Bolt
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Yeah - this happened like 3 weeks ago.
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Melissa Valiquette named Epcot VP as Sam Lau moves to a new role in Asia
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Wonder how he will like his new digs in a Chinese Prison, The last VP they had there ran out in the middle of the night leaving everything including his clothes. One wonders why...
sshindel
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
How's it compare to a Turkish Prison?
Probably unfavorably
PhotoDave219
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I think Sam is an excellent choice given the cultural issues that seem to be arising from the Shanghai expansion.
Makes the most sense, IMO.
WDW1974
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Yeah, that does happen. Largely because people can't not post when there's nothing to be said.
It wasn't me who broke it. I don't recall off-hand who it was. But we then got a second confirm.
WDW1974
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Mike Crawford had a much higher level position. He was basically the top American face for Disney in China. ... Sam's position is new ... and quite ... nebulous.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
'Designated Fall Guy' perhaps, Disney is just brilliant bring in a REAL transit guy and then don't let him do his job because feathers are ruffled in the Mickey Mouse operation known as 'Disney Transportation', It really seems to suck to be Sam Lau these days bet he wishes he was still in his 'pre-TWDC' job.
GymLeaderPhil
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Sam wasn't really given much power to do anything in Transportation that he wanted. It was the status quo as well at Epcot.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Yeah, he ruffled a lot of feathers with the articulated buses. He tried to change the culture, he failed. The current culture just has GSMs out finding reasons to write up transportation workers rather than correcting the behavior/problem.
(Of course, the biggest problem is that the GSMs generally have zero experience in the field they're managing, so it really doesn't give those employees any incentive To respect their bosses... Especially since most transportation CMs come from the real world and have experience beyond Multiple college programs and internships.)
They moved him to Epcot (which he called a dream job) and now is moved to fix Disney's Asian ventures.
His background seems very cosmopolitan and is a bit of a world traveler.
Seems like the right guy for the job. IMO. Perhaps he can Remold Disney's Management as to how they approach their Asian development