In the wake of the tragedy, Woke companies reacted quickly Roe V. WadeThey were quickly overthrown, and many issued quick statements decrying their outrage and promising that they would pay employees to travel abroad to have abortions in other states if necessary. The Walt Disney Co, which can’t seem to get out of its own way recently, is one of those companies.
A Florida Disney employee is speaking out, though, telling the NY Post on Saturday that his company’s stance will be “be bad for business” and will “alienate” customers.
“This is yet another attempt by Disney to take a political stance that will inevitably alienate potential customers,” Castillo said.
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— Jose Castillo for Congress (@JoseForFlorida) June 25, 2022
In the wake of the SCOTUS decision, Disney issued a memo that stated:
…we have processes in place so that an employee who may be unable to access care in one location has affordable coverage for receiving similar levels of care in another location. This benefits covers family planning and medical care related to rare diseases such as cancer treatment, transplants or other treatments.
Jose Castillo, who works in resort management in Orlando and is also a GOP FL-9 Congressional candidate, thinks that’s an awful idea, telling the Post:
Disney was aware that the memo would leak and become national news.
They sent it anyway because Disney wants to make a political statement and attempt, once more, to influence our country’s political process.
Disney is not the only company to have gotten involved in politics regarding abortion. RoeHe was overturned. Facebook parent Meta, American Express, Bank of America, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Goldman Sachs, Apple, Starbucks, and Lyft all took similar woke stances after Friday’s ruling.
Notably, McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Tyson, and Marriott did not weigh in, while the nation’s largest employer Walmart stayed quiet too.
Castillo continues:
As we have seen in recent months Disney’s political activism has hurt the company financially and it is my belief that the Board of Directors is violating its fiduciary duty to shareholders by continuing to comment on divisive political matters.
Why is it that companies continue to get involved in political issues? Brandon Morse (my colleague) writes that abortion makes economic sense.
The corporations doing this aren’t doing this because they care. They’re doing it because maternity leave costs a lot of time and money, and it’s cheaper to just shell out a few grand and save on costs. Employee #4567 is able to return to work quickly and easily this way.
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business professor Maurice Schweitzer says that “We’re in this moment in time where we’re expecting corporate leaders to also be leaders in the political sphere. A lot of employees expect to work in companies that not only pay them well but whose values are aligned with theirs.”
Although it is true that employees at these companies may expect political leaders from their employers, this analysis overlooks the fact that employees and customers often express similar expectations. NotIn favor of their preferred businesses commenting on all woke issues of the day. You may please a few zealots, but you’re ticking off a whole lot of other folks with your statements.
Disney has been pushing hard on progressive politics recently—and its stock has plummeted nearly 45 percent over the past twelve months. Hard to argue that it’s a total coincidence.
Hi @Disney
You’re covering abortion travel, which is weird since you’re in the kids business. One would think you’d want all babies to be born, since they’re all potential new customers.
Thoughts?
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) June 26, 2022
It’s hard to understand why so many corporations are wading into the political arena when they do not seem to benefit from it. It mostly seems they’re acting out in fear of their own employees. I don’t know how much longer Disney will continue to employ Castillo—one can’t help but wonder if his days at the company are numbered. He speaks on behalf of many people when he says that wake-up companies can alienate a lot their customers. After Gina Carano’s firing from Mandalorian, I kicked Disney+ and my family out of the house.
I do not plan to resubscribe.
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