Disneyland agrees to pay its workers $15 an hour

Linkura · Jul 27, 2018

Enzom21 said:
So about $28,800 after taxes.
Compared to the CEO's salary:
2010 – $28 million
2011 – $33.4 million
2012- $40.2 million
2013 – $34.3 million
2014 – $46.5 million
2015 – $44.9 million
2016 – $43.9 million
2017 – $36.3 million

Yup. Fuck Iger.

Maximus · Jul 27, 2018

mrmoose said:
I understand the need to raise minimum wage to a livable wage, and that Anaheim and Orange County (and heck, all of SoCal) are super expensive. But where does the expectation that Disneyland itself should raise wages because Disneyland is so expensive, or because Disney makes profits, come from?

From people who don't understand capitalism.

antonz · Jul 27, 2018

Disney relies on large number of Young people swept up in the world of Disney to keep the parks functioning. The right age group that still thinks its cool that 3 or 4 people are sharing an apartment to make ends meet etc.

Wag · Jul 27, 2018

Still can't live off that.

Lee Chaolan · Jul 27, 2018

Nice to see. Now it's time for Disney World in Orlando to follow suit.

Septimus Prime · Jul 27, 2018

Wulfric said:
That seems low for Anaheim. Any locals wanna chime in?

Yeah, that's pretty low for SoCal.

tommy7154 · Jul 27, 2018

It's something. It's not enough but it's something. If I were single and in the Midwest I could probably scrape by on that. Isn't CA a different story though?

_id · Jul 27, 2018

Ramuh said:
Finally they are making a living wage.

It's good but I don't think 15 dollars is a living wage close but not quite.

rstzkpf · Jul 27, 2018

$15/hr at least should be the national minimum wage and even then that's too low for some places.

And if we wanted to do a living wage, that'd be at least $25/hr.

Cort · Jul 27, 2018

Enzom21 said:
So about $28,800 after taxes.
Compared to the CEO's salary:
2010 – $28 million
2011 – $33.4 million
2012- $40.2 million
2013 – $34.3 million
2014 – $46.5 million
2015 – $44.9 million
2016 – $43.9 million
2017 – $36.3 million

I'll be the dissenting opinion in that right now in today's age, CEO's are extremely important because their words shape the entire company.

I guess the Papa John's situation has really put into perspective for me on just how damaging one's words or actions can be on it's business.

Ocean Bones · Jul 27, 2018

Ramuh said:
Finally they are making a living wage.

Thats not a living wage in that part of cali! This ain't the 90s anymore, 15 an hour aint shit... I would have figured people working there would already be at that level.

Fuck disney.

NoRéN · Jul 27, 2018

antonz said:
Disney relies on large number of Young people swept up in the world of Disney to keep the parks functioning. The right age group that still thinks its cool that 3 or 4 people are sharing an apartment to make ends meet etc.

Very true. Lots of their employees are die hard fans that would defend the company no matter what while bragging about their cheap rent due to having roommates.

El Bombastico · Jul 27, 2018

Ramuh said:
Finally they are making a living wage.

$15/hr is not living wage in SoCal. Not even close.

Buzzman · Jul 27, 2018

antonz said:
Disney relies on large number of Young people swept up in the world of Disney to keep the parks functioning. The right age group that still thinks its cool that 3 or 4 people are sharing an apartment to make ends meet etc.

Oh, so the video game industry?

Nelo Ice · Jul 27, 2018

Ruck said:
I don't have much experience with DLR but I worked at WDW on a paid internship and in my experience that's where the vast majority of their low level employees come from, and they wouldn't benefit from a raise like this because they're not union. I know DLR has an internship program of their own I just don't know how extensive it is.

Their CP isn't nearly as big. They don't really rely on it for for labor afaik. And I was on the WDW CP when the union got a raise and us interns also got it.

antonz · Jul 28, 2018

Buzzman said:
Oh, so the video game industry?

That is another very good comparison. The never ending rush of bright eyed gamers who will turn to development is a huge issue as far as unionizing etc. Always fresh blood in the wings ready to stop in who have zero real understanding of Game development and what it entails

P-Switch · Jul 28, 2018

NoRéN said:
I know quite a few people that work at those parks. 9/10 live with roommates or their parents.

Yep. Sounds like most people in Southern California 30 years old and under.

Wololo · Jul 28, 2018

Wtf thats minimum wage where i live i was making $16 an hour at a mailroom job last year.

donkey · Jul 28, 2018

syndicalist said:
It's already like $170 for a park hopper.

Shit. I still remember the days when CA residents could get in for $29.99 with a can of Coke or whatever that promotion was ages ago.

Septimus Prime · Jul 28, 2018

donkey show said:
Shit. I still remember the days when CA residents could get in for $29.99 with a can of Coke or whatever that promotion was ages ago.

SoCal residents could get in for $22 back in the 90s.

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