High Cost of Gasoline vs Low Orlando Wages (student loans, salary)

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by dbansal

My point was as long as theme park business is strong they'll raise wages if they have to in order to keep workers, they'll have no other choice.

This may be true if Orlando was not filled with an over abundance of desperate workers willing to work for whatever they give them so they can put food on the table. Companies will not raise wages to compensate for gas prices in Florida, the slave labor will simply have to work more jobs.

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by mojoe01

This could be a thread in just about any city forum here. Sorry to break it to all you who are known Orlando bashers here, but this city doesn't corner the market on low wages. The minimum wage workers here will have to deal with high gas prices the same as their counterparts in every other city in America. Suck it up and take it. Nobody likes it, but I'm pretty sure there's nothing we can do about it (in the short term future) other than ride-share. Maybe the minimum wage will increase soon.

This is untrue and has nothing to do with "Orlando Bashing", but the majority of American cities provide their workers with a livable wage. Florida's economy is not diversified and is mostly dependant on tourism. This is not the case in most major American cities with diverse economies.

[dbansal]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

This is untrue and has nothing to do with "Orlando Bashing", but the majority of American cities provide their workers with a livable wage. Florida's economy is not diversified and is mostly dependant on tourism. This is not the case in most major American cities with diverse economies.

No it has to do with skills. Orlando does have a lot of jobs that don't require a lot of skills, and those people aren't paid well. Same is true everywhere. People with skills are paid well in Orlando, just like anywhere else.

[bdpop]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

[InternDoc]

I was totally SHOCKED to found out Disney paid $8/h to start...and people in the casts get $10

[mojoe01]

Originally Posted by InternDoc

I was totally SHOCKED to found out Disney paid $8/h to start...and people in the casts get $10

Are you shocked because that is so much higher than the current $5.85 minimum wage that is frequently paid as a starting wage for unskilled labor? If Disney's pay was perceived by the public as being so bad as some here are saying, why are 60,000 of Orlando's people employed there? And why do people continue to move here from all over the country for these $8/hr jobs?

[InternDoc]

I always thought anybody working for Disney would make at least $15 and above. The only good thing I heard is the benefits is excellent.

[LoveBoating]

Disney paying $15 per hr or above to anyone.........where in the heck to you get that info????? Kids working at Disney would never get that, but if a person is working in the Accounting area of Disney (and has a college degree), the wage could be/would be higher than that $15 per hr.
As far as the cost of gas goes: People will do what they have to in order to get to work OR they will quit the "long distance" job and find something closer to home. That is their options.
As far as wages go: Until I was 52 yrs. old I was making up to $11.50 per hr working in warehousing/stockroom (and that was in So Calif). I did ok living as a single person. I just didn't "gobble" up a lot of my money with "toys", traveling or entertainment......but I still had a nice life! Today, I'm married and we live a good life on our household income.
Gas can be high, which it is, and wages can be lower, which is true in many parts of the U.S., but the bottom line is this: Just depends on how a person handles their finances.

Originally Posted by InternDoc

I always thought anybody working for Disney would make at least $15 and above. The only good thing I heard is the benefits is excellent.

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by mojoe01

Are you shocked because that is so much higher than the current $5.85 minimum wage that is frequently paid as a starting wage for unskilled labor? If Disney's pay was perceived by the public as being so bad as some here are saying, why are 60,000 of Orlando's people employed there? And why do people continue to move here from all over the country for these $8/hr jobs?

The pay at Disney is horrendous. And by the way the minimum wage is not $5.85 it is $6.79. So yes they do pay very close to minimum wage, try to live in an expensive city like Orlando with that money.

[dbansal]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

The pay at Disney is horrendous. And by the way the minimum wage is not $5.85 it is $6.79. So yes they do pay very close to minimum wage, try to live in an expensive city like Orlando with that money.

Yeah I know NOBODY outside Orlando makes minimum wage lol. That is the Florida minimum wage btw, the federal minimum wage is indeed $5.85 an hour, and it is set to rise to $6.55 an hour on July 24. I used to live in San Francisco & Boston and knew plenty of people making $15/hr or less. Orlando is not as cheap as it used to be, but it is not an expensive city by any stretch. If you have a low skill job at Disney or a degree in a field nobody wants then don't expect to make big bucks, you won't make it here, or anywhere else.