UNCgolf
Well-Known Member
Yes, but focusing on Florida minimum wage isn't really helpful when Orlando is a particularly expensive place to live in the state meaning higher than minimum wage is needed, Gideon's is significantly busier (thus higher stress) than most businesses even in Orlando making employee retention difficult with minimum wage, and Disney/Gideons has WELL above "minimum" standards for their cast members and thus deserve well above minimum wage to compensate for that.
I get your point, but nobody is forcing people to work at Gideon's. If they don't think they're making enough money there, go get a job elsewhere. If Gideon's was unable to keep employees they'd either be forced to increase the pay structure or shut down.
Regardless, I doubt Gideon's is ever going to offer employees $20 an hour (I have a feeling they probably couldn't afford to) -- my guess is if it was not a tipped position, the employees would end up making less money than they currently make.
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