Should Employers Screen Applicants for Problem Gambling Before Employment? - page 7.

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Quote from: goaldigger on August 24, 2022, 04:09:28 PM

If that employee work in accounting matter and will hand the money for the company that can be asked

Still does not make sense for me to ask that gambling-related question even though the job was within the Accounting field.

Mostly, questions should be related to accounting-related works. That was the most important question to be asked and not the employee's life in reality.

Even if an employee has a gambling-related problem, it doesn't mean that person is totally doomed and can't work well during office house. What if that person is still responsible and disciplined and more likely can still do his job properly without a problem? That's the thing that the employer should look at not those other things not related to work.

Anyway, I don't even know if the such situation really happened. Never in my life have I heard that employers, HR department, or those who are assigned as an interviewer asked such a thing in an interview.

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For those companies that figuring it out what are your hobbies, they can ask questions related to gambling but let it leave to the hiring managers. They should be the one on task doing and finding out who are the addicted ones if there's any.

They can give series of exams to their applicants but in an instance, the serious severe gambling addicts can just lie on those interviews and exams if they're being asked and then they'll still be able to go through the process.

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I think it would depend on the kind of job the person is applying for.
If they are applying for a job which has to do with management of important quantities of money of others, then I believe it would be okey to screen the person economic story (credit score, whether they are compulsive person, etc.).

On the other hand if the person is applying for a position which there is no way they could damage the company or they are not managing huge amount of money, then there is no need to break into their privacy when comes to gambling and other enonomic habits.

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Gambling can be a real problem for some people. They tend to lose control, spend large amounts of money, and lose track of time. People who suffer from serious gambling addictions can have extremely negative impacts on their lives. It can be difficult for an employer to accept someone into a position with such a problem. But, do employers really have a right to ask applicants about their personal habits before giving them a job? I don't think so. An applicant's gambling history is an entirely private matter that shouldn't be discussed or brought up in an interview. It's none of the employer's business what you do with your time away from work.

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If the position is in the finance department and that applicant will touch funds or budget from the company.

I believe that the HR should filter some questions that will know that an applicant is a gambling addict. It is an important matter to know for the company if their future employee is addicted to gambling or not.

I've seen it on the news about how an addicted gambler spent the fund of a company unnoticedly.

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Quote from: darkangel11 on August 24, 2022, 04:54:53 PM

There were similar threads here. It reminds me of this one where people brought up very similar points.

People won't be honest with employers if they really want to get the job and you can't really follow them or check their browser history. Gambling is a bit like a person's sexual preference. You won't find out about it unless someone is willing to tell you. You can't make them do a urine test or something to find out if they gamble.

They would only able to know if there are solid evidences or some complaints or reports made by other co-workers that he's doing gambling but in overall it cant really be that possible to know such stuff.
Person would be definitely be denying that they are addicted to gambling or any other things that do connects out about addiction since once we do hear off about this word then it do really create out
that negative vibe which might be the cause for you not to get hired and this isnt what we do like.Just like on what been said by others that this is just for fun and something personal
where others shouldn't really needed for them to know.

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There were similar threads here. It reminds me of this one where people brought up very similar points.

People won't be honest with employers if they really want to get the job and you can't really follow them or check their browser history. Gambling is a bit like a person's sexual preference. You won't find out about it unless someone is willing to tell you. You can't make them do a urine test or something to find out if they gamble.

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Quote from: crzy on August 24, 2022, 04:39:08 PM

This is another job for HR and probably will not take this seriously and since I’m close to our HR the company I’m working with is not looking for this kind of addiction, they are purely looking for the skills, experiences and educational background in hiring people, gambling history is not their priority because I believe it’s a personal matter though it can only be investigated once the employee is exposed to money transactions in the company, I believe they should be more strict to this one to avoid any problem like this.

Other personal things and interest or hobbies arent something that important for any job interview yet they would really be mostly be asking about applicants skills and qualification.It is really not that relevant for them to

ask out such manner since gambling isnt something that should really be prohibited or for someone to avoid to play on because this is really just for entertainment purposes and not some sort of prohibited thing.

Anyone could play freely and it is really just a personal decision or choice whether they would be making themselves addicted to it or not.

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Quote from: crzy on August 24, 2022, 04:39:08 PM

This is another job for HR and probably will not take this seriously and since I’m close to our HR the company I’m working with is not looking for this kind of addiction, they are purely looking for the skills, experiences and educational background in hiring people, gambling history is not their priority because I believe it’s a personal matter though it can only be investigated once the employee is exposed to money transactions in the company, I believe they should be more strict to this one to avoid any problem like this.

Yes, skills matter to the hiring company, not if they have gambling addiction or not. But definitely if the job requires you to handle other people's money then there could be some additional test that you have to undergo to test you mentally if you are capable of handling it. However, there could be cases that the individual might be entice on gambling right after he got the job. So that is the tricky part for the company to know in the beginning as gamblers are known to be very good at hiding their addictions.

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This is another job for HR and probably will not take this seriously and since I’m close to our HR the company I’m working with is not looking for this kind of addiction, they are purely looking for the skills, experiences and educational background in hiring people, gambling history is not their priority because I believe it’s a personal matter though it can only be investigated once the employee is exposed to money transactions in the company, I believe they should be more strict to this one to avoid any problem like this.

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I'm not sure about it though, I mean when we apply there are some psychological test that you need to passed. So maybe there could be some signs already there that could alarm the employer already not to hire the individual. But there could be someone that can't be caught initially before it's too late. So it's going to be extremely difficult really, even if they would screen applicants rigorously, it's not a sure fire formula to caught this gamblers. And yeah, your addiction could start right after you are hired by the company.

