I appreciate your well earned sentiment. In my 11 years working at The Anaheim Theme Park, I saw Walt’s Masterpiece Legacy tarnished by folks who weren’t worthy of shining his shoes. Both of our perspectives are valid, we probably saw two different sides of the same coin. Thanks.
I know what you’re talking about. Disney attracts more than its fair share of untalented grifters. (Hi, Jeffrey Katzenberg!)
And they are chiselers, there’s no doubt about it. They lowball vendors to death, knowing companies will take a loss just to get into business with Disney. When I worked there, they had their own rules about overtime — i.e., they didn’t “believe” in paying overtime. Um, the state of California disagreed. People filed labor lawsuits, Disney paid the fines but admitted no wrongdoing — and next week, it was business as usual.
But... still. I got more out of it than it cost me. There really was something magic about being part of it all.
Am looking forward to that small-minded placeholder, Iger, retiring. Hoping they hand the whole works over to Lasseter.