Firefighters confronted DeSantis’ governing board on Wednesday. “The removal of this benefit takes away, for some, their entire reason for working here."

  • Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    1 year ago

    Eh, might not be that black and white.

    Who’s to say that these firefighters chose the Disney district over a neighbor because of the better benefits? Maybe they have young kids who they want to be able to enjoy the parks on a regular basis without spending so much. Maybe this benefit is worth an extra 30 minute commute each day. Lots of reasons to chose one job over another.

    Let’s not just shit on everybody who loses a nice thing. I doubt these people are fighting fires solely for the paycheck.

      • steltek@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Except they’re basically enacting rules against accepting gifts like this, saying it’s unethical. Like a bribe.

        • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Ahh, their fuckery knows no bounds. My mom asked me what I thought of DeSantis today. I’m like…do you have an hour?

    • Drusas@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      22
      ·
      1 year ago

      Then make that perk part of their pay and not free passes. Then it would benefit all of the firefighters, not just the ones who want to take their kids to Disney.

      • Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        I think that’s a valid argument, but it’s more expensive for Disney.

        Let’s say you run a company and offer all of your 50 employees free park passes valued at $1500 for the public. Just giving them the passes costs you little. There’s some administrative overhead and the costs of park usage, but those are mostly spread across your million or so visitors paying for park access.

        You can alternatively give the 50 employees the value of the passes. That’s $75k. Could be the price of another firefighter or two part timers. Maybe three interns. It’s a cost that could maybe be applied elsewhere.

        Or the executives split a bonus. Who knows.