Topic: Who among you here is gambling at work? - page 25. (Read 7324 times)

Well, yes, that's true, even though we have free time during work hours, that doesn't mean we're free, just be aware that we're still in a work environment where don't do things that could trigger problems, because in my opinion, if you gamble in the work environment, even if you have free time During working hours, problems occur. So use your free time at work properly, such as chatting with friends over a cup of coffee, discussing the company or anything else because it's impossible not to have interesting topics to discuss with your co-workers.

If we really want to be professional at work, of course we have to do as you say, because it's true that many people can't do this simple thing, because they can't stand the feeling of boredom. If they are really bored, I think they can do many things besides gambling, because this is not recommended.

The OP question is a bit complicated but believe when I say both those that are saying they are not gambling at work, I really think that most of them are also gambling at work but they don't want to say it because it will look like they are gambling both in the toilets  .
Many gamblers works in a company whereby the free time that they have they can use it to do what ever they want, some will rest and some will not because they might be thinking of what to do to keep them selfs busy.
I have been around some company workers and these works always have time for break, so once it's time for break and if there should be any live match, they will want to watch it and we already know that most people that do watch live matches are gamblers, some of them love watching without playing any bet but some prefer 8r watched with a bet placed by them.

If you're at work, don't do anything at all except to work. That work is paying you for your time so you should also pay them with your time allotted to them.

If you don't do so, you're one of those types that will eventually evicted for having no right conduct with involves to the employment and business practices. Also, if you believe in karma, you better just do the right thing.

Many people against the OP question,but the fact is many people play the gambling at the work for the little duration.The gamblers who had the habit of playing the game at the place of the office even for the 5 minute means,they are in the gambling addiction or in the gambling loss.If you in my opinion,you should reduce the gambling play.Because the gambling addiction will leads to the loss most of the time.Instead of the gambling addiction game,the gambler can do the random game in the gambling site.Because some gamblers get huge amounts of money only by doing the random gambling betting by playing with their own skills.

The act of gambling at work does not just happen because many things must surely surround the circumstance at which they act will happen. One of those factors to consider is the personality of the person at work. If the person at work is a personality that is well disciplined they will be by no means think of gambling at the workplace. But if in the other way round the personality involved is not disciplined, they will not find it offensive to gamble at their workplace.

Another factor to consider is the type of work which the person is doing. If the person is doing some kind of engineering hard work that requires their time and attention throughout the work, they will surely have no time to gamble or even think about it. But in the other way round if the person is working as a receptionist in an office where random number of 12 people visit the office everyday, the person could have enough time to think about gambling and also gamble. However every work environment has their rules and regulations and also has their ethics which I mean gambling should be prohibited in every work environment and if you do so it is at your own risk.

Simply self-awareness of the responsibilities entrusted by the company to you must really be emphasized and maintained, as you said that even though for example our duties have been completed for work problems does not mean we are free to do anything, even though the situation may be that you cannot do outdoor activities because it will make your boss angry but still gambling today can be accessed anywhere and anytime and maybe that situation will be used as an opportunity to engage in gambling using the gatget that you have. On the other hand, even if you do it in private, you still have very bad behavior by doing other activities during work time.

So the point is that we must be able to be a person who has full responsibility for whatever we do, have good discipline along with being able to divide time according to the schedule you have, if you are working then it is better to allocate all your intentions and seriousness to work, do not do other activities, after all there are still quite a lot of time that you can use to gamble, such as after work. However, even if you feel safe doing it, there will still be time for the carcass to smell and that means that one day there is a potential that your boss will find out about your bad habit of gambling during working hours, and that could threaten your job.

Right, I agree that even if you don't have tasks left and the company just want you to render all of the time on the office, doesn't mean that you're free to do anything that you want.

Just let the time pass until you're out of the office and make sure that you just do the other thing when you're not with the company hours. It is simple as that but many employees failed to follow.

That's a terrible way to spend your office hours when you can't focus on it and then you can attain to gamble using the company's resources and computers and stuff.

It is for sure that someone who will get caught might be called by the HR and given an incident report. A company that has a gambler will definitely have a second thought about that action.

Much better not to break the policies of the company's or don't do your hobby during office hours.

I think this mostly happen on office workers, those workers who uses their skills like mechanic or driver can't gamble while working as it's too risky. However, if you are an employee and you are assign in the office, you have access to the device and internet which you can use for gambling. And just like what has been shared in the posts above, if an employee losses his concentration, it will have a big negative impact to the company especially if the kind of work is very vital, which includes handling on finances, or decision making that will affect the finances of the company.

On the time that gambling is already making that huge effect into your work already then it would really be suggested that you should really be stopping it completely.
You are really that putting yourself on so much trouble if you are already affecting yourself specially with your own job. You would really be that basically be endangering your job
if you do come into this point. So its better that you should stop it completely because if  you dont like to lose your job then it would really be just that right that you should
really be prioritizing on things which is feeding you and your family. You cant really just put up the risks on losing it just because you do really just want to play. lol

Obviously and thoughts that are always focused on winning make them indirectly lose their enthusiasm for work or even careless to make many mistakes which of course can harm the company where they work which finally after that problem after problem arises whether it is from mental and psychological disorders due to defeat along with financial problems and the worst is that there is the possibility or potential to lose the main job if at that time his boss finds out about his bad activities involved in gambling at work.

