interesting ...

[pharmlivin]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-disney-jim-lewis-20111219,0,2087983.story

 

[Deb & Bill]

Interesting....to say the least. He must have had bigger lawyers than Disney. Jose Baez maybe??

 

[SmilingGrump]

It's been my experience that the reason people get hired back as consultants after being fired is because they have either been dismissed without cause or they have some dirt on someone ...

 

[LPnerd]

It's been my experience that the reason people get hired back as consultants after being fired is because they have either been dismissed without cause or they have some dirt on someone ...

shady deals ??? at Disney??? I thought Eisner was gone??? This is totally a settlement, this guy did a great job, got a huge raise and then what, a month or so later got fired??? He was either a fall guy, or they jumped the gun and fired him before they had all the facts. all the money men involved with these projects and you wanna tell me they undersold and set the dues to low and no one noticed??? What is this , the US house of reps?" ROFL.
THis guy did as told, the feds caught a whif of something and he took the hit. then, he got this. Pretty good story? Wish I had the facts but I do know this low ball on the dues was not a secret or a goof.
I love the idea of Disney, the dream of it returning to it's former glory. Not holding my breath...

 

[Sammie]

Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

 

[ajf1007]

Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

So true Sammie!!

 

[BUDDYBEAR]

so true

 

[JimMIA]

It's been my experience that the reason people get hired back as consultants after being fired is because they have either been dismissed without cause or they have some dirt on someone ...

My experience has been that when companies say someone, "...has 'agreed to make himself available to us as a consultant,' it means the person asked for some continuing role and the company said NO.

 

[Snurk71]

Couple of comments...

1) There is a difference between "making himself available as a consultant" and having an actual paying consulting gig. The former could be a PC statement.

2) It wouldn't be unusual for someone in Lewis' position to have an agreed upon severance package before everything went down. I've seen packages administered/paid out over time instead of in lump, and the person was paid out over time and remained "under contract" - so they couldn't do any damage or risk the payout.

3) Often times there is a little give and take to a termination/severance in order to get a full sign off of a release for future claims. Even if you feel you're in good position as the company, it can be worth a smaller payment to make sure the problem goes away without incidence (just negotiated one of these myself for my company a couple months ago).