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2023-02-08 6:39:15 PM  
Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.
 
2023-02-08 7:14:22 PM  

Spandau: Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.


Well, you just need to adjust your paradime to become a team player and help multiply efficiency in the workplace.
 
2023-02-08 7:29:15 PM  
Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...
 
2023-02-08 7:35:52 PM  
Well Disney lawyers will be busy the next few years with Floridas farkery.
 
2023-02-08 7:37:16 PM  

optikeye: Spandau: Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.

Well, you just need to adjust your paradime to become a team player and help multiply efficiency in the workplace.


Now that there is some blue sky thinking!
 
2023-02-08 7:43:21 PM  

tinderfitles: optikeye: Spandau: Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.

Well, you just need to adjust your paradime to become a team player and help multiply efficiency in the workplace.

Now that there is some blue sky thinking!


It's easy to pick the low-hanging fruit when you go granular after seeing things from 50,000 feet.
 
2023-02-08 7:45:43 PM  
Big Businesses: "Nobody wants to work!"

Also Big Businesses: "You get laid off! You get laid off! You get laid off!..."
 
2023-02-08 7:49:13 PM  
"paradime"  
 
Let's just let that hang out there like an apple with a crotch worm poking out of it.
 
2023-02-08 7:49:15 PM  

tinderfitles: optikeye: Spandau: Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.

Well, you just need to adjust your paradime to become a team player and help multiply efficiency in the workplace.

Now that there is some blue sky thinking!


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2023-02-08 7:52:37 PM  
Meh.  It will look good on their resumes.  They'll find gigs.

Time to move on, were you going to work for the Mouse forever anyway?
 
2023-02-08 7:53:06 PM  

gunther_bumpass: "paradime"  

Let's just let that hang out there like an apple with a crotch worm poking out of it.


Paradime is 50 Cent's less successful brother.
 
2023-02-08 8:13:53 PM  

whidbey: Meh.  It will look good on their resumes.  They'll find gigs.

Time to move on, were you going to work for the Mouse forever anyway?


Ahh....is this the empathatic  "never say Ill of corporate democrats" response that we know for the politics tab?  The guy who still defends Clinton helping destroy the labor vote?

Yeah... Sure is....
 
2023-02-08 8:14:25 PM  
Anything to line the pockets of the people on top. Also, Iger says he wants to cut $5.5B out of their budget. There will be corners cut all over the place.
 
2023-02-08 8:15:46 PM  
Boycott Disney.

Problem solved.
 
2023-02-08 8:22:59 PM  
I thought this was the "Good Bob" who came to replace the "Evil Bob", who replaced "Good Bob" when "Good Bob" retired. Whoopsie!
 
2023-02-08 8:23:30 PM  

gunther_bumpass: "paradime"

Let's just let that hang out there like an apple with a crotch worm poking out of it.


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2023-02-08 8:24:05 PM  
Wow, you lose a couple of billion dollars, and suddenly it's all "layoffs" this and "financial accountability" that.
 
2023-02-08 8:24:21 PM  
If you wished upon a star, it's time to head off to the bar.
 
2023-02-08 8:28:18 PM  

cocozilla: whidbey: Meh.  It will look good on their resumes.  They'll find gigs.

Time to move on, were you going to work for the Mouse forever anyway?

Ahh....is this the empathatic  "never say Ill of corporate democrats" response that we know for the politics tab?  The guy who still defends Clinton helping destroy the labor vote?

Yeah... Sure is....


Also the guy who still defends Clinton deregulating the entertainment and telecommunications industries, leading the way to Disney owning practically everything.

https://www.avclub.com/the-telecommunications-act-of-1996-gave-us-shiatty-cell-1798250823
 
2023-02-08 8:33:02 PM  

Spandau: Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.


Hey cha.openai.com give me a couple of sentence for 'we are firing 7000 people'

"As we continue to navigate the current market landscape, it is with a heavy heart that we announce a workforce reduction affecting approximately 7000 individuals. This difficult decision was made in an effort to drive operational efficiencies and ensure the long-term success and sustainability of our company."

/yep, that's what it gave me.
 
2023-02-08 8:39:30 PM  
I feel like the big companies are announcing lay offs now because 1) they feel like they have to and 2) they are hoping that their human sacrifices will satisfy the Fed enough for them to stop raising interest rates.
 
2023-02-08 8:44:38 PM  

Spandau: Whoever wrote "cost saving synergies" should be slapped.


It's an even dumber term than that. You added the "savings" part. The article just called them "cost synergies."
 
2023-02-08 8:44:45 PM  

Mad_Radhu: I feel like the big companies are announcing lay offs now because 1) they feel like they have to and 2) they are hoping that their human sacrifices will satisfy the Fed enough for them to stop raising interest rates fark you.


FTFY.

