Posted on 04/30/2022 8:27:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Geoff Morrell, the chief corporate affairs officer who helped architect Disney’s public response to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, has decided to leave the company.
“After three months in this new role, it has become clear to me that for a number of reasons it is not the right fit,” Morrell said in a letter to his team that CNBC has obtained. “After talking this over with [Disney CEO] Bob [Chapek], I have decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities.”
Kristina Schake, who Disney hired earlier this month, will lead Disney’s communications efforts and report directly to Chapek. Schake will have “oversight for corporate and segment communications and continue to be our chief spokesperson,” Chapek said in a note to Disney staff obatined by CNBC.
Morrell’s three-month tenure has been rocky. He took the job after years as the chief spokesman for oil and energy giant BP. Prior to that, he was a White House correspondent at ABC News and chief spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
According to people who worked with him, Morrell set out to be more transparent with Disney’s communication than his predecessor, Zenia Mucha, who was known to closely guard Disney’s image.
After starting his job Jan. 24, Morrell guided Disney and Chapek to publicly explain why it hadn’t taken a public stand on Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, which barred some elementary school instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity. Chapek wrote a letter to staff on March 7 explaining why Disney hadn’t publicly made a statement condemning the legislation.
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Behead the messenger.
He may find his new job involves a glory hole.
"I want to spend more time with my family."
YOU’RE FIRED!!!!!!
I get a sore neck shaking my head at the thought of "woke-ass employees" being able to bully management like they do.
Keeerapp; if a bunch of employees would have tried anything like this on the last job I ran, the result would have been devastating...to the wokers.
Even with strong labor unions, this crap is not tolerated.
See: Red Bull
And Michael Jordan, a Democrat who famously said, "Republicans buy shoes, too."
They-somebody decided to call HB1557 Parental Rights in Education the Don’t Say Gay law. Republicans responded by calling it the Anti-Groomer law. Demononicrats really hated that. Methinks it is because a lot of complainers are really groomers/pedos.
That guy probably got such a swift stern kick, that he may beat Musk to Mars.
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