Re: What did Disney expect????

violann · ‎03-10-2010

@Mindy D wrote:
@Mersha wrote:
@sharlee wrote:
Well, there are reason the employees years ago nicknamed Disney "Mousewitz."

I do not understand your reply.

Can you clarify, please?
@Mersha @Pearlee @At first reading, I thought the poster was making some kind of anti Semitic remark so I looked into this. I found the post was just the opposite of this. It seems that working conditions at Disney have been so disliked by some of the workers that they have likened it to Auschwitz, so they nicknamed the place Mousewitz. They have also nicknamed its Duckau.

There are lots of things I read that I'm not a bit sensitive about. This isn't one of them.

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@Mindy D wrote:
@Mersha wrote:
@sharlee wrote:
Well, there are reason the employees years ago nicknamed Disney "Mousewitz."

I do not understand your reply.

Can you clarify, please?
@Mersha @Pearlee @At first reading, I thought the poster was making some kind of anti Semitic remark so I looked into this. I found the post was just the opposite of this. It seems that working conditions at Disney have been so disliked by some of the workers that they have likened it to Auschwitz, so they nicknamed the place Mousewitz. They have also nicknamed it Duckau.

I don't think it's appropriate to bring up this term that some cast members may use. It minimizes a horrific tragedy. Working for Disney may not be ideal or even acceptable, but it is nothing like being forced into a concentration camp and then murdered along with your family. If it's a joke, it's tasteless and not one to repeat.

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tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

@Mindy D wrote:
@Mersha wrote:
@sharlee wrote:
Well, there are reason the employees years ago nicknamed Disney "Mousewitz."

I do not understand your reply.

Can you clarify, please?
@Mersha @Pearlee @At first reading, I thought the poster was making some kind of anti Semitic remark so I looked into this. I found the post was just the opposite of this. It seems that working conditions at Disney have been so disliked by some of the workers that they have likened it to Auschwitz, so they nicknamed the place Mousewitz. They have also nicknamed it Duckau.

I find the above referenced names to be in extremely poor taste. There is no way that working at Disney could be an iota of resemblance to the holocaust.

If working there is SO terrible, I would look for another job. I am assuming that this isn't a new or post pandemic call out.

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Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@Johnnyeager wrote:
The inability to open Disneyland has led to the bulk of the fiscal stress.

Disney has been covering health benefits for most furloughed employees but can no longer do that financially.

The demand to visit the Florida operations, at reduced capacity, exists. Florida is not the primary financial problem.

Disney definitely needs to develop a better relationship with the powers that be in California. They are capable of it.

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

Employees are able to leave their jobs at Disney parks voluntarily if they don't like it there. Tragically that was not the case for prisoners at the concentration camps
mentioned in the "jokes."

spiderw · ‎06-14-2010

The only reason for me to ever visit Florida was to go to Disneyland and I loved every minute I spent there. I m truly sorry employees have to be furloughed as I am for everyone losing their jobs. This pandemic has been a complete strain on society and the worst being all the deaths which continue. Until the virus is gone the economy will suffer, common sense.

Opening up a state is risky and taking chances with lives . True leaders care and do what is right for the people, followers walk off cliffs if that is what is asked.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@spiderw wrote:
The only reason for me to ever visit Florida was to go to Disneyland and I loved every minute I spent there. I m truly sorry employees have to be furloughed as I am for everyone losing their jobs. This pandemic has been a complete strain on society and the worst being all the deaths which continue. Until the virus is gone the economy will suffer, common sense.
Opening up a state is risky and taking chances with lives . True leaders care and do what is right for the people, followers walk off cliffs if that is what is asked.

@spiderw, knowing your posts, I think that this last sentence may not reflect your meaning.

Followers who would walk off cliffs if asked would not generally be followers of true leaders who care and do what is right for the people.

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chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

They were hemorrhaging $$$ and they thought they could lure enough people in to staunch the flow. There are people who there who are from the land of denial or who would accept the risk. However, since they are now laying off a huge number of employees, that risk did not pay off.

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

Disney expected to max out their earnings to the extent of the law. Who could be surprised.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@AuntG

I don't understand why you thought "this situation" was going to end any time soon. Even with a vaccine, "this situation" will go into at least the last part of 2021 or the early months of 2022. That's always been the prediction for the esperts.