Both arguments are tired, and both are very much straw man. But Disney is open and yet every day we have to hear about how they shouldnt be. This isnt playing devils advocate, this is putting a spin on “Disney is bad”. You cant have it both ways. You dont want Disney open, which keeps 70,000 people unemployed. But now that theyre back open, the 10,000 people that are still not working suddenly matter? Why do the jobs matter now, but not a month ago when they reopened? This is arguing for the sake of arguing, and I should know as I often find myself in those situations on here.
But chances are, of the 10,000 employees still furloughed, or on unemployment; a good majority of them are probably the ones that werent comfortable with coming back to work yet. And instead of Disney telling them “Oh well, too bad” they’re allowing them to continue to stay at home and get paid until they’re ready to come back. If thats not “what is best from a public health standpoint” as a business, then I dont know what is. There are many businesses out there that aren’t as kind to their employees. There are a lot of businesses that opened up, if you werent ready to come back to work within 2 weeks of their reopening, it was time to look for a new job.
Not to mention, where are you putting these 10,000 employees? Water Parks are closed. A lot of the resorts are closed. You cant schedule shifts when there places not yet opened on Disney property to fill those roles
