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Ok, i seem to have the most first hand experience here (rs|12 may be excluded). I watched my uncle do a year long stint at the D and heard all his stories about the nigh slave labor they instituted. the old guys there talked about when Eisner was not there and how they produced quality, not the well marketed quantity they were doing there. Anyone with a family were told to get out or divorce themselves. Married to the company was what he was told (lucky he was gay and lonely...). Eisner made the inner groups cutthroat and distant. the "synergy" was non existent. Apparently, the plan was to make the company into small units, fighting for money and when one unit did not produce they got that much closer to being booted. This is not a creative corporation, this is a machine shop.
His "business ethics" tho typical, are disgusting. It is not about a creative dream fueled by financial and marketing genius. it is about the dollar. Thus, Dis. producing stupid, useless sequels. Creative genus is risky, sticking with a formula is safe (taking after pop artists, they are). Taking out the Mike is a good idea. getting creative people to head things internally is a better one.
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