They have the word furlough... laid off means fired... with no health benefits...
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Disney meeting with union at 9am tomorrow to advise on hourly cast members futures. It's all over the news. Disney advised today about managers and non union cast to be furloughed because they didn't have to meet with a union to break this news.
Slpy3270
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Looks like the biggest casualty from the coronavirus and recession will be AMC Theatres.
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Should they go bankrupt come fall, movies theaters as we know it will cease to exist.
AMC Theaters Credit Rating Downgraded, Recovery Unlikely Due to Coronavirus Shutdown
Standard & Poors has downgraded the credit rating of AMC Theaters, and the organization says they [...]
Should they go bankrupt come fall, movies theaters as we know it will cease to exist.
TrainsOfDisney
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Well for 1, it’s in a company’s best interest to treat their employees as good as possible. We are talking about a lot of cast members who have been with the company 20-30 years.
I’m not blaming Disney for making this decision, if there is no end date in site, eventually you pretty much have to do it.
What’s that?
So they could still be furloughed? Not just laid off?
The union cast will find out after Disney meets with the union.
And offering free dining incentives. No one should call it mental gymnastics as if it was a guess by the customers, it is what it is. Everything was up in the air and they have to try and get money in where they can, especially for the Walt Disney Travel Company Agents who will be working through all of this taking calls and communication. They also are used to making a living off commission, selling vacation packages.
Oh gotcha... but why wouldn’t they then just announce it today along with the other furloughs??? That makes me worried
GoofGoof
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It’s possible. Anything with the unions takes a little longer.
I won’t be able to sleep. I have 2 kids...
Sounds very logical and making sure all i is dotted and t is crossed.
GoofGoof
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I don’t know anything for sure, but typically with unions a company likes to run anything major like this by the union leaders to get their blessing. In this case the union has very little power (a strike isn’t really an option, at least right now), but out of respect for the process they probably want to still clear it through them. Why would they furlough the non-union workers and not the union ones? It’s most likely just a timing difference in announcing, but I totally understand the stress you would feel over it.
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"At Mayo, we hope to have it available as early as next week. We will be doing kind of a slow roll out because, similar to the situation with molecular tests, there's a limited supply of these tests. We're hoping that commercial manufacturers will ramp up here in the next few weeks so that we can make it available much more widely."
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Looks like the biggest casualty from the coronavirus and recession will be AMC Theatres.
AMC Theaters Credit Rating Downgraded, Recovery Unlikely Due to Coronavirus Shutdown
Standard & Poors has downgraded the credit rating of AMC Theaters, and the organization says they [...]
Should they go bankrupt come fall, movies theaters as we know it will cease to exist.
If there's only one thing I learned from these boards it's this: Apple will buy them out.
Just a reminder to everyone declaring that this amusement park or that restaurant or this movie theater will go out of business...
There’s a good chance that some of them will go bankrupt (not Disney though).
But in the case of any business that was even remotely heathy pre-COVID, a Private Equity company will buy them out of bankruptcy and the consumer will not see much of a change.
There’s a good chance that some of them will go bankrupt (not Disney though).
But in the case of any business that was even remotely heathy pre-COVID, a Private Equity company will buy them out of bankruptcy and the consumer will not see much of a change.
GoofGoof
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Or chapter 11 bankruptcy. Also mostly seamless to consumers.
flynnibus
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Were agents promising the park would be open? No.
Were they telling people that was the first day open? No
They simply were willing to take reservations so the calendar would be ready.
I don’t know anything for sure, but typically with unions a company likes to run anything major like this by the union leaders to get their blessing. In this case the union has very little power (a strike isn’t really an option, at least right now), but out of respect for the process they probably want to still clear it through them. Why would they furlough the non-union workers and not the union ones? It’s most likely just a timing difference in announcing, but I totally understand the stress you would feel over it.
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thank you for validating how stressful this is for literally everyone
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