He leveraged Assets the Disney Family made to acquire and build garbage with below median performance for over a decade. The bean counters, the short run bottom line to themselves - is what these guys bow to. Walts vision has been hijacked.
If Eisner the thief paid himself 50 million a year - no one at Disney would have needed to be laid off - maintanence staff could be kept fully staffed or even overstaffed. But no - they cut costs elsewhere and pay themselves more even though their build out of assets is an abominable failure. Imagine - if Disney had 500,000 employees each one could have a 1400 dollar raise without Eisners leaching off the company. With 250,000 employees 2800. With the 112,000 employees as stated in financials that is a raise of over 6000 dollars per employee. People visiting the parks would be greated by mighty happy CMs, if not somewhat Giddy CMs.
Taking such a wondeful vision as Disney's and leveraging for ones own egocentric goals, while allowing that original vision to become secondary to ones own paycheck is...well its disgusting. It is the vision that created the asset and its opportunities in the first place. Putting money and self interest ahead of that vision often destroys the very thing that makes the money in the fiorst place. Very short sighted.
It wasn't Disney, it wasn't the maintenance workers, It was Michael Eisner that made this accident.
they do however elaborate on a phenomena I mentioned on another board one time. And that is how Disney is being run. Here is my diatribe.
I find it an utter travesty that Michael Eisner and his fellow scumbags have taken Walt Disney and his family's vision and *****d it beyond comprehension. Don't get me wrong I am a business man, profit is good, I don't even have a problem with being greedy and materialistic. But when those values cross the line and have a negative impact on business - well in my mind you are nothing short of a complete scumbag leach.
I noticed in our last trip that parts of WDW were in disrepair, others on the board have mentioned CM's seem to not be as happy, as helpful etc. This article points out maintanane was one area where Eisner and friends decided to save a little money. Then on top of that they lay off workers. Now I realize sometimes you have to lay off workers. But when you have just been paid 700 million dollars for one year as Eisner has... the first thing you do out of loyalty to the founder's vision, and loyalty to all those who depend on you is.... you pay yourself less.
Think about it, this scumbag is milking Disney for all he can. The company has shown sub par performance for years. He leveraged Assets the Disney Family made to acquire and build garbage with below median performance for over a decade. The bean counters, the short run bottom line to themselves - is what these guys bow to. Walts vision has been hijacked.
If Eisner the thief paid himself 50 million a year - no one at Disney would have needed to be laid off - maintanence staff could be kept fully staffed or even overstaffed. But no - they cut costs elsewhere and pay themselves more even though their build out of assets is an abominable failure. Imagine - if Disney had 500,000 employees each one could have a 1400 dollar raise without Eisners leaching off the company. With 250,000 employees 2800. With the 112,000 employees as stated in financials that is a raise of over 6000 dollars per employee. People visiting the parks would be greated by mighty happy CMs, if not somewhat Giddy CMs.
Taking such a wondeful vision as Disney's and leveraging for ones own egocentric goals, while allowing that original vision to become secondary to ones own paycheck is...well its disgusting. It is the vision that created the asset and its opportunities in the first place. Putting money and self interest ahead of that vision often destroys the very thing that makes the money in the fiorst place. Very short sighted.
It wasn't Disney, it wasn't the maintenance workers, It was Michael Eisner that made this accident.
