Most the Phineas and Ferb board artists are gone. It was a nice, five-year run but the series and the specials have wrapped and people are off to other jobs, looking for other jobs. A few artists are swinging to other Disney shows here, but others not. ...
Another employee said to me: "The place is getting more and more corporate all the time. How long you've been here doesn't mean too much. It's how you're connected that counts."
Of course, there's always angst (and a touch of bitterness) when veteran staff members are cut loose, but it's like I keep telling artists: Companies are things. Despite what politicians and the Supreme Court says, they aren't people and don't care. You make your friendships and allegiances with people you work with, not with executives who who don't know you or what it is that you do, what role you play.
On the other hand, other shows in the building continue on with new episodes (Gravity Falls, for instance) and Diz Co. the mega-conglomerate is doing great. Like for instance:
... Studio Entertainment revenues increased 23% to $1.9 billion and the segment's operating income increased a whopping 75% to $409 million! The higher operating income was due to an increase in worldwide theatrical distribution results and increases in domestic home entertainment and television/subscription video on demand (TV/SVOD) distribution. The theatrical results reflected the strength of Frozen and Marvel's Thor: The Dark World during the current quarter compared to Wreck-It Ralph and no Marvel film in wide release during the same quarter last year.
The successful running of a movie at the box office provides results only for the quarter and that has been the case for Disney; however, that's just the first part of the total return the company generates through its franchised movies. Disney has shown a promising trend towards generating a higher figure of revenue from each successive sequel of its movies.
For example, Iron Man 3 topped $1.2 billion in global box office, far exceeding the $632 million for Iron Man 2. ...
Media networks and theme parks will be using the characters from the franchises such as Thor and Frozen for years if not decades to come. The plan for Disney to outperform the market is well-established and is already working miracles for the company's long-term investors. ...
Let's hope this translates into enlightened, long-term treatment of Diz Co. employees.
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To be fair, some companies, smaller ones usually, are absolutely people who care. Let's not lump everyone into Disney-level corporation here! :)
Small companies are usually extensions (to a degree) of the people who set them up.
The Walt Disney Productions of the thirties, forties, and fifties was a different company than giant of today. But I would disagree with you that companies are people. Companies contain people, many of whom are empathetic and caring. But carbon-based life forms they ain't.
I agree with Steve...In the beginning new small companies do care for a little while until money comes into play and situations start to change.
A company is a giant, 4-walled slab of concrete. It's not a person.
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