AP: Morale down, cronyism up after DeSantis takeover of Disney World government, ex-employees say

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Morale down, cronyism up after DeSantis takeover of Disney World government, ex-employees say
Mike Schneider, AP News, 11/6/2023

Morale and trust within the Walt Disney World government has deteriorated since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took it over earlier this year, according to many employees who have departed in recent months saying the governing district has been politicized and cronyism now permeates the organization.

More than 40 out of about 370 employees have left the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District since it was taken over in February, raising concerns that decades of institutional knowledge is departing with them, along with a reputation for a well-run government.

“When I first joined the District, I found an organization that strived to be the very best at serving our community, sought the very best employees and valued those employees above all else,” a former facilities manager with three years of experience said in an employee exit survey last week. “I find myself leaving a completely different District. A District that prioritizes politics above all else and will gladly sacrifice its employees, its community and its work if there’s an opportunity to score political points.”

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With the departure of so many district employees in such a short period of time, the district is “no longer functional,” a facilities director who left last month wrote in her exit survey.

https://apnews.com/article/disney-desantis-florida-lgbtq-reedy-creek-4e7d52103b52a0451446d3cbd97b7bf7

[FloridaBlues]

1. No surprise there and will hurt community and Disney areas. Let's hope this lawsuit against

Desantis comes sooner rather than later. Maybe they can restore the way it has always run for years with little issues for everyone and out Ronda De Santis in his place

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. It's too bad they are so embedded in Fla

Can't just pick up and move.