Thread regarding SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. layoffs

SEA CLOSED starting March 16 until Apiril 1, 2020

Ambassadors,

Our ability to provide incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for guests is made possible by the work you do in our parks every day. I want to personally thank all of you for the composure and resiliency you have displayed as you’ve helped to keep our parks, our guests, and the animals under our care and each other safe and healthy in the recent weeks.

Today, we are exercising an abundance of caution and have decided to temporarily close all our theme parks effective Monday March 16, to help reduce the risk of coronavirus exposure to our Ambassadors guests and communities.

We do not make this decision lightly, and in doing so we are adhering to recommendations from public health authorities.

Our coronavirus taskforce will continue to coordinate with appropriate health officials and we currently plan to reopen the parks on April 1. During this temporary closure, essential personnel and animal care experts will continue to look after the health, safety and nutritional needs of the animals in our care.

We are closely monitoring this evolving situation and will continue to take the recommended precautions to keep you, our guests and the animals under our care safe.

For more information regarding the coronavirus, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, www.cdc.gov.

We will continue to update you in the days ahead.

Serge

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Message to Busch Gardens, Williamsburg:

Team, as a follow up to the message below…. Busch Gardens Williamsburg will be closed this weekend. More information will be forthcoming from your supervisor. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Kevin

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Post ID: @OP+13Xhzw3V

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Culinary department full time has to work to “clean” and we cannot use benefit time, we have no choice we have to come! Nice seaworld great job at misleading the media. <3

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Post ID: @3vcy+13Xhzw3V

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-health-coronavirus-universal-workers-20200313-cicyhi26pbc63owwpo5dmsmcaq-story.html

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Post ID: @2per+13Xhzw3V

Don’t even bother talking to HR- they are SR’s pawns!!

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Post ID: @2bvb+13Xhzw3V

Oh you can bet the back areas will be open for salaried, full-time, full-time variables and contractors during the park closure; not even COVID-19 will delay the openings of our new rides.

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Post ID: @2kvc+13Xhzw3V

Making full timers work and protecting the part timeres makes you woder. Since that id–t SR took over its been 5 CEOS well well seems hes been at the helm for like 5 or 6 years now. Its a good thing he has nothing to do with carnival. Mis Mangentment is not the fault of employees. Everybody who is full time and expected to show up please do. And when we reopen thats whenyou call in. We need to stand up and say enough is enough. If we can get that id–t out if he didnt buy the rest of the stock at 9.90 the company will survive.

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Post ID: @2ajf+13Xhzw3V

Let’s go to the media or hr with it’s not fair what if someone happens to get sick during those hours they are forcing us to work! Let’s take it to both!

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Post ID: @2tuz+13Xhzw3V

Looks like someone missed the memo in regards to the complaints about such things like crazy sock day.

Crazy sock day in itself is fine. Go nuts. Have all the crazy socks you want and the days to show them off.

Our complaints about them stem towards that the powers in charge think that holding crazy sock day in a week supposedly dedicated to employee appreciation is somehow supposed to make us feel appreciated. Like taking away our up front vacation and sick time, being overworked and underpaid, treating us like we are criminal when we request to order supplies, etc etc is supposed to somehow be erased because they think having us wear "Crazy socks" means they suddenly appreciate us.

Holy hell the ultimate slap in the face for "appreciation" is when the leadership tries to stay open right up until the mayor basically bans us being open just so they can make money while we have a virus outbreak in progress. I do not know about anyone else, but I sure didn't notice any extra cleanliness things in place such as extra people cleaning to get rid of germs around the last couple of days... We were given extra hand sanitizer. Wooooo!

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Post ID: @1isv+13Xhzw3V

Maybe the media would pick up on more Seaworld related stories if people didn’t spam these forums crying about stupid $h!t like how they hate crazy sock day.

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Post ID: @1lyq+13Xhzw3V

I think the media should be alerted that hourly ambassadors are not getting full pay (40 hours) and that we have to use 8 hrs of PTO.
Great way to mislead the public as usual. It’s never full disclosure even though we are a public company.

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Post ID: @1umx+13Xhzw3V

You know whats really funny about this message and the commentary? About how this is being done for our safety and such?

Seaworld wasnt going to close. They were going to remain open because the CDC or whoever they were waiting on did not give the recommendation to close. What ultimately forced their hand was the fact that the mayor of orlando banned gatherings of more than 250 people. After THAT this decision was made. So full time or part time or even salaried, remember you are not being cared about. Its only the money.

They should not even be open this weekend. But hey, gotta make one more weekend of money from seven seas!

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Post ID: @1iet+13Xhzw3V

Looking like plant engineering, animal teams and rescue are essential personnel. Along with security.

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Post ID: @1uig+13Xhzw3V

Initially hourly was told to leave and not come in next week. Now hourly was told to work 32 hours next week but if they want those 8 hours to hit 40 hours they need to use holiday time or paid time off.

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Post ID: @bvc+13Xhzw3V

You know why info isn't posted. Our management team has to find the decision makers who are at home and not answering their phones.

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Post ID: @bvs+13Xhzw3V

Why is the park status NOT POSTED on seaport or emergency #? And no word from my dept sups either. Wtf?!?

Ridiculous! This company never does anything right!

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Post ID: @qqj+13Xhzw3V

Corporate was told they are going to work from home. All I learned so far.

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Post ID: @ftm+13Xhzw3V

Wonder who they are considering essential personnel that will be working for their pay while the others will be getting their pay to stay home and be safe?

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Post ID: @zbq+13Xhzw3V

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