I am stupid for deciding to become a casino dealer when I was 21 years old. I started out working in the casino cage making $9 hour thinking to myself this will never get me anywhere I need to make more money than this. I began to talk with dealers that worked there and they told me this is a great job you make great money for playing games all day. I was naive I was seeing dollar signs before my own happiness and began to go to school for it
2 months later I got my first dealing job at the Claridge making approximately $15.50 tips and $4.00 base. Things were ok I seemed to like it for a while. BUT this business began to rear its ugly head. Mandatory Holidays and Weekends, Unfair Callout Point Systems, Aggressive Supervisors, NO benefits ( work 40 hours and they still call you part time) NO chance for promotion (When youre hired for part time dealer, thats pretty much all you will be for as long as you work there) Bad Schedules with different time starts and different days off every
2007-07-29
19:02:43
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week, and the last thing I began to see the ugly side of being human with the dirtiest most dispicable people you never though existed. Ive had my life threatened a few times and have had drinks thrown on me and been yelled at a billion times.
Ive been fired for not smiling enough and for not having a promotional button on my dealer shirt at some casinos others I left to go to more higher paying rates Right now I work at Caesars Tonight I got called by my pitboss for a one on one meeting about my "spotlights" Spotlights are basically where you are evaluated by your supervisor every single day you go to work. Basically they are looking to see if you make eye contact woth customer smile say hi etc, etc,etc. Ive been feeling sick allday long and expressed to him that and his reply was I dont care. He gave me a zero across the board and I actually threw up right there with the meeting between me and him. There is no sympathy they wanted me to sign after I threw up THEN I could go the
2007-07-29
19:09:24 ·
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nurse.
I need help SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. I am only 27 years old and today the work nurse informed me that if I keep at this job my blood pressure will get worse and worse. Its ashame this job makes me work 4- 5 days a week but wont give me benefits
Im willing to change careers ASAP I just wished I stayed in College. I need to make a minimum of $500 a week but my real interests are in Real Estate Appraisal, Bartender as a temporary job till Im done real Estate Appraisal, Personal Trainer and more. What are some really good jobs for people who didnt go to college? What should I do I need to leave this job ASAP and wouldnt mind cutting it down to 2 days a week but I need will also need a good money maker job if I do it like that. MY grammar is horrible I know but if anyone can suggest to me the best plan of action to take I am all ears
Thanks,
Mike
NJ
2007-07-29
19:14:19 ·
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