A Disneyland employee racked up an astonishing $24,000 on his corporate credit card to support his intense drug habit. Incredibly, the company opted to give him a second chance once he finally admitted to mishandling business funds.
From New York Post:
Taron Sargsyan, who has since left the company, penned an essay for Business Insider detailing his personal struggles when he started an internship with Disney in the summer of 2014.
After graduating from college, Disney hired him as a software engineer on the Photopass team, which was a “haven” during a dark time, Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan said he was depressed and isolated after coming out as gay to his Armenian immigrant family, and that he turned to methamphetamines as a refuge.
“As my addiction deepened, my finances didn’t reflect the near-six-figure salary I earned at Disney,” Sargsyan wrote. “Most of my money was spent on drugs and on helping out my immigrant family.”
The engineer reached a breaking point when he realized he had racked up a $24,000 bill on his corporate card.
“I convinced myself I’d pay it back, but I was getting in over my head,” Sargsysan wrote.
This is undeniably a peculiar occurrence, as typically, about 99.99% of individuals who abuse their corporate cards to such an extent get the boot pretty swiftly.
It's intriguing to observe that a behemoth like Disney has opted for such leniency in this matter.
