Posted on 07/19/2019 5:58:49 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As an heiress to the Disney fortune, anything Abigail Disney says about the brand beloved by millions worldwide garners attention.
And she’s calling out Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger for his nearly $66 million yearly salary, saying he isn’t doing enough to rectify the huge gap between his own earnings and that of other Disney workers.
“Bob needs to understand he's an employee, just the same as the people scrubbing gum off the sidewalk are employees,” Disney said during an interview with the Yahoo News show Through Her Eyes.
“And they're entitled to all the same dignity and human rights that he is.”
Iger’s pay check last year was more than 1000 times what the median Disney employee made in 2018, according to Equilar.
To understand the grievances of Walt Disney Co. employees, Abigail Disney said she recently went undercover to Disneyland after receiving a Facebook message from a distressed worker.
She said what she found at The Happiest Place on Earth was a façade that was about to crack from the pressure of making ends meet.
“Every single one of these people I talked to were saying: ‘I don't know how I can maintain this face of joy and warmth when I have to go home and forage for food in other people's garbage’,” she recalled, adding that this was not the work environment her grandfather Roy O. Disney sought out to create.
“I was so livid when I came out of there because, you know, my grandfather taught me to revere these people that take your tickets, that pour your soda,” she continued.
“Those people are much of the recipe for success.”
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Walt would be crying if he saw where they have taken his beloved company.
So would Roy, I presume.
another left wing hypocrite whose money was earned by inheritance...
in April she was on CNBC wailing Iger was paid too much (i am no fan of Iger) and how all CEO’s make too much money and the money could be used for infrastructure, etc...
the host from CNBC turned to her and said, “you’re really rich- why don’t you write a big check?”...she then did nothing but give excuses why she wouldn’t write a big check from her own stash to fund things she believes in...
Leftists destroy everything...including Disney. Disney is dead to my family. Sorry Walt. The world has changed and his beloved Disney was forced to be ‘woke’ and in short order was destroyed.
JoMa
Going undercover? More a union stunt which is still smarting from having to close a contract negotiation phase for their members to get the $1,000 bonus from Trump’s tax cuts.
My niece just bought a new Tesla and has been part of stage cast there for decades.
Yes, it can be hard on new hires; the union forces it for stage cast. After all, if a new hire came on with a pay equal to their members who have years in service, what would be the point of paying all those union dues?
And of course, the latest fight is over paying an additional $25 a month for family health coverage, the cost of the union preferred plan having gone up $225 per month for family plans.
I’m no fan of Iger, so I’ll just say that it’s the board’s business if they think he adds that much value to the company. But “foraging for garbage”? Really? They have a lot of turnover so surely there are former employees willing to go on the record as to whether this is happening and why
“Bob needs to understand he’s an employee, just the same as the people scrubbing gum off the sidewalk are employees,”
FACT- you cannot buy gum in any Disney park, for just this specific reason...
I was at Disneyland two years ago. Still one of the happiest places, these folks deserve some more off the top.
It’s just a Micky Mouse operation... Mickys a Rat... Foraging in garbage is what rats do.
My daughter is a manger in anaheim. People come, children laugh and wonder and parents smile. That’s what disney still does better than anyone.
Yes, people who are where they are due to inheritance, nepotism or affirmative action deserve no respect.
Walt and Roy would be shocked with Disney today. I read both were Christians, but I know it is running by Satan.
From what I understand, this happened some time last year. And she’s just now getting around to being upset about it?
Also heard she’s writing book. So maybe this is publicity?
Why doesn’t she criticize the slop that Disney is dishing out to the public? And she could give all her money to the employees to make her feel better.
She’s such a yenta. Go away, Abby.
Disney sucks, but so does Abigail.
She is worth $120,000,000 and want the government to tax wealth.
Abby, baby, you can give the government AS MUCH of your money as you desire. No one is stopping you.
https://www.businessinsider.com/abigail-disney-net-worth-wealth-fortune-sets-record-straight-2019-7
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