Netflix is renown for paying their engineers very well. I would be interested to know if Disney+ also pay such high salaries to attract the best?
Additionally, I've hired a candidate that had an offer in hand from Disney+ and we were easily able to outbid them, (I was at a non-FAANG company at the time)
It usually doesn't take too long for employees to be disabused of their childhood hopes and dreams, but it's often a very painful process, and there are always some diehards who never seem to be able to let go. I lived less than a mile from the Magic Kingdom for about four years and saw this process play out many times.
Most people burn out and learn that maybe working on a boring business backend isn't that bad after all, but there's always a huge line of wide-eyed candidates eager to backfill. Companies that fit this profile never learn to treat employees well because, frankly, they don't have to. The same thing happens in games.