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Quote from: Davidvictorson on August 24, 2022, 12:30:26 PM

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I'd like to know your thoughts - Do you think that employers should screen potential employees for problem gambling before employment?

^ If related to finance or in accounting, it should be trusted and there is no negative background but I think this will earn a reputation by the time it is not quickly hired. When we talk about money even though not a gambling addict possible theft because people do crimes for money when they need it most so potentially even not a gambling addict can steal money from their company, we have a greedy attitude when it comes to money.
So screening would be good also to know your employee before you hired them.

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This is a nice question but for people that only play with crypto and are patient enough to only play at home at their own comfy environment and with their home IP and not with the IP in work this can easily be bypassed by any gambler who want to apply for a job and don't like to let their boss know that he likes to gamble.That is as easy as this.

If you are addicted and you can't resist the urge of gambling no matter where you are and you also gamble at work chances are high that your boss will find out eventually and you will be kicked out and fired from the position or job you are covering.Unfortunately there is no middle way,there is either the option to be happy to just gamble at home or the other one which you are addicted and keep playing whenever you are and whenever you have the possibility to do so.

The employer though has no right to screen or further investigate people what hobbies they have in their private life.

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If that employee work in accounting matter and will hand the money for the company that can be asked but of course the applicant will not disclose it because for sure he wants to stay private and if he is already addict in gambling, maybe he is just trying to find a job so he can start working away from gambling and change his lifestyle.

We should not judge them and instead if you see someone getting into gambling, educate them about the possible risk especially on losing the job if he get caught. Gambling is a private matter, though companies have their own rules so if its not allowed in the company better to stop it.

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Should employers screen employees for gambling problems before hiring them?

The fact that people ask questions like that shows how incorrigible and corrupt our ideas of employment are. Why should anyone get to pry into someone's life like that?

What's next, do employers get a list of my medical history and my bank statements for the last 10 years?

I think employers should not be given such rights. It's in human nature to make mistakes. We should not be penalized by random strangers in the future for them

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Quote from: Johnyz on August 24, 2022, 03:48:05 PM

Private companies didn’t care that much about the personal interest of the applicant as long as its qualified for the position, I think only banks and government agencies are strict with regards to this. Gambling addiction can happen once you already hired since you have now the money to support your addiction which probably can affect your job if left unattended. There’s actually no way for the employer to know if you are a gambling addict, especially if you are just doing it online and in crypto gambling.

Anyone could really deny if they do see that they had been testing out or trying out to be screened on whats your personal interest.It might really be that crossing the line but since you are applying for a job then you
wont really be having any choice but to answer but you arent that dumb on not to notice on what they are trying to avoid specially when we do talk about Gambling addiction then you would be surely trying out to
cover up yourself or trying out to deny that you are an addicted person since you know that it would really be decreasing out the chance or odds on getting hired once they do know that you are an addicted one.
So far i havent experience this kind of question of all the screenings and interviews that i had encountered.

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Private companies didn’t care that much about the personal interest of the applicant as long as its qualified for the position, I think only banks and government agencies are strict with regards to this. Gambling addiction can happen once you already hired since you have now the money to support your addiction which probably can affect your job if left unattended. There’s actually no way for the employer to know if you are a gambling addict, especially if you are just doing it online and in crypto gambling.

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Quote from: Davidvictorson on August 24, 2022, 12:30:26 PM

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I'd like to know your thoughts - Do you think that employers should screen potential employees for problem gambling before employment?

What percentage of problems is associated with an employee's gambling addiction? I don't think it's so common that a separate screening for this parameter is required. In addition, in various jurisdictions, this can have negative consequences for the employer, since such an interest in the employee's private life may be perceived as illegal. And in jurisdictions where gambling addiction is considered a disease, it will also be an attempt to violate medical confidentiality, right? After all, if an employee has passed a medical examination and has all the necessary permits (including from a psychiatrist), then the employer should not independently dig into these cases for the details of interest to him.

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Employers are mostly looking for good credentials. They won't surely bother with our activities in our personal life as long as they see us suitable and fit on the work we are applying for. Even for let's say that question will be asked, I think there's an employee who will admit they have a gambling problem.

Companies should be opened at all. In the interview, they can tell already if that employee is worth to hire.

If some shit happened involving that employee after being hired, then that's time to consider putting that person into watchlist as companies can't just fired their employee even if they want to as part of the Labor Act depending on per country.

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Quote from: Botnake on August 24, 2022, 01:51:03 PM

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I've applied for several jobs so far at different places and no one has asked me if I like gambling or anything like that. I only got questions about what my hobbies are and what I can do as other skills, it makes a lot more sense to me than anything else.

A trick question is what's bad about you, it's a gray question to tell them about all our bad behavior so far. So basically they don't ask if we gamble or not, but every company wants employees who are honest and well behaved both outside and in the workplace.

Same here, I've been through lots of interviews in the past years but I never came across some questions related to gambling or if I'm into any of these activities. There may be companies who will ask that upon the interview but I think that just rarely happen because the company is thinking that it is not any of their business as long as the employee if they passed the interview will uphold and do their jobs/tasks that was given to them in like a daily basis.

Its odd or something that you cant really hear from an interview but since we havent tested out on applying on a finance based or firm type of company then there might be those kind of questions but its not really

something that we could really say that this is something needed for it to be asked on any applicant since this is a personal matter.Stick with those important details or information rather than on focusing on this one

when it comes to screening but since they are the ones who do run off the business then its their right or have the full authority nor have the choice whether they would be asking it out or not.

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