Walt Disney Company reviews

Specifically applies to Disney+. Left after less than a year because of how chaotic it was. Management and seniors feel very high up and unreachable. Huge hierarchy and red tape around everything makes it difficult to feel like a part of the company. Barely any room for progression due to how overworked each person is, which is not helped by how the processes for everything are messy. Very US-centere meaning no strategy, planning, and decisions are being made even in the London EMEA office. Not to mention pay is not only below industry standard but also just general workload standard. Highly political and beurocratic. Find somewhere else. There is no magic in corporate disney.

Unfortunately the reason I decided not to stay was the direct line management. Had been direct with boundaries of time, tried to be positive against the focus of negativity towards other team members and tried to understand why there was so much miscommunication between meetings and process change. Was even advised to let standards slip on the work being done to get it 'out the door'. However, there seemed to be a fostering blame culture in smaller team meetings so this was a huge red flag. When trying to explain there was a lot of stress in personal life changes and not being able to work 50hrs a week, that was met with "that's how it is", and followed by avoidance. Also to note, it was even stated in our interview I had out of work commitments and if the role with 9-6 at most, and told that wouldn't be an issue. I would advise anyone taking on this role to work out the salary pro-rata and to be aware this may be the culture you're walking into. I hope for the sake of the team, it won't be and things change.