Deadline for additional staff and executives as Disneyland shooter continues down

Disney will make its marquee more furlough at Disneyland, cases of coronavirus will grow globally and there is no indication by California officials that the Anaheim theme park will reopen anytime in the near future. The news broke in a staff memo on Monday from Disneyland President Ken Potrock (read it in full below).

In September, Disney announced that it was launching its U.S. The theme park will put 28,000 employees, part of the company most affected by the epidemic. As of today, the cuts came at executive, salaried and hourly levels, although most of the hits – or 67%, the company said – would come on part-time workers.

“As you know, we have treated thousands of casts on both shores,” he said. “Given our proven ability to work with responsible health and safety protocols as we are in all our other theme parks around the world, we expect to be able to open our parks in Anaheim, but unfortunately that hasn’t happened.”

The theme park closed on March 13 because the U.S. Other Disney theme parks have been able to open on a restricted basis in Orlando, including the Walt Disney World Resort. However, Disney said last week that it would reopen some rest restaurants, rentals and stores at Disney’s California Adventure on November 19, before Downtown Disney, the rest of the park remains shuttered, and “recently published state guidelines limit us on reopening timelines.” The near future, ”Potrock said today.

Disneyland Paris was once again forced to close the shutters as cases in Europe escalated last week, the latest hurdle in reopening the theme park segment. Disney claimed during its Q2 earnings in May that the estimated impact of COVID-19 on operating operating revenue in its Parks, Experiences and Products segment was about 1 1 billion.

Here is today’s memo from Potrok:

Dear team,

With Disneyland Resort closing its doors in March, there is nothing more important than re-employing and re-opening our cast members. That’s why it’s with a heavy heart we find ourselves in a precarious situation of setting up extra furloughs for our executive, salaried and hourly cast.

Our parks and hotels are closed after about eight months, and while we’ve had some success – such as the launch of the Downtown Disney District in July, shopping and dining soon coming to Buena Vista Street and today’s announcement that we will reopen Disney vacation club units . – The recently published State Guide puts us in a period related to the reopening deadline in the near future.

As you know, we have already made thousands of casts on both coasts. Given our proven ability to work with responsible health and safety protocols since we are in all our other theme parks around the world, we expect to be able to open our parks in Anaheim, but unfortunately this has not happened.

We will start the conversation today with the affected cast. Consistent with what was put out in April, the furlonged cast will be able to:

• • The company maintains coverage of health and insurance benefits, with payments to both the employer and the employee on a weekly benefit contribution;

• • Choose to use some or all of their available paid-time off hours (vacation and floating holidays) if eligible;

• • Access to state unemployment insurance benefits; And continue to progress toward their learning goals with the Disney Aspire Education Program if already registered.

These decisions and actions are difficult – and we are committed to helping our teams through this and, most importantly, bringing people back to where they can find work.

I urge cast members who need support to use the Furf Resource Center, in addition to the resources provided by the additional company, including the Lifecare and Employee Assistance Program (EAP). You can also call the Global Human Resource Operation at 321-939-7000 (Monday-Friday, 6-5 a.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 7-1 p.m.).

As we continue to explore these turbulent times the near work will be challenging, I promise you we will work tirelessly to reopen the resort and re-employ our cast members and my optimism for our bright future will continue to be strong.

I thank each and every one of you for your resilience and determination during this challenging and unpredictable time. I am constantly in awe of our amazing cast and look forward to the day when we can celebrate the reopening of the Disneyland Resort.

With gratitude,

Ken Potrock
President