Absolutely. And this illusion of a meritocracy is perpetuated by the people at the top of the pyramid so that the people in the middle of the pyramid never give too much thought to the plight of the people at the bottom of the pyramid. It’s a lot easier to believe “you just did a better job at life” than it is to believe “you’re participating in systemic exploitation”. You want to believe it. You have to believe it. So, you believe it.
I guess I think of it as a blend of both luck as well as making good choices. There definitely aren't absolutes. I agree that there are a lot of people will most likely never be what's considered 'successful' due primarily to sets of circumstances outside of their control.
I agree that there is definitely an element of good luck involved but in general if you work hard you will go farther in life than if you just expect everything to be handed to you. There is meritocracy in the US. You have to work for what you get. There are many people who came from nothing that are very successful.
No, the person with the second job was a friend. You are trained for a location but can also pick up hours in other parks doing the same job if hours are available. And they fill the hours appropriately with their perceived minimum and then people opt out of them and others can pick them up.
Yeah, I keep thinking the same thing. It’s luck that people are born into situations that allow them to make these “good choices” and “work hard” at a job that will provide upward mobility. Many other people make good choices and work hard at jobs and will still always struggle.
Totally. A job loss plus some kind of emergency surgery or hospitalization would absolutely ruin the majority of Americans.
Some of that luck is knowing the right people. Frequently it is who you know rather than what you know that gets you a job.
Certainly this is true. I know people who are in better "positions" than I am in life who are no smarter than I am, do not know more than me, and have not made better choices than I do. Likewise, I have some people working for me who are flippin' brilliant and make great choices (which is why I trust them with problems). However, they report to me and I make more than they do.
That's sooooo last year
People do not want to work for Disney (and similar theme parks) because they do not pay enough to make it worth it, especially with rising inflation. There really is not much more to it.
I agree. But it's not just Disney. Airlines can't find pilots. Companies struggle to find cyber help. Restaurants can't find workers. Meanwhile, our government, who is already in massive debt, sends benefits and stimulus checks to people who don't work. What used to be a safety net has become a hammock.
It’s well documented airlines went and offered early retirement to a ton of pilots at the beginning of COVID to get them off the books. And now they don’t have enough pilots because shocker, COVID didn’t last forever.
Ah yes, let's hire the marketing agent who was just laid off by their tech firm to fly an airplane
Also, millions of Americans just walked away from the workforce forever. When so many retire at one time, many years ahead of their planned retirement, it creates a huge void. They void is higher up in the wage scale, so it raised a lot of boats. But it created a void at the bottom of the wage scale.
Trying to find where I suggested hiring unqualified people. Maybe I missed it.
