Okay, so I know now posting this I am going to catch a lot of flack for what I'm about to say. But that's okay, I need to speak my peace and I value what anyone will comment on. So here goes.
I have been a Disney fan since birth. I was raised on those old book/album Disney stories when turn the page at the chimes. I've seen every Disney movie and been to Disney World and Disneyland many many times. I even proposed to my wife in Disney World. But everything Disney has lost its magic to me, and I'm fed up with it.
Almost every true Disney fan cursed out the name Michael Eisner, saying he was killing the park as CEO. However, since Eisner's dismount as CEO of Disney and Iger's subsequent empowerment, Disney to me has taken a nosedive, and I feel I can't sit by, quietly watching the company I grew up on, the company that has had a bigger impact on my life than any other company out there, fall to ruins.
To me, Iger has been slowly destroying this company since his takeover. The most recent occurrence of this has been the Disney CMO contest on Careerbuilder.com. As anyone who tried to submit an application during the last phase of the contest knows, Disney really didn't put the magic into this. Applicants fell victim to a frustrating contest entry process, involving a website that Careerbuilder itself acknowledge as having problems. Speaking for myself, trying to apply to the contest and having spent several several days on my application video only to be met by a webpage riddled with faults was heartbreaking. But where was Disney in all this? Passing the buck off to Careerbuilder, who promised they would rectify the problem and ensure that all those met by problematic websites would be granted another opportunity to fulfill their opportunity of a dream job as CMO. Yet Careertbuilder never did quite follow through with this promise as several individuals were not able to resubmit their rightful applications.
So you might say, well, this is Careerbuilder's fault, not Disney's. Been to the DisneyCareers webpage lately? Good luck navigating through there. It' in total chaos as the order of the positions available are in alphabetical order. That would be fine if you're looking for a specific position, but without any type of order of when job postings expire, there's no way to keep up on which postings are current. Trying to perform a job search on there is nearly impossible. In addition, the fonts are all over the place, and trying to read through each individual page is a difficult task at that.
So you might be saying to yourself, well, I don't care about either of these sites. I really love Disney for the parks. Okay, well, I ask you, where's the imagination gone in the parks? What about the rides? Toy Story Mania? I've ridden this ride before, it was called Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and then it was called Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. Where is the imagination? All this comes out to be is another corporation force feeding what they believe to be a decent product down our throats simply because it is what is convenient for them. Why bother being creative any more? Here's an idea, let's take a character very few appreciate, close an attraction lots of people like, and cram that character down the throats of those who dislike him, simply because we are too lazy to come up with some sort of creative idea that will be appealing to the masses. Everyone likes Alien Encounter, so let's close it and put in Stitch. Just be sure to ignore all those complaints from long time fans. Timekeeper? Well, too many people love that attraction. Let's put in another Pixar attraction. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Well, time for a crappy, poorly themed play area that attracts about 1/25th of the people we bring into this park everyday and say that it costs too much for a billion dollar company to maintain the original attraction.
You might see me as just some person that hates Disney. But that is far from the truth. I'm just someone who has come to see that Disney just doesn't care about me or you. All they care about is the hard earned money you have sitting in your wallet and trying to find new ways to make that money their's. Disney does not care about you or me. It is just a cold hearted corporation that cares only about its board members and majority stock holders. The family in Disney died with Walt. Now all that is left is a shell of a dream filled with selfish investors and greedy power hungry executives. And it's sad to say that the savior many of us saw in Bob Iger is absolutely no better of an individual than Michael Eisner was.
I have been a Disney fan since birth. I was raised on those old book/album Disney stories when turn the page at the chimes. I've seen every Disney movie and been to Disney World and Disneyland many many times. I even proposed to my wife in Disney World. But everything Disney has lost its magic to me, and I'm fed up with it.
Almost every true Disney fan cursed out the name Michael Eisner, saying he was killing the park as CEO. However, since Eisner's dismount as CEO of Disney and Iger's subsequent empowerment, Disney to me has taken a nosedive, and I feel I can't sit by, quietly watching the company I grew up on, the company that has had a bigger impact on my life than any other company out there, fall to ruins.
To me, Iger has been slowly destroying this company since his takeover. The most recent occurrence of this has been the Disney CMO contest on Careerbuilder.com. As anyone who tried to submit an application during the last phase of the contest knows, Disney really didn't put the magic into this. Applicants fell victim to a frustrating contest entry process, involving a website that Careerbuilder itself acknowledge as having problems. Speaking for myself, trying to apply to the contest and having spent several several days on my application video only to be met by a webpage riddled with faults was heartbreaking. But where was Disney in all this? Passing the buck off to Careerbuilder, who promised they would rectify the problem and ensure that all those met by problematic websites would be granted another opportunity to fulfill their opportunity of a dream job as CMO. Yet Careertbuilder never did quite follow through with this promise as several individuals were not able to resubmit their rightful applications.
So you might say, well, this is Careerbuilder's fault, not Disney's. Been to the DisneyCareers webpage lately? Good luck navigating through there. It' in total chaos as the order of the positions available are in alphabetical order. That would be fine if you're looking for a specific position, but without any type of order of when job postings expire, there's no way to keep up on which postings are current. Trying to perform a job search on there is nearly impossible. In addition, the fonts are all over the place, and trying to read through each individual page is a difficult task at that.
So you might be saying to yourself, well, I don't care about either of these sites. I really love Disney for the parks. Okay, well, I ask you, where's the imagination gone in the parks? What about the rides? Toy Story Mania? I've ridden this ride before, it was called Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and then it was called Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. Where is the imagination? All this comes out to be is another corporation force feeding what they believe to be a decent product down our throats simply because it is what is convenient for them. Why bother being creative any more? Here's an idea, let's take a character very few appreciate, close an attraction lots of people like, and cram that character down the throats of those who dislike him, simply because we are too lazy to come up with some sort of creative idea that will be appealing to the masses. Everyone likes Alien Encounter, so let's close it and put in Stitch. Just be sure to ignore all those complaints from long time fans. Timekeeper? Well, too many people love that attraction. Let's put in another Pixar attraction. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Well, time for a crappy, poorly themed play area that attracts about 1/25th of the people we bring into this park everyday and say that it costs too much for a billion dollar company to maintain the original attraction.
You might see me as just some person that hates Disney. But that is far from the truth. I'm just someone who has come to see that Disney just doesn't care about me or you. All they care about is the hard earned money you have sitting in your wallet and trying to find new ways to make that money their's. Disney does not care about you or me. It is just a cold hearted corporation that cares only about its board members and majority stock holders. The family in Disney died with Walt. Now all that is left is a shell of a dream filled with selfish investors and greedy power hungry executives. And it's sad to say that the savior many of us saw in Bob Iger is absolutely no better of an individual than Michael Eisner was.