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2023-02-08 8:48:03 PM  
I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.
 
2023-02-08 8:53:41 PM  

Bith Set Me Up: cocozilla: whidbey: Meh.  It will look good on their resumes.  They'll find gigs.

Time to move on, were you going to work for the Mouse forever anyway?

Ahh....is this the empathatic  "never say Ill of corporate democrats" response that we know for the politics tab?  The guy who still defends Clinton helping destroy the labor vote?

Yeah... Sure is....

Also the guy who still defends Clinton deregulating the entertainment and telecommunications industries, leading the way to Disney owning practically everything.

https://www.avclub.com/the-telecommunications-act-of-1996-gave-us-shiatty-cell-1798250823


It's a Media-opoly, it's a Media-opoly, the whole media is controlled by a few corporations thanks to deregulation by the FCC.

One of the few SNL bits that's practically religiously scrubbed from YouTube.
 
2023-02-08 9:07:19 PM  
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2023-02-08 9:38:48 PM  

jso2897: I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.


Ask the people that notice the Democratic party lost Blue collar voters and labor voters for at least a generation because of the stupidity of the corporate Democratic process...
 
2023-02-08 9:41:30 PM  
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if 7000 voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
 
2023-02-08 9:44:13 PM  

cocozilla: jso2897: I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.

Ask the people that notice the Democratic party lost Blue collar voters and labor voters for at least a generation because of the stupidity of the corporate Democratic process...


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/01/democrats-paid-a-huge-price-for-letting-unions-die.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/07/virginia-new-jersey-white-working-class-critical-race-theory-democrats-republicans

https://jacobin.com/2022/12/railworkers-strike-biden-democrats-sick-leave/
 
2023-02-08 9:58:41 PM  
I think it's already edited, but may be NSFW.  Anyway, one of my  favorites by Irvine Welsh

DISNAE MATTER

Ah wis it thoan Disneyland in Florida, ken?. 'Took hur 'n' the bairn. Wi me gittin peyed oaf fi Ferranti's, ah thoat it's either dae somethin wi the dough or pish iat doon the bog at the Willie Muir. Ah saw whit happened tae a loat ay other c**ts; livin like kings fir a while: taxis evraywhair, chinkies evray night, cairryoots, ye ken the score. 'N' whit dae they huv tae show fir it? Scottish F*ckin Fitba Association, that's what, ya c*nt.

Now ah wisnae that keen oan Disneyland, bit ah thoat: fir the bairn's sake, ken? Wish ah hudnae bothered!. It wis shiate. Big f*ckin queues tae git oan aw the rides. That's awright if ye like that sortay thing, but it's no ma f*ckin scene. The beer ower thair's pish n aw. They go oan aboot aw thir beer, thir Budweiser n aw that; its like drinkin f*ckin cauld water. One thing ah did like aboot the States though is the scran. Loadsay it, beyond yir wildest dreams, n the service n aw. Ah mind in one place ah sais tae hur: Fill yir f*ckin boots while ye kin, hen, cause whin wi git back hame we'll be livin oafay McCain's oven chips till f*ck knows when.

Anywey, it this f*ckin Disneyland shiate, this daft c*nt in a bear suit jumps oot in front ay us, ken? Wavin ehs airrms aboot n that. The bairn starts f*ckin screamin, gied hur a real fright, ken? So ah f*ckin panels the c*nt, punches the f*ckin wide-o in the mooth, or whair ah thought ehs mooth wis, under that suit, ken? Too f*ckin right! Disneyland or nae f*ckin Disneyland, disnae gie the c*nt the excuse tae jump oot in front ay the bairn, ken.

Thing is, these polis c*nts, f*ckin guns n aw ya c*nt, nae f*ckin joke, ah'm tellin ye, they sais tae ays: "Whit's the f*cking score here, mate," bit likesay American, ken? So ah goes, noddin ower tae this bear c*nt: C*nt jumped oot in front ay the bairn. Well ootay f*ckin order! The polis c*nt jist says somethin aboot the boy mibbe bein a bit too keen, its ehs joab, ken??. The other yin sais somethin like: Mibbe the wee lassie's frightened ay bears, ken?

So then this radge in a yellay jaykit comes along. Ah tipples right away thit eh's that bear c*nt's gaffer, likesay. Eh apologises tae ays, then turns tae the bear c*nt n sais: Wir gaunny huv tae lit ye go mate. They wir jist gaunny, likes, gie the boy ehs f*cking cairds like that. This is nae good tae us, eh tells the boy. This perr c*nt in the bear suit, eh's goat the head oaf now, likes; the c*nt's nearly greetin, gaun oan aboot needin the joab tae pey ehs wey through college. So ah gits a hud ay this radge in the yellay jaykit n sais: Hi mate, yir ootay order here. Thir's nae need tae gie the boy ehs cairds. It's aw sorted oot.

