It kinda feels like Iger has a habit of setting up his successor to do the dirty work that's gonna piss everyone off.
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GuyWithLag4 days ago
+5
Nah that's modus operandi for all CEOs
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NasaHoodiee4 days ago
+1
New CEO for the company laid me and others for eliminating our roles. Heard that one.
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Ripclawe4 days ago
+25
Everyone saw this coming, why the WGA got that deal done.
After awards season, all layoffs start.
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ai_art_is_art4 days ago
+7
The WGA is partially to blame for all the IATSE jobs going to the EU and UK. Their strike was too long and impacted all the downstream workers.
LA can't catch a break.
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+11
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whitingvo4 days ago
+7
That 8,000 was probably part of a larger cost savings. For discussion sake, Figuring an average of $100k/yr plus benefits, bonuses, and other compensation, those 8,000 alone would have saved the company about 1 to 1.5 billion. So there has to be other items in that 7.8 amount.
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streetmagix4 days ago
+1
A big part of it is office consolidation too. They had planned to move Imagineering wholesale to Florida from California (which was eventually scrapped) for instance. Things like that (assuming they went ahead) can save loads of money. Same with picking different filming locations.
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Chrono_Convoy4 days ago
+8
Wow, way to make the whole proletariat of the company despise you immediately.
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ai_art_is_art4 days ago
+2
This guy has already signaled he's going to turn Disney into UGC gaming. He's rumored to want to buy Epic Games.
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Single-Song74664 days ago
+7
At least the Disney shareholders will be OK. They’re the real victims after all
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