Topic: Who among you here is gambling at work? - page 28. (Read 7644 times)

Gambling at work is just a NO NO for me. The flavor it gives isn't one that is needed at the place of work. Imagine having to do loads of work and then you engage in gambling and lose the money, you do know that the money does not fall within the spare money you have and it was actually meant for something, once it is lost, it messes with your mind and a psychological imbalance sets in which further turns you into a non productive worker for a few minutes or hours, depending on how good you are at snapping out of it, and that is translated to lost time or non productive time. It is not and never will be a good experience.

I used to gamble at work in my free time. I made sure that I'd be doing it when I had nothing to do and it didn't affect my efficiency at work in anyway. So, you could gamble at work but how moral the activity is a matter of discussion.
Now I don't gamble at work mostly because I'm shifted to a busier office and have no time to spare. Adding to that there's no more privacy like at my older office as four of us share the two computers at our desk.

Even if we know that it is not possible for anyone to remain concentrated on their job for every hour they are being paid, there is a big difference between taking a coffee break and using some of your working hours to gamble.

The former is completely acceptable, and some office jobs may even encourage it as it helps the employees to know each other and work better as a team, but gambling at your workplace is just a big mistake and once anyone finds out what that person is doing it would not surprise me if they got fired.

Gambling at work in my opinion, is not a sign of one that’s serious in his duties. The undeniable fact that you’re being paid for the hours you’re at work should be enough to keep aside hobbies and leisure activities and be focused on the task you’re employed and being paid for. There’s a time and a place for everything and the workplace is no place for gambling. Except of course, you work in a casino Lol.
It would pay much more to divert your focus on how to be innovative to be more productive at work. That way, you’ll earn more money to comfortably fund your lifestyle.

There is time for everything, effective time management yields success. Gambling is more of a mental inclusive activity than a mere physical one. When you gamble, you kind of alter your mind from its immediate focus parameters and reset it to a relaxed form, therefore it should not be permitted in the place of work. no matter how disciplined you may think that you are, gambling has a different way of Un disciplining even the disciplinarian himself and reducing the person to a sorry addict.

Viewing it form another angle, if you're an emotional person, even if you just gamble with spare funds at work, the effects of losses have a higher tendency of reflecting in your work for the rest of the day. It's very bad to mix fun and professionalism and should be highly avoided at all costs before it starts limiting your attention at work and result to overall poor productivity from the person involved.

There are always effects to what one involves themselves with in life and gambling has such impact on the life of gamblers that, it is reserved for only matured persons and ones with a high level of discipline or self consciousness.

Unfortunately, with no proper means to measure and set aside and the urge to gamble with the hopes of big wins, one tends to ignore ethical rules to gambling.

I don’t doubt the OP when he states that, it does affect your performance at work, of course it would. You work to earn and when or most of the earned money especially, those that constitute what you can’t afford to lose is poured into gambling, you become unstable as you hope to make amends.
To revisit and find means to meet up with your budget, this leaves you troubled at work and a troubled mind can’t come up with good ideas.

Some are like that on having some concern but there are ones who do really love on giving out some complaints basing up on what you do, this is why you should really be careful
on the decisions that you are making but in general sense on which its never been that good on playing whether gambling or those typical mobile games while at work. You arent going to office
or field just for you to play and you arent getting paid just for you to have that kind of enjoyment. Just like the rest been saying that its never been that worth on making yourself
or putting  your work at at risks because once those complaints been raised then youre fucked up. You would really be starting to have regrets on the time that you would
be losing your job. LOL!

Whenever it is something related to work, it must be respected, that is, we are people who at any given moment cannot make a Difference in the case that some things are done, for example, as I was saying, in field work, sometimes you have so many hours free Traveling , you can take Advantage of Playing for a while if you need to play so much, which I don't see as necessary , because I usually play in a casino from the comfort of my home, but there are people who take advantage of every interval of time to do things better and generate more profits with the casinos, well at least that's what they say, but I consider that things are different at the moment when they start doing something, for example I am a person who will always do what is necessary to play and I won, that's what I need my time for, I'm not going to play in the casino while I'm working, that's because it would be very bad, as I say it's unethical, and if they Find out it can get even worse.

When I see that there are things I can do in the casino, I do them with my free time and just concentrating on that. I don't know how they see it in other Countries , but if they pay you 10 or 21 hours to do a job, you should do it without so much problem because things are like that in jobs, the best is always generated to do, but if there is a person who does not like anything other than having his work interrupted for whatever reason, I think he will not do his job well nor will he play well, So that doesn't make sense to me, I think the obvious answer is not to play within the workplace those who assume a different Position, it is Already Common to them , and if they throw them out it is because they asked for it themselves, because they are irresponsible, but I have It has always been known that if you are working in a Company , you have to do your Best and Present Everything you know and look for solutions, not cause problems, because in part that becomes a problem for the company over time.

