Topic: Casino workers, asking for salary during the shutdown - page 11. (Read 2368 times)

I think it is normal for a worker to beg for their salary especially if they are dedicated employees. They deserve that. It is their right. They / we badly need money for this quarantine. Well I know I am lucky enough that the company I am working at followed what our Government have said to still provide the salary even though it is quarantine period.  I do not know about the other company but I hope they are the same.

This must be a pathetic situation for most people around the world; I'm not sure how people are going to manage for their living without getting proper income from their employers; at the same time we cannot blame employers because they are not having usual business is running so that they could pay their employees. This is not just a situation of casino industry but everywhere we are seeing similar situations and people are suffering due to lock down.

Other than praying and hoping about all these pandemic situations will come to an end very soon so that everything in this world will get restored as the early as possible, we are not having anything else to do. I made few donations for few industry based people through their authorities and I am not sure how long I will be in a position to donate .

People who do not work see their income being cut during this period of lockdown and coronavirus. However, the bills are running and need to get paid.
It is normal that the workers are asking to get paid and I hope they will be.

That is a great idea. That is for people who have a backyard in their home, but for people who don't have a backyard, perhaps, they can use the other media to planting vegetables. By having that vegetable, at least we can have our own sources to eat, and I guess that will be more healthy than we buy in the store because we know how to take care of that. I don't think the government can be ready if there is another worst like this, but well, probably, they can be prepared for themselves but not for their people. So yes, we need to be ready for ourselves and try to fill our needs and not to starve to death.

This pandemic makes people suffer. People don't have money, but people need food, but unfortunately, the store cannot serves all people from out there. It is sad.

I don't know whose call is this but I think people should start planting vegetables in their backyard just in case they don't have money to buy foods. People should start to change their perspective if the lockdown may be extended they have to think in advance to find a better way to solve the problems just in case so that they don't starve to death in the future. We are all surprised by these events and that proves us that the government either is not yet ready for this kind scenario. What more if there's much more worst than this? Can the government be ready enough to prevent more losses in the future?

Everyone should get their salary during this period, thats why there are so many people shouting to their governments to print money for now. I know it is a long term bad idea but in the short term we are talking about bankruptcy of everyone and people starving to death.

Just because you print enough money to pay for salaries doesn't mean we are suddenly going to be like Zimbabwe, that takes a lot more time plus a lot more political instability as well. Do not print more than needed, tell all companies who do not work right now that you will pay for salaries, ban every company from firing people right now, and print enough money to pay for salaries and that is not, and not a dime more, with that you will have the economy back to very strong when this ends.

I agree with this. I already saw some changing in the society which some people consider that what they need is important than the other people. For example, when they want to buy something, they want to get priority to get that as soon as possible, and those people forget that they are not the only one who wants those things. A human can change in the middle of the crisis like today, and that can make friend become enemy because of simple things.

That is happening not just in the casino because a few days ago, I made a call with my friend who lived in another city. I asked him about the conditions of his family, and he says that he still waits for the help from his office because his boss tells to all employee that the office can help them to fills their daily needs but the boss cannot do that for a long time. But the boss can pay all of the employees because the office is not making money. So my friend tries to search the other way so he can still fill his daily needs for just in case his boss stops the help.

Casinos are some of the most lucrative businesses in the world and their profit is big enough to support their workers for the limited time they are closed because of the virus.

I think I am seeing the same situation where I live now with many businesses not paying their workers and taking profit of the situation.Very few businesses can’t really pay their workers.A lot of businesses can but they hide trying to take profit from this situation at least here where I live now in Albania.

Aren't the casinos online too?
 Well, I hope the good/safe games could just continue by operating online without the bad ones. The employees would then work part time and accept smaller pay. Everyone needs to remember that this is a crisis period...We all need should be understanding and try and help one another to survive.
 I would even suggest using the small pay to grow your own foods/rare animals (in safe places ofcourse) and probably diversify into the essential businesses.

That also depends on the extent to which a casino is a physical casino or online.
Online casinos should need more employees in these times, because many people are at home because of the virus and have more time to gamble.
Nominated casinos will have certain contracts so that staff can be (partly) paid.

Casinos and other non-essential businesses were temporarily closed due to the virus spreading the word. We often think about gambling businesses having no income, and the decrease of the stock market. But we're forgetting about their employees who get no job and salary in the current situation.

Casino workers in Las Vegas showed their disappointment and anger towards their employers who failed to help and provide them what they need. Famous Las Vegas Strip of glitzy hotels and casino is closed due to lockdown, and thousands of their employees were left with no work and income. However, some casinos were able to support their workers and offered them a two-week salary, others gave four, while some gave nothing.


Las Vegas has more than 40 million visitors every year and it is known for casinos. According to the American Gaming Association, if all casinos in the US will continue to be closed until mid-May, including nearby restaurants and bars, $43.5 billion in economic activity will lose.


The treasurer-secretary of the giant Las Vegas-based Culinary Union, Geoconda Arguello-Kline called giant operating casinos to do their responsibility in the community.

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Although it's awful that some successful casino owners and management forget to protect and help their employees who helped them to become successful, some casino owners were able to send help and give their employees the salary they need. Perhaps they don't care about their employees' financial struggle because they have a lot of money, and they can survive the whole lockdown with that money.

It's their responsibility to give them a salary even if the business is closed. They should be prepared in times like this, and for sure they have an emergency fund to provide their employees. It's only a simple sacrifice for the employees who have been working for them every day.

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Financial management.

This is the problem for the workers. They don't have any savings that can be used in times like this. They are either complacent enough and didn't thought about the savings or emergency funds or its just they don't know how to save money.

TBH, most of the people here in my country doesn't have any savings account or even just emergency funds. This just shows that they are not ready if a crisis like this will happen. Right now people who doesn't have any savings or emergency funds are the ones who are experiencing some difficulties right now. A work at home too will be important right now because even though you aren't working in the company, you can still earn because there are many jobs online already.

Small-time casinos would go bankrupt if they continued paying salaries to their employees without making any revenue for months.