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WoFlowzI think it’ll be good for resorts because most of these workers are seasonal workers and live in employee housing which is usually on the mtn or near which means more of a chance of the money going back into these towns or if they don’t hopefully the more income even if it’s just a few more bucks a month will give them a bit more spending freedom in these small tourist driven towns
Mtuhockey33Aspen has already started trying to do this. The only problem is they don’t give returning employees the same raise as the newbies. A new kid can come in making $15/hr while you have guys that have been there 4+ years barely making $15 now and they won’t see a raise or anything. Aspen was also talking about taking away the employee end of season bonus to deal with offsetting the pay raise. I left when they took away free passes, 1/2 off passes, mental health days, jacked up healthcare and paid temp guys $18/hr while the guys working all year still made the $13/hr they started at.
DolansLebensraumDamn. Thats pretty crazy. Why does aspen want to have one timers (usually foreigners fwiu) instead of returning employees?
i get that resorts get better returning business when they hire young, good looking euros and south americans at their resorts but theres plenty of good looking americans you could choose from as well so i dont really get the biz sense of it.
Dan-ManHow much is a Aspen season pass now days?
2K?
Mtuhockey33It’s cheaper to hire new seasonal workers, pay them minimum wage, no benefits, give them a season pass and call it a day than keep quality workers. Everyone learns that you get treated better and can make better money at literally any other job in the area and most will help out with the cost of a season pass.
It was like $2,499 2 years ago.... so probably $2,800+ now.
WoFlowzWait does an aspen season pass get you to every aspen mtn or just ajax?
Mtuhockey33All 4 mountains - Aspen (Ajax), Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, Snowmass
WoFlowzDon’t get me wrong that’s a metric shit ton of cash but fo unlimited skiing at all 4 it isn’t terrible especially if your skiing every day or almost and like to ski all different stuff. Might be cheaper to just go ikon at that point tho
ColoradoDogfartgonna be an absolute mess, every heard of inflation? you'll earn more but everything is gonna increase linearly, so instead of paying 15 bucks for a burger it'll be like 25
T.L.$15/hr. will be nothing by the time it gets here and people will already be asking for more before it does.
ColoradoDogfartgonna be an absolute mess, every heard of inflation? you'll earn more but everything is gonna increase linearly, so instead of paying 15 bucks for a burger it'll be like 25
ColoradoDogfartgonna be an absolute mess, every heard of inflation? you'll earn more but everything is gonna increase linearly, so instead of paying 15 bucks for a burger it'll be like 25
270on420outSeattle would disagree.
ColoradoDogfartgonna be an absolute mess, every heard of inflation? you'll earn more but everything is gonna increase linearly, so instead of paying 15 bucks for a burger it'll be like 25
T.L.Over 20% of all US dollars to ever exist were printed in the last year. Inflation is coming to the shithole of seattle too.
T.L.Over 20% of all US dollars to ever exist were printed in the last year. Inflation is coming to the shithole of seattle too.
DolansLebensraumI think it will be awesome. I wonder if resorts will stop giving their employees a comp season pass tho. It would be a shame if they did. But i think 15$ an hour for every resort job will be fukn bananas. Employees will finally be able to afford to use some of the drugs they sell.
SendyMcSendyfaceFuck min wage raises. When they bumped it from $11 to $15 in Ontario a few years ago, it fucked everything up. Gas went up, groceries went up, so your net pay stayed the same. The large corporations didn't give a fuck, but it really fucked over small businesses, cause they had to raise their prices by the same percentage to deal with the wage increase, and lost customers. My old boss ran a bakery for 20 years, and prided herself on selling her goods for very cheap (often as cheap or cheaper than the grocery stores), so that everyone could afford healthy shit. Min wage raise fucked all that, and she had to lay all her employees off and shut it down cause her margins were so slim even before the wage increase. Tons of people have thought very hard about economics, there's gotta be a more equitable way than "aight lets just raise min wage and call it a day".
RudyGarmischI'm concerned. Skiing might become a rich white guys sport.
RudyGarmischI'm concerned. Skiing might become a rich white guys sport.
Municipal007I think it’ll be absolute trash. Minimum wage laws are a cancer.
RudyGarmischI'm concerned. Skiing might become a rich white guys sport.