Mean tae say, ah banged the c*nt awright, bit ah didnae want the boy tae lose ehs joab, ken. Ah ken whit it's f*ckin like. It's aw a great laugh whin they chuck that redundancy poppy it ye, bit that disnae last firivir, ken. Aw they doss c*nts thit blow the dough oan nowt. Thuv goat mates they nivir kent they hud - till the f*ckin hireys run oot. Anywey, this supervisor radge goes: S'up tae you mate. You're happy?, c*nt keeps ehs joab.Then eh turns tae the boy n sais: Yir f*ckin lucky, ah'm tellin ye. If it wisnae fir the boy here, ken, ye'd be pickin up yir cairds, but this is aw American, likesay, ye ken how aw they doss c*nts talk, oan the telly n that.

The c*nt ah gubbed, this bear c*nt goes: Really sorry, mate, ma fault, ken. So ah jist sais: Sound by me. The polis n the supervisor boy f*cked off n the bear c*nt turns n sais: Thanks a lot, buddy. Have a nice day. Ah thoat fir a minute, ah'll f*cking gie ye nice day, ya c*nt, jumpin oot in front ay the f*ckin bairn. Bit ah jist left it, ken, nae hassle tae nae c*nt. Boy's entitled tae keep ehs joab; that wis ma good deed fir the day. Ah jist goes: Aye, you n aw, mate.
 
2023-02-08 10:15:59 PM  

jake3988: Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...


But I wonder how many of those 50k were simply replacing their pandemic layoffs.
 
2023-02-08 10:16:29 PM  

jso2897: I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.


There is so much stupid in this statement my head exploded and now all those people have nowhere to live.
 
2023-02-08 10:33:02 PM  

jake3988: Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...


Those 50k weren't brand new jobs, they were just a partial replacement of all the people they laid off during the pandemic.  You know that of course, you just like to lie about it.
 
2023-02-08 11:59:43 PM  

The Ice Cream Man: I thought this was the "Good Bob" who came to replace the "Evil Bob", who replaced "Good Bob" when "Good Bob" retired. Whoopsie!


Not fond of the layoffs. But, cutting 7k jobs and *still* getting a 10% stock bump after hours? That kind of lets you know how badly Chapek screwed the pooch.

/not Pluto
//definitely not Goofy
 
2023-02-09 12:38:16 AM  
Oh hey, the usual idiots are here because how dare anyone ever get fired, even if they aren't remotely needed! Obviously Disney should exist for the sole purpose of giving out his to anyone that wants one, regardless of if they actually do anything worthwhile or not!

And let's totally make this about the labor class, too, because these are totally labor class jobs, and not middle management professionals! No sir, these are the folks in wranglers and steel-toed boots in (reads article) Disney's now-defunct ad sales and distribution unit.
 
2023-02-09 1:12:29 AM  

Bith Set Me Up: cocozilla: jso2897: I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.

Ask the people that notice the Democratic party lost Blue collar voters and labor voters for at least a generation because of the stupidity of the corporate Democratic process...

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/01/democrats-paid-a-huge-price-for-letting-unions-die.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/07/virginia-new-jersey-white-working-class-critical-race-theory-democrats-republicans

https://jacobin.com/2022/12/railworkers-strike-biden-democrats-sick-leave/


So like, are you actually Robert Reich? You're just as boring and you seem to have links to everything he's ever said handy at a moment's notice.
 
2023-02-09 1:14:33 AM  

cocozilla: jso2897: I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.

Ask the people that notice the Democratic party lost Blue collar voters and labor voters for at least a generation because of the stupidity of the corporate Democratic process...


it's the whole bleating of "Democrats did bad, Democrats did bad" is sooooo farking boring and useless at this point. When you ask for actual solutions it's usually something like "Well people should just vote for people I like!". Well fark, why didn't we all think of that?!
 
2023-02-09 1:55:46 AM  

hlehmann: jake3988: Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...

Those 50k weren't brand new jobs, they were just a partial replacement of all the people they laid off during the pandemic.  You know that of course, you just like to lie about it.


There are also plenty of examples of large companies hiring a lot of new positions then having layoffs now. See Microsoft. It's a real thing.
 
2023-02-09 2:35:16 AM  

No Line For Beer: jake3988: Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...

But I wonder how many of those 50k were simply replacing their pandemic layoffs.


Right, riiiiiiiiiiight, you're just "asking" "questions"
 
2023-02-09 3:24:39 AM  

gunther_bumpass: "paradime"  

Let's just let that hang out there like an apple with a crotch worm poking out of it.


I personally think that this warrants more scrutiny.
Or explanation.
Or something.
 
2023-02-09 6:11:56 AM  
Let's say you survive the layoff.would you want to stay long seeing how your value is perceived by your employer?
 
