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Shafor said:
their jobs aren't terribly minimum waged like you would normally expect, that was my point.
Shafor said:
I agree with all your points but I have to say something about this bit. Right now, you're correct, BGW is something to do while you're visiting Williamsburg. Blackstone wants to make its Williamsburg properties a reason to visit Williamsburg.
which is what it comes down to. blackstone wants the people to visit williamsburg just for the park, and on their free time they can do other stuff, like visit the old stuff, no offense to CW.
Swiftman said:
That may be. But ultimately they won't be calling the shots.
Party Rocker said:
Yeah, that’s incorrect. The pay raise has not changed. In fact, with the reorganization of their leadership system, several pay rates for leadership were decreased. As far as raises from year to year, it’s 10 cent raise for your first three years, not forever. So ultimately you will only make 30 cents more. Though you are correct that pay about 40 cents above minimum wage.
Seasonal jobs simply will never compare with 700-800 salaried employees of Anheuser-Busch. The whole argument that the loss of jobs to the brewery could be made up with a SeaWorld addition is just ludicrous.Party Rocker said:
Regarding the ten cent increase for returning seasonal employees, I can guarantee you that no one wants to work for ten years to earn a dollar raise. They just don't.
ahh newsie I'll tweak that a bit.....no one really compares to the head of the departments....yes all the salary heads make decent amounts, but they have to work ungodly hours and for a set amount...perhaps a bonus if some project gets pushed through somewhat unscathed. The full time hourly(yes they exist) are the best deal. Full time benefits(overtime...thats right..the hush hush word) and yes you work terrible hours, but the fact that you get overtime usually outweighs the cons.
but yes seasonal jobs stink mostly because they don't get paid overtime..
but yes seasonal jobs stink mostly because they don't get paid overtime..
well think about how employment will go if the park goes to full year operational? would the pay be raised/lowered? would jobs be more worth it?
It's worth it if you need a job really bad or want part-time work to help out with your bills. I was thinking about working as a full-time electrician when they had a position opened in the spring, but I have good paying job. But, if I needed it at the time I would've applied for it.Party Rocker said:
If the park went year round, why would that constitute a pay increase for seasonal employees? No one received a pay increase when the operating season extended into Christmas Town. In fact, this past season, the operations department had pay cuts for line-level supervisors and some positions were eliminated. If anything, wages would more than likely remain stagnate to cover the increased overhead costs for the longer operation.Party Rocker said:
well, christmas town is a separate event though, which i could see that not really affecting pay, however with a longer season, that means more revenue right? more money to pay tm's.
can you tell me the basic concept then, because i feel i may have missed over it. any job is better than no job.
If your theory is that a longer season equals more revenue for the company which allows them to give raises to their employees, I'm not sure where to start? (I guess step one would be to point out that a longer season also equals more operating costs.)
Sorry, not trying to be mean. It just seems like you're banging out a lot of your posts without thinking them through. I'll give you some friendly advice that my mother always told me: "think before you speak."
Sorry, not trying to be mean. It just seems like you're banging out a lot of your posts without thinking them through. I'll give you some friendly advice that my mother always told me: "think before you speak."
The thinking if the park being opened year round or being opened on Friday and weekends from January to March would bring in more revenue is the correct thinking. But, I don't think it will translate in raises for the employees either. The best thing we can do is wait and see if they go to a year round operation and ask someone who is a current employee if they got a raise, than we will know.
Frontseatbill said:
this is how i was looking at it like, but i am sure the revenue may not be as huge as it is during the spring time, and so it may not be enough to give employees raises, but it depends i suppose, on where that extra bit of revenue goes.