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Voices from the pandemic: A Walt Disney World waitress struggles to hold on to her middle-class life amid a pandemic and catastrophic layoff

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Tags: voices from the pandemic, walt disney world, usa.fl.orlando, unemployment, work, coronaviruses.covid19, redundancies, jobs, class.middle, author.greg jaffe, source.the washington post, long read, paywall.hard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/disney-layoffs-coronavirus/

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'I didn't make it'
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  1. wycy
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    Sigh. I hate seeing all these people end up being defiant Trump voters.

    In 2020, Flaviana didn’t love either of the candidates. Her only concern was getting her Disney job back and providing for her daughters. “I can’t believe I am saying this,” Flaviana said, “but Trump has guts and he wants to get things open. That’s the best option for my family right now.”

    As Trump’s prospects dimmed in the days after Election Day, Flaviana held on to the faint chance that he might somehow prevail. Her hopes were dashed on Nov. 7 when she glanced at her phone and saw the election was being called for Biden. She took a deep breath and then swallowed hard. A tear streaked her cheek.

    “This sucks,” she said. “If Trump would’ve won, maybe this would’ve gone away.”

    Sigh. I hate seeing all these people end up being defiant Trump voters.

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  3. knocklessmonster
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    I'll be very non-specific, but I work in the same industry (but a different position) in their west-coast resort. I made the cut, but I'm also racked with survivor's guilt, I know a lot of people...

    I'll be very non-specific, but I work in the same industry (but a different position) in their west-coast resort. I made the cut, but I'm also racked with survivor's guilt, I know a lot of people who are better at my job than me who didn't make it and have more bills. I know people who are doing other jobs now, as restaurants reopen (they're all closed again), or taking on seasonal work where they can grab it.

    The employees I've seen talking about it have a wide range of opinions. A lot of the younger workers are more or less okay with not reopening until it's safe, and the older people insist that we need to re-open, they need to go back to work. Both are right, we need to all survive so we can re-open everything and get the economy back on track. We need to get out of the house, because this homebody stuff is even starting to get to me a bit.

    I'm not sure where I'm going with this, I've done a good job of being happy to not be working, but I guess this article struck the right nerve with me.

    3 votes