2023-02-09 7:08:16 AM  
I wonder where these job cuts are at as I can't find where those cuts are going to be.

I guess the $5 billion they are saving from all this is just part of restructuring to help them be more efficient.
 
2023-02-09 7:19:20 AM  

Billy Liar: I think it's already edited, but may be NSFW.  Anyway, one of my  favorites by Irvine Welsh

DISNAE MATTER

Ah wis it thoan Disneyland in Florida, ken?. 'Took hur 'n' the bairn. Wi me gittin peyed oaf fi Ferranti's, ah thoat it's either dae somethin wi the dough or pish iat doon the bog at the Willie Muir. Ah saw whit happened tae a loat ay other c**ts; livin like kings fir a while: taxis evraywhair, chinkies evray night, cairryoots, ye ken the score. 'N' whit dae they huv tae show fir it? Scottish F*ckin Fitba Association, that's what, ya c*nt.

Now ah wisnae that keen oan Disneyland, bit ah thoat: fir the bairn's sake, ken? Wish ah hudnae bothered!. It wis shiate. Big f*ckin queues tae git oan aw the rides. That's awright if ye like that sortay thing, but it's no ma f*ckin scene. The beer ower thair's pish n aw. They go oan aboot aw thir beer, thir Budweiser n aw that; its like drinkin f*ckin cauld water. One thing ah did like aboot the States though is the scran. Loadsay it, beyond yir wildest dreams, n the service n aw. Ah mind in one place ah sais tae hur: Fill yir f*ckin boots while ye kin, hen, cause whin wi git back hame we'll be livin oafay McCain's oven chips till f*ck knows when.

Anywey, it this f*ckin Disneyland shiate, this daft c*nt in a bear suit jumps oot in front ay us, ken? Wavin ehs airrms aboot n that. The bairn starts f*ckin screamin, gied hur a real fright, ken? So ah f*ckin panels the c*nt, punches the f*ckin wide-o in the mooth, or whair ah thought ehs mooth wis, under that suit, ken? Too f*ckin right! Disneyland or nae f*ckin Disneyland, disnae gie the c*nt the excuse tae jump oot in front ay the bairn, ken.

Thing is, these polis c*nts, f*ckin guns n aw ya c*nt, nae f*ckin joke, ah'm tellin ye, they sais tae ays: "Whit's the f*cking score here, mate," bit likesay American, ken? So ah goes, noddin ower tae this bear c*nt: C*nt jumped oot in front ay the bairn. Well ootay f*ckin order! The polis c*nt jist says somethin aboot the boy mibbe be ...


if your going to spew, try to do it in a trash can next time

/Fark is not your personal erotica site
 
2023-02-09 7:38:54 AM  

jake3988: Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...


That's a 4% reduction in their workforce, which isn't very large. Given the parks and movies seem to be doing well, they are either preparing for an expected recession or cutting costs to start paying dividends which would increase the value of their stocks.
 
2023-02-09 8:35:26 AM  

czei: jake3988: Last i read they've hired over 50k just in the last year.   7k is pretty small potatoes compared to that.

Always big news when people are laid off... Never big news when people hire...

That's a 4% reduction in their workforce, which isn't very large. Given the parks and movies seem to be doing well, they are either preparing for an expected recession or cutting costs to start paying dividends which would increase the value of their stocks.


Bob said he is going to ask the board to reinstate dividends by the end of the year.
 
2023-02-09 8:36:36 AM  

RowdyPants: Let's say you survive the layoff.would you want to stay long seeing how your value is perceived by your employer?


Welcome to America. If your boss has a fleeting thought that he just might make an extra penny without you this quarter, you won't even finish your shift. Next quarter be damned.
 
2023-02-09 9:50:57 AM  

TDWCom29: cocozilla: jso2897: I wonder what it's like inside the head of a person in which Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the rest of the democrat party are living rent free, forever.

Ask the people that notice the Democratic party lost Blue collar voters and labor voters for at least a generation because of the stupidity of the corporate Democratic process...

it's the whole bleating of "Democrats did bad, Democrats did bad" is sooooo farking boring and useless at this point. When you ask for actual solutions it's usually something like "Well people should just vote for people I like!". Well fark, why didn't we all think of that?!


Or...

Hear me out...

The party should REALLY CHANGE AND STOP PULLING shiat LIKE CLINTON WALLSTREET TEAT SUCCKING!

Biden has been a big improvement...but there is a lot of damage done by Clinton and to a lesser degree, Obama (and scum like Wassermann Schultz) that will never be recovered from.
 
2023-02-09 10:04:02 AM  
Dear Mr Desantas. This is just the start. We can make Orlando a ghost town overnight and still make billions. Your move.

Regards
Mickey
 
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