Rae 86 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 ORLANDO, Fla. — The employees who kept the data systems humming in the vast Walt Disney fantasy fief did not suspect trouble when they were suddenly summoned to meetings with their boss.While families rode the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and searched for Nemo on clamobiles in the theme parks, these workers monitored computers in industrial buildings nearby, making sure millions of Walt Disney World ticket sales, store purchases and hotel reservations went through without a hitch. Some were performing so well that they thought they had been called in for bonuses.Instead, about 250 Disney employees were told in late October that they would be laid off. Many of their jobs were transferred to immigrants on temporary visas for highly skilled technical workers, who were brought in by an outsourcing firm based in India. Over the next three months, some Disney employees were required to train their replacements to do the jobs they had lost.“I just couldn’t believe they could fly people in to sit at our desks and take over our jobs exactly,” said one former worker, an American in his 40s who remains unemployed since his last day at Disney on Jan. 30. “It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job. I still can’t grasp it.”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.htmlFull Article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity 7,821 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I ran in here thinking Poor Alecia fell See talent here-->http://bit.ly/2eqeUxK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity 7,821 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Oh no it must have been hurtful to be able to lose their jobs in such a wayHope they'll have secured futures See talent here-->http://bit.ly/2eqeUxK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Computer 10,980 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 My life 💚💛💕❣⭕💢💢 | ⓜⓔⓡⓡⓨ ©ⓗⓡⓘⓢⓣⓜⓐⓢ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Poor ex-employees. "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTPOPdidntflop 3,987 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 scary how every company, even one that represents children's media; eventually boils down to be some big money making corporation #ConspiracyGa Gaga x Nicki x Azealia x Ariana x Kesha x Bey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveandMagic 1,731 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 How horrible! Does hard work and loyalty to a company mean nothing anymore? These people worked hard and did their job very well. They earned their pay. Disney is a BILLION dollar company, and unlikely to go bankrupt any time soon. How much money will be enough? Just repeat to yourself, "It's just a show. I should really just relax." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae 86 Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 scary how every company, even one that represents children's media; eventually boils down to be some big money making corporation #ConspiracyGa How horrible! Does hard work and loyalty to a company mean nothing anymore? These people worked hard and did their job very well. They earned their pay. Disney is a BILLION dollar company, and unlikely to go bankrupt any time soon. How much money will be enough? Just how I felt about this. They must of had it hushed, hushed, because the media just now got hold of the story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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