Well yes that's right, if his job as you say is that he is a driver who of course must always focus on driving a vehicle but at the same time he also participates in betting which requires him to divide his focus on two things between driving and watching the match he is betting on then obviously I can't imagine how tense the situation is, especially if he is driving alone without any other employees accompanying him then obviously there are two risks that have the possibility to occur, first if he is unlucky then maybe he will lose his bet money and secondly what is feared is losing control of the vehicle he then which of course can end in an accident.

Are you trying to say specialist don't play?? Even when there's a free time at work they don't have some fun even if it really doesn't have to be intensed or long, a few minutes of fun and all that, just to ease off during break hours, well I don't think I will agree with you on the fact that one can't be a good specialist because of few minutes of play at work.

I will only agree that such persons can be distracted especially when they have a game running but that doesn't take away their skillfulness in what ever field of work they find their selves so it's typically only but a distraction and not a reason not to be a good specialist. At the point the game they staked on is running it may lose some little distraction to their mind because they would want to know the possible outcome of such a game. Some persons can actually be disciplined enough not to allow such distract them actually. while at work so it doesn't apply to every one.

It is clear that a person who plays at work will not be a good specialist. He will always think about winning the game, and he will absolutely not care about the results of his full-time work. Such an employee may accidentally harm himself or others with his inattention, if his work is at least a little related to the safety of people. For example, the other day I saw a bus driver who was watching the match because he bet on one of the teams. And of course his concentration on driving was not high.

This happened to a friend of mine at work where he used his work computer to gamble and it was done during working hours, unfortunately he was caught on CCTV and his co-worker reported it to his superiors, until finally he was fired from his job and he is now unemployed. , I don't know what he was thinking when he already had a salary because he worked but was looking for side money from gambling during working hours.

Even though this method is not recommended as a gambler, perhaps it is because of his addiction or curiosity that he cannot bear to gamble so he has to gamble during work hours and at the office. Even I, a gambler, never dare to do that because a professional attitude must be upheld in the workplace where We as workers must be able to act professionally and not use work time for other activities.

accepting the reality that in COVID19 days is where the gambling online Boomed , there are tons
of sites now existing to be a gambling sites when back in 2019 there are fewer   so common that we have increased
also our gambling activities , imagine working at home so this means we need to stay whole day , and also those who
have no work or being kicked from work because of cost cutting are mostly the one that gives their faith in gambling t
hose days.
but how can we be sure that they are only doing that in break time? because we have already
idea how gamblers act specially when they are engaging much as they care nothing about everything but gambling only?

I kinda agree with that as based on my experience, before I learn online gambling, I already try to have a sports bet with my officemates but on just a very small amount only, and we talk about that bet during free time. Sometimes it will add on the bond of employees creating good relationship, but you know, anything that is excessive is not good, so if it's just a friendly bet, it should not affect our work performances.



And maybe the rules of the company too, because if the rules are strictly implemented, you would not try to break it as it might result to losing a job.

Everyone needs a job right, although we don't work all our life but we have to take care what we have now, gambling should not be the result why we get suspended, or worst terminated.

Yapp... it's true that gambling outcomes can affect someone's work as employee. Many people experience it, even if you don't gamble at the workplace (e.g betting on other place far from workplace), your gambling emotions can still carry over. There are two possibilities, good emotions and bad emotions. I'm okay with the good ones.... it means they won the gamble. But if your bad emotions are out of control and you cause chaos at the office, that's detrimental.

It also depends on the work environment. Sometimes, gambling outcomes can be an interesting topic to discuss at work, LOL... whether for laughs or motivation. For those working without direct supervision, this atmosphere can actually be beneficial for increased productivity. Employees feel more at ease in their work.

It all depends on the work environment, as each job has its own unique atmosphere.

This is not a violation because they gamble outside of work or during breaks. I think as long as they take a break, everyone is free to do whatever they want, whether it's gambling or other games, as long as they use it during their breaks and stop when they start working again. and return to focus on doing work without thinking about gambling, but can gamblers control themselves when they lose?? and he returned to work when he was emotional due to his defeat. I think this will interfere with their work.

That's why I advise people to gamble when they get home so that they can be free to do so without worrying about their emotions being taken out on work, because work is more important than anything else compared to gambling itself. If you lose a steady source of income, will you depend on gambling afterwards? of course not right?

It does not combine well.
I work from home and whenever I have balance in my wallet in my favorite gambling site I tend to spend more time watching the game than working. Not productive. That's what always happens and I realized that before this year ended. That's why my New Year's resolution was to lessen the playtime in casino games and just focus on sports betting. That way, I just need a bit of time to analyze the game, input my bet, and then wait for the game to start. I could still work while waiting for the first tipoff unlike when I play Keno even if it's in an auto bet where I kept on switching tabs just to check if I already hit a good amount or not.
The worst part is if you put sounds in the game. You will hear the sound of Keno hitting a win and a loss. When a losing streak happens you must check if you are near getting rekt, if there's a win you also want to check how much was hit.
So, this must not be done in any working place. Sports betting is okay because we are not really putting bets live, we can do it as early as we can and just wait for the results which could be accessed in Google only.

This is worst than just getting terminated, he lose his job (source of income), and he also lose in gambling. I would not be surprise if this person was drowning in debt and might not be able to pay it since he lose his job already. And for this type of seperation from work that was terminated due to a severe violation, I doubt he will be able to find a decent job if he will use the company that fired him as reference for his working experience.