Kings Island Lowers Starting Wage For 2024

[BoddaH1994]

I saw this on Reddit. Last year they started at $15.

 

Bookmark this page for when they try to tell us that rides, restaurants, and so on are closing early due to staffing and not budget cuts.

[Orion-XL200]

The park is fully staffed! 

oh wait...new year.

[disco2000]

One way to force a labor shortage...

[BoddaH1994]

Food says it starts at $15.50. Is that a reduction from last year? I know $14 is because people were talking about it on Reddit.

[BoddaH1994]

2 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:

Food says it starts at $15.50. Is that a reduction from last year? I know $14 is because people were talking about it on Reddit.

Update:

Oof. A restroom attendant pays $15.25. How bad of a work environment is the food department? Literally they have to pay more to serve food than to clean up public restrooms. 

[beastfan11]

No wonder they have a waiting list for potential employees! They value their associates in a way that could never be expressed financially! Unbelievable! 

[CorkscrewMcPuke]

I'll still work for free if they let me live in the SoB station and gimme some blue ice cream coupons.

[BoddaH1994]

10 hours ago, CorkscrewMcPuke said:

I'll still work for free if they let me live in the SoB station and gimme some blue ice cream coupons.

If you got to live in the SOB station and get Blue Ice Cream you wouldn’t be working for free, now would you? 

[RedSummit20]

my buddys son worked there in food last year and was at $20/hr

[disco2000]

Food has been one of the higher hourly rates for the last several years.  Almost everyone wants to be a ride op.  You can get a food job anywhere outside the park.  So to try to staff food and pull some seeking higher wages over the type of job, they offered them more.

[BoddaH1994]

1 hour ago, disco2000 said:

Food has been one of the higher hourly rates for the last several years.  Almost everyone wants to be a ride op.  You can get a food job anywhere outside the park.  So to try to staff food and pull some seeking higher wages over the type of job, they offered them more.

Okay, then what about paying less to clean very busy, very disgusting public restrooms? 

[disco2000]

4 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:

Okay, then what about paying less to clean very busy, very disgusting public restrooms? 

Apparently it is easier to hide in a bathroom stall for part of shift and text than it is to hide in the food freezer 

[teenageninja]

That is pretty wild, because back when I was still at the park in 2011, the restroomers were the highest paid non-supervisor spots in the park (aside from skilled trades).

 

They made $10 an hour then lol

[DJSkyFoxx]

I also noticed there were no armed security positions posted at this time. I wonder if this is also a budget related cut or if the position will be posted at a later date.