I think you should remind your colleagues not to gamble while working, even though the company you work for does not implement regulations to prohibit gambling in the work environment, every employee should understand to avoid actions that involve neglecting work or losing focus on your work.

However, I am surprised that your friend often experiences losing bets every day but he still continues gambling without remembering that the salary he earns is just to cover gambling losses, but the impact of losing gambling can have an effect on high anger and emotional control that is difficult to control, this psychological condition should be it is not appropriate when you are working and you can scold anyone when you lose from gambling and experience problems from your work.

Even though there is work that may involve traveling to do it and where there is an opportunity to do things or there is free time to be able to do many things, you shouldn't gamble, because in my opinion, if you are still at work or in a work environment, even if you have free time, it is better used as best as possible, such as discussing work or discussing opportunities for improving job performance not by gambling,  because as far as I know gambling can make them focus on each round,  and make them ignore many other things.

also with undesirable risks such as reduced performance where focus will be diverted due to gambling as well as the risk of possible future problems if you gamble at the place or time or work environment,  of course the consequence may be being fired from the job you already have.  So I think we have to consider everything carefully, because we don't want to lose our job because of gambling.

maybe for now he will still be safe because it is not yet the time for other people to know about his gambling activities during his work time, but it would be good for you as his friend to give him advice not to be careless with his actions which could trigger problems at his job, because even though he is your boss That doesn't mean he can act as he pleases, unless he is the boss who owns his company it probably won't be a problem because if he is the boss he has the power.

In my opinion, even if he gambles after work and spends a lot of money, of course it is detrimental to him, so in my opinion it would be better if you as his friend don't do any harm in giving him better directions, because if every day he gambles and always spends a large amount of money. It is possible that he will experience problems with his finances which could spread to his own mental health.

Even if gambling is permitted and the person is good at time management, work hours are for work. The claim that a 30-minute slot game break is harmless ignores the subtle effects on work ethic and professional boundaries.

Gambling at work, especially during breaks, can blur personal and professional boundaries. This may gradually erode work-focused thinking, impacting productivity and decision-making. Gambling is unexpected and emotional. How can one prevent these feelings from affecting their work?

Gambling may be relaxing when done healthily. Thus, one should indulge in a controlled setting away from work. Setting limits promotes responsible gaming. Work and leisure, especially gambling, must not overlap for professional ethics and personal well-being.

We know how this game plays out, I've been there and I must say, it's really not helping and I'm no longer doing whatever I pleases, rather I'm sticking to getting pave clearer form. Our money should be more independent and focused on the good investment, strives harder on things that would become solidable and fast running. Gambling is fine only when you have steady flow of cash coming in. Calling a $100 bucks small money, it sounds funny because there are people out there that's targeting a $100 bucks to sort out their problems.

You are right that gambling at work will affect many things, including professionalism as worker and worse, can lose job, but this will only happen to those who have failed to manage their time well.
If he can manage his time very well and can act responsibly then he will never have any problems even if he gambles at work, playing one slot game session does not take more than 30 minutes and the average working break is 1 hour.
By using 30 minutes of rest time to play, I think that is more than enough and they will not get into any problems, including being fired from gambling, the legal regulations regarding gambling also have big influence on this.
If the country they live in prohibits gambling then maybe gambling at work could cause problems but if they live in country where gambling is legal then it not big deal if they use some of their time off work to play just few rounds.
But every gambler has their own way of thinking, because there are those who gamble outside the home because they don't want family members to know that they are gambler, there are also those who always gamble at home when they don't have work or on holidays.
We can never equate one gambler with another gambler.

I was an employee before but never experienced gambling while I was at work. But I have a colleague at work who often plays gambling online, and that is poker, and sometimes he tells me that after work he goes to the casino, where he often loses and the money is low. amount of $100.

But he has a strong will to play while at work because he is my superior on duty, so it is okay for him to do that because no one knows, and he knows that no one will report to him in the main office.

Speaking about efficiency then it wont really be that something ideal that you would be doing gambling at work. It would really be affecting your effectiveness in speaking about job performance plus
you would really be putting up yourself on risk on losing your job once that your fellow workers would really be having some complaint then you might be losing  your job
and this is something that we dont really like to happen. For me i dont really gamble at work, there's always the right time on everything on which it would really be just that better that you
should be gambling when you do got home or into your vacant time. Dont risk up your job on something about leisure because its never been worth.

