In 2005, a man named Bob Iger succeeded Eisner as a chief executive. Iger before had worked with ABC. It soon became apparent that Iger had worked with mergers beforehand, both positive and negative. Soon, Iger got straight to work with this one as well, trying to make it as benificial as possible for both companies. He first made a list of guidelines that would protect some parts of Pixar's culture. For example, he said that Pixar employees were able to keep their relatively plentiful health benefits and weren’t forced to sign employment contracts. Mr. Iger even said that the sign on Pixar’s front gate would remain unchanged.