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Disney: Where Evil and Stupid Come Together - Anonymous employee Walt Disney Company Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unless you’re a completely shameless brown-noser who has at least two brain cells to rub together and a shred of scruples, you’ll eventually be put into the catapult and launched out of the Tragic Kingdom, freeing you from your waking Hell of a job.

Cons

Disney management has long been stacked with people who specialize in bootlicking but have no real aptitude in anything else. So anyone who 1) points out that their ideas are absolutely terrible and destined to lose millions (or billions) of dollars, or 2) shows any genuine aptitude in doing the job competently is put in the Lightning Lane for Mickey’s Unemployment Adventure. Who gets to climb Promotion Mountain? The folks who enthusiastically cheer all the cockamamie plans to polish whatever turds management puts forward without a word of criticism. Any dissent in the ranks meets ruthless reprisals from the an upper management that is as insecure as it is incompetent. There is no industry magazine article they won’t take as gospel, no trend or buzzword they won’t chase. And any acquired properties will be grossly mismanaged so that their fans will hate them because the top brass only cares about Mickey things: Disney buys expensive new toys just so it can break them. It’s all incredibly depressing, but remember: You must keep smiling – the only Disney employees who are allowed to be surly and rude are the ones who work in the parks.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

- IP is great if that’s your thing. - Structure, benefits, nice office. - Pockets of good people and teams.

Cons

- Overinflated middle management that depending on department can just be yes-men going against good business decisions and logic. - Sales orgs acting without consequence, are allowed to treat the people “under them” (are technically partners) like garbage and there’s nothing people can do about it. Taking months and months to unlearn and feel comfortable at a new company. - High-school behavior. Extremely fake people who will support you to your face but will bully you behind closed doors. Get away with anything if you are one of the “beautiful” people (usually come from generational wealth). - Some people can get away with being extreme micro-managers and frankly inhumane, while others on their team can kick back, knowing nothing about their work and shelling the responsibility to lower level people in a pod. - Don’t let the IP keep you hat the company if it’s bad for your career or mental health, Disney IP will always be there. And tickets to the park will be more affordable if you take a higher paying job that’s better for you. - Too much change that’s nonsensical, being asked to train AI to do our jobs. - Even the best of management cannot protect you from terrible people if those people are in Sales.

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