JemmyDisneyland workers say they live in cars, motels due to low pay
submitted a month ago by
jeffw
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gpx7pnwdo
submitted a month ago by
jeffw
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gpx7pnwdo
As a former cast member, the pay is atrocious. The "perks" have been slowly removed over the last two decades (I worked there from 2008 - 2016.) I've know plenty of cast members that lived six or eight people to a two bedroom apartment.
They've lost a ton of employees and standards have dropped significantly.
I've got stock in the company too, and I hope they strike and get everything they deserve.
Fuck Iger, he's been screwing over the cast members for years.
You own stock but you're rooting for the impoverished? Get absolutely fucked. Instead of that. How about you help you your fellow man instead of enriching yourself? Sounds real fucking good next to "hoping" my stocks pay off.
I'm saying this would probably go against my stocks (that I got as part of the 401k from working next to these people) and I STILL want them to win. Even if my stocks go down.
Make sure you send thoughts and prayers too.
Well, I spent several hours talking to them the other day, wishing them well and wishing my support to them. If I was still in the state, I would be out there side by side with my literal fucking friends. I'll also support the newly formed entertainment union that JUST voted to unionize. I'll speak on their behalf and tell people how the company treats them unfairly and fucks them over every single day.
What the fuck do you want me to do? Not have taken advantage of my employer while I was working there and taken the employer match? It's in a 401k, it's not like I can just get rid of it all for another 30 years and it's not like I have much.
Stop being a fucking dick.
You know what man, I really don't know what I want you to do, and I'm sorry for coming at you like that. I and we have been taking so many godamn L's I lashed out. I hope you and y'all and we find a way. I don't have a means to help and I also don't have anything close to retirement so I assumed you might. I hope it gets better.
The best kind of friends. Though I've usually just heard them called "friends with benefits"
That was unnecessarily mean. Are you mad at him because he has stock in the company?
You know what, you're likely right. But also I've been broke sense forever and never had a chance to think about a 401k, which historically has benefits the 1% significantly more than any contributing person. I guess my point is, don't appear to sympathize if you're not directly experiencing it or taking action.
They're a (former) worker that owns a part of that company. That's how it should be. Workers owning their company.
Some companies give stock as a primary benefit. Some of those companies may provide stock in lieu of some or all of a salary. That doesn't mean it's necessary valuable - they typically give you some amount of stock equal to a part of your salary (or some other normal monetary amount), and you would be hopeful the value increases substantially over time.
Just the fact that the other person has stock from their time being employed by Disney is no indicator of their wealth. You can own partial stock as well. It could be worth $50. We don't know.
edit: nah he has a point
Not sure if that's accurate but it wasn't great
Half of all homeless people are employed https://invisiblepeople.tv/working-homeless-more-than-half-of-unhoused-people-have-jobs/
Can't even stay at the actual Hotel Disney. đ
"It's a small place to live after all"
Well that's just goofy
*slow clap*