Orlando Becoming East Coast Headquarters for Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products

[Goofyernmost]

Well…”authoritarian” is all the rage these days…

True but mostly by people that don't know what authoritarian means in reality.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

True but mostly by people that don't know what authoritarian means in reality.

It’s an analogy that comes “shockingly close” to how Disney management operates now…in many ways

 

[Lilofan]

They can hire temporary positions, use contractors, etc. to fill the gap.

Didn't Imagineering do that also. Hire some for projects, then adios them when no longer needed?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Didn't Imagineering do that also. Hire some for projects, then adios them when no longer needed?

Project hiring and freelancing is incredibly common across the themed entertainment design industry.

 

[Lilofan]

Project hiring and freelancing is incredibly common across the themed entertainment design industry.

Freelancing I thought is a risky but lucrative profession not sure if there is another job lined up and waiting.

 

[Piebald]

This seems rather soon to be firing people who won't make the move and hiring new people to work in Lake Nona. What are the new hires going to do, sit on the grass among the mounds of dirt for the next year or so working on their laptops?

None of the jobs I'm aware of for LN have anything to do with the theme parks and can be done remote. And based on the project(s) they will need a lot of contractors as well as FTE too.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Freelancing I thought is a risky but lucrative profession not sure if there is another job lined up and waiting.

Freelancers often work multiple jobs at once. Working full time for a single entity starts to send you into some murky legal waters.

 

[Lilofan]

Freelancers often work multiple jobs at once. Working full time for a single entity starts to send you into some murky legal waters.

Got it, looks like freelancing gives one more freedom to be their own boss in whatever they want to do and when the job is completed at Disney, just part ways and get off of the Disney payroll.

 

[Mac Tonight]

This seems rather soon to be firing people who won't make the move and hiring new people to work in Lake Nona. What are the new hires going to do, sit on the grass among the mounds of dirt for the next year or so working on their laptops?

I have to believe that if someone was deep into a current project and declined the (eventual) move, they'd at least be given the ability to see their project through to completion before stepping away. I highly doubt anyone was immediately let go upon choosing to stay, unless they were just hanging around waiting for something to do.

 

[wdwmagic]

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[Disney Analyst]

@wdwmagic

Other site is reporting this is delayed to 2026 now. Heard anything?

 

[CastAStone]

@wdwmagic

Other site is reporting this is delayed to 2026 now. Heard anything?

This announcement came at an all-hands-on-deck meeting today. Some employees were already searching for homes and are understandably upset about the delay because they had already sold their California homes.

Just shocking ineptitude by the powers that be.

Step 1: get half the division to quit
Step 2: infuriate the other half
Step 3: ?
Step 4: profit

There’s almost no worse feeling than being unsettled.

Delaying this to 2026 but still doing it anyway is catastrophic to peoples lives.

Good heavens.

 

[UNCgolf]

Just shocking ineptitude by the powers that be.

Step 1: get half the division to quit
Step 2: infuriate the other half
Step 3: ?
Step 4: profit

There’s almost no worse feeling than being unsettled.

Delaying this to 2026 but still doing it anyway is catastrophic to peoples lives.

Good heavens.

They're going to end up with like 95% turnover from the announcement to when it's actually implemented, if this is accurate (and if it ever happens at all at this point).

 

[donsullivan]

Didn't Imagineering do that also. Hire some for projects, then adios them when no longer needed?

Imagineering has been operating on a project hire mode for years now. Universal Creative does the exact same thing. You hire for projects and at the end those slots go away.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Just shocking ineptitude by the powers that be.

Step 1: get half the division to quit
Step 2: infuriate the other half
Step 3: ?
Step 4: profit

There’s almost no worse feeling than being unsettled.

Delaying this to 2026 but still doing it anyway is catastrophic to peoples lives.

Good heavens.

Do we expect anything but ineptitude from the Bob regime? I don't. I'm more surprised when/if they get something right, like... umm... that time when they.... err...

 

[Notes from Neverland]

Disney management has done an amazing job alienating both sides of every issue lately.

 

[wdwmagic]

@wdwmagic

Other site is reporting this is delayed to 2026 now. Heard anything?

No not yet, but I would not be surprised.

 

[Lilofan]

Disney management has done an amazing job alienating both sides of every issue lately.

Such a great job, talk is Bob's contract is going to be renewed , had to have Board approval.

 

[OceanBlue]

No one thinks reedy creek is the reason? I wouldn’t build a brand new campus until that’s resolved.

 

[Disney Analyst]

No one thinks reedy creek is the reason? I wouldn’t build a brand new campus until that’s resolved.

Announcing a 3 year delay now could be part of that. Now they severely slow or pause construction, and if things do not improve, they pull out fully?