Three-quarters of employees surveyed at Disneyland say they can't afford basic living expenses

[Lionel Mandrake]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Only weeks after Walt Disney Co. reported better-than-expected profit, a survey at the company's Anaheim theme parks found that 73% of employees questioned don't earn enough to pay for such expenses as rent, food and gas.

The online survey, funded by labor groups pushing for higher wages for workers at Disneyland and California Adventure Park, also said that 11% of resort employees have been homeless or have not had a place of their own in the last two years.

"Disneyland employees report high instances of homelessness, food insecurity, ever-shifting work schedules, extra-long commutes, and low wages," the study said.

The online study was conducted by the Economic Roundtable, a nonprofit research organization in Los Angeles, and the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disneyland-study-20180228-story.html

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"The happiest place on earth" has a dirty little secret. Its employees are anything but happy, for a good reason. Don't go there. Don't buy the overpriced tickets. Don't subsidize a company that treats its employees so poorly.

[exboyfil]

1. The 1,100 sq ft house I grew up in

just a couple miles from Disneyland lists for over $500K. I can see why Disneyland employees are having difficulty meeting expenses. The best decision my parents ever made for me was moving out of Orange County in the late 1970s. I haven't missed it even if the weather is great.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Glad you posted this,

Disney recruits Kids from the Mid West and Eastern States with all B.S. Hoopla,usually the recruits form Street Performer or theme Performer's will get a couple of months housing paid and maintained. After that,good luck.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I wonder if they also schedule a lot of people

part time, no more than 35 hours a week?

And $37k per year is not a real high income, especially in Southern California.

[Bengus81]

4. $4.42 BILLION in NET revenue in 2017 for Disney but bashing the Union is the path they take....

Also holding that phony Trump "bonus" as a chip to get wage negotiations settled. Jesus....this is the WalMart of entertainment workers--maybe even WORSE.

BTW,I had no idea that MASSIVE Corporation tax give away was tied to 2017 but it is. Warren Buffet was saying how much they saved in 17 because of new tax laws.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Nothing like cheap, cheap labor to make a big, big profit.

Why do corporations think they have a right to large amounts of cheap, cheap labor?

"More than one out of 10 – including 13 percent of those with young children – report having been homeless, or not having a place of their own to sleep, in the past two years.

More than half are worried about being evicted from their homes or apartments."

tps://www.ocregister.com/2018/02/27/disneyland-resort-workers-struggle-to-pay-for-food-housing-and-medical-care-union-survey-finds/

[Binkie The Clown]

6. nd still they keep raising the admission prices to line the pockets of the already rich. nt

[Javaman]

7. Disney has always been a non-union shop and has always shit on their employees...

it's no wonder employees at Disney in Burbank refer to management as "Diz-nazis". nt

[QC]

8. This is the system working as it is intended to. n/t

[dembotoz]

9. its a small check afterall, its a small check afterall, its a small check afterall its a small small

check....

[marble falls]

10. Ironically enough after paying for entrance for my family and hot dogs and cokes all around, I ....

couldn't afford my basic living expenses that month, either.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Disney likes tax subsidies

An example:

https://www.salon.com/2016/12/27/taxpayer-funded-capitalism-here-are-the-biggest-corporate-subsidy-deals-of-2016/

There are lots more, from multiple states and the federal government. Corporate welfare starves people.