The things companies have to navigate now with the sexual orientation issues of the modern world are sometimes trickier than people might imagine.
One former Universal Studios Orlando employee is saying “enough.” After disagreements over the direction of Universal related to LGBTQIA+ concerns, Twitter writer @TaranTinn has gone public with a bevy of complaints about the company. But not only does the individual strike out at Universal, Disney is also in the crosshairs. Although when it comes to Disney, the individual was able to stick with the company.
Now, why do we care about this? Because for whatever reason, some of the Universal Studios news sites out there are carrying it. That then caused this to gain attention beyond what you might normally expect, and now the original Twitter post has over five-thousand likes.
With all of that said, we just want to present this to you in a way that doesn’t try to frame it or bias you in any way prior to reading. So, without further adieu, here’s the thread people are talking about:
during Pride month after their silence. Basically what was the company I’d joined that promised diversity and had a memorial for the victims of Pulse going to do this next month for me and my community.
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
And I can distinctly remember just…shutting down after that answer because I had never felt more dismissed or given the run around in my life.
But the unexpected outcome of this moment was for days afterwards, I had coworkers come up to me and say they appreciated
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
Then this last Sunday we got the email about Pride Month and what the company was doing for Pride for team members.
And fam, I hadn’t been as incensed by an email since everything that first went down with Chapek.
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
And I recently checked to see when that workshop was going to be and I saw that now there are only THREE workshops being offered the entirety of June.
The Pulse memorial one can now no longer be seen on the team member events calendar.
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
And I know people will inevitably ask me why then I’m staying with Disney after everything from the last few months as well.
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
But since 2020, I’ve repeatedly seen my immediate leaders and mid-level management show that they are listening and caring.
To show by their actions they believe in inclusion and want to, within the confines of the system, make that possible.
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
It’s going to work and having multiple booths led by members of marginalized groups and supporters sharing about their culture, how representation is so important, than providing info for ways we can help or get connected to support groups
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
Things I never saw nor heard while at Universal these last several months of working for them.
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
Because if the only way we have to contact and reach these support groups is over email and we never see them physically gathered together at work or at events to get us to join or even pictures to see who they are, is it really a support group or just an online forum?
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 13, 2022
And it really makes me mad because I’m leaving an awesome group of people behind and it sucks because they deserve so, so, so much better than how they’ve been treated and continue to be treated, especially when in the eyes of many they’re at the bottom of the hierarchy
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 13, 2022
(It was leading to severe overheating+dehydration and other concerns due to not only the material used but also the layering involved so imagine going out into August Orlando heat in British winter gear pulling 🗑 for 12 hrs)
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 13, 2022
It’s going to work and having multiple booths led by members of marginalized groups and supporters sharing about their culture, how representation is so important, than providing info for ways we can help or get connected to support groups
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 12, 2022
and where I feel that my voice is actually heard and I’m not alone like I did in that packed auditorium, with every eye looking at me and wondering why in the world I would bring that up now?
— The Intersectional Anansesem (@Tarantrinn) June 13, 2022
I guess the only thing we can summarize this with is the following:
Running a company must not be very much like it once was.
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