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Disney employee blows $24K on drugs with corporate card, is somehow not fired
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November 27, 2023
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0:39Now PlayingA Disneyland employee who spent $24,000 on his corporate credit card to buy illegal drugs said the Mouse House gave him a second chance after he came clean about his addiction.
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.”
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