Well in my case it may be something different, for example when a company tells me to automate certain processes, and to make some automation and control plans is different, because if I have to work in the company I go and do it so that things can happen. in the best way and being in the company with the machines or motors to be able to start them or make a plan because I can't put it aside and start doing things in the car, because that would first look bad, second they won't contact me again , then that is something that goes very against what I have as values, because when I work for a company all my loyalty is there and I cannot disappoint them because otherwise, where would my ethics be, and although it sounds bad, that is a failure of professional ethics and it is very well regarded, of course it is my criterion, perhaps I am very conservative, but for me all work is sacred, because for something you studied and for something you spent 5 years at a university, so that in the field of work things are done very well.

In another order of things, I am also Specialist in Cisco Networks, so sometimes I have to do some optical fiber installations and sometimes I have to go to areas where it basically takes 2 or 3 hours to get to the site, and there it is You can play, as long as my phones have security, then these types of things are what I say, which can be done as long as I have the availability to do it without lack of respect, however when I get to the site I can't be thinking about Doing certain things and leaving everything aside so that they can generate other types of Responses , that is, I will not be Installing fiber or I will not be Programming a Router with ONT , and playing at the Same time, because obviously the one who is wrong is me , or I will not be supervising the networks doing this type of activity, it is something that does not suit me, just like when an Expert Report is done.

That's right, if we already have a good and clear job, then we should respect or look after it well, and as much as possible we should do the best for the job we already have so that it produces something good too, therefore never Look for trouble if you don't want to lose the job you already have. Even though sometimes you get bored with the work you are doing, you don't have to look for problems, it's better to look for good things so as not to cause problems that trigger job dismissal.

In my opinion, no matter how complicated it is, if it is our responsibility, of course we have to do it, because it is our obligation, so even though work or other things are complicated to do, if it is our responsibility, what can we do, just do it. Unless you really don't want to do it, then there is only one choice, namely to stop doing it and stop being responsible. but if it's like that, in my opinion, it's not a good thing, because it's something that is our responsibility, so we have to do it well, even if a problem occurs, the risks that must be faced must also be overcome, especially by taking action to gamble during working hours, of course. The risks that will occur must be faced and cannot be avoided.

Yes, it is possible to gamble at work if the job is for example an employee who works on a computer, sometimes a job like that can steal free time to relax and gamble, it is true that it all depends on the type of job, but gambling at work is never recommended because It will indeed interfere with performance, which may decrease due to too much relaxing and gambling.

Besides, what's wrong with waiting to get home from work to gamble in a more relaxed way and not cause performance to decline or be worse than imagined, several of my friends who gambled at work were caught and ended up being fired since then no one dared to gamble at my workplace Even though the work is relatively relaxed, at least we respect our working time, where we are paid by the company to work, not to seek entertainment by gambling.

We are workers who, in the majority, accept our responsibilities, and we know that we know the most important things about a job, we don't hate to leave everything to the rules to act as bears or, as if we were little children, we know that in a job you can't play , because it is the time of neutral work, it is the time by which the company is denying us to make our contribution and because of our commitment to make it emerge even more, so we put ourselves to play in the work in no time and something that does not look very professional , that is something that a child could not avoid, but come on, we cannot reach a level of that, because no matter how good the game is, no matter how much there is a game, it exists and our work must be respected, the company and the things they tell us about are very important and we cannot give that kind of things at work, it is something very ugly, and they could also fire us for it.

This type of thing always has to be taken into consideration, we are people, those who have studied and played a role in our work, we must fulfill it and do everything well, especially when the work is delicate, for example, we need to autoatize a process, but it is v to program them because what I do would be playing, that is not correct, I have to make my program to automate or review the project I have, because for me that is important because it is the image of the project and I cannot do an atomization that will later be I sold a machine and it came out with errors in the programming just because I was playing in the casino and it overlooked a process that is essential and thanks to that I managed to give losses to the company that bought the product with an erroneous automation, that in my chaos It's not nice, I have to have full responsibility for it, that's why they can even take away my inheritance, because it's so delicate that it can energize when it shouldn't and kill people, that's how delicate it is.

It's a great approach to gambling at work you have there. Indeed, if if it's not your job to gamble you shouldn't be doing during your work hours, even if you have free time. One of the reasons is because you can get sucked in the process, and then, even though you wanted to gamble only during your free time, you'll be gambling during your working time too. Also if it's an immediate reward/loss kind of game, you can lose and be frustrated about it and thud doing your main job poorly.