Topic: Who among you here is gambling at work? - page 37. (Read 7644 times)

Gambling while they work is not a good idea, and it only makes them get fired from their jobs faster. This will only be done by people who are bored of working in the office or company so that their superiors can immediately fire them. Employees who gamble in the office environment will definitely not be liked because it is the office, and our job is to work to improve the office and show good achievements in our field of work. It is also unethical and cannot be tolerated by the company, so our boss might immediately fire us without giving a warning letter. Companies don't want to see any of their employees gambling while they are working, especially if the employees become addicted to gambling or borrow money from their co-workers just to gamble.

Most employees work their ass on the job with little peanut as a take home pay which is very poor. Like in my country, people are being paid less than minimum wage and majority of them are private companies that makes much but to pay their staff good salary is a problem and that makes their employees feel reluctant in most cases. They do not bother much about their work and not even put effort too. That is why most of them play games and gamble with their leisure time or when there is not much engagement instead of being productive to their employer.

Actually, because of laws here in my country, companies are required to give at least 1 hour of free time for workers to rest and have their lunch. I am not an expert in companies' policies but as far as I know any worker could easily get their phone during that resting time and start gambling until their time for lunch/rest is over and the company could not do anything about it.
Granted, it is a completely different situation from catching a worker gambling on their desktop computer during productive hours, but what I am trying to say is that here is valid to use your free time in the company to gamble or even text your friends.
For someone to be fired because doing something like that, would require for the boss to have some religious or ethical rules which would be needed to be explained to the worker before hiring him. As long as one is not perceived as being losing time, then there would not be serious consequences, in the case of most companies and bosses here.

That's just what we all think in our own time, in fact a job can be difficult in any way we see it if someone is trusting us and they see that we can't do things well, because it's something we have to do very frequently. , then if we consider that Each job is sacred that we have to have the clarity of everything to do it, then we must repeat our work, because that employer trusts us and knows that he can give his all to do it, then in view of this we must take care of what we have, for this a basic rule is not to use the telephone because when using it we must consider that things when it comes to how to do to generate more money become Difficult, in addition we must be responsible workers, in a company You can't do that, unless the work is in the field, where you have to be on the street or something like that, which is necessary to use the telephone.

So it can vary from job to job, for example when I just Graduated , I was with medical equipment and I traveled to fix the medical equipment, on those trips, I could get on my phones and do whatever, but it was something that was very away from the commitment I was in, because when I arrived at the clinics to fix the equipment or the equipment, at that moment I was not going to take out the phone to send more, or call, or whatever I had to do, that's what I mostly did. but everyone must know, so in view of this we have to do several things that can be available to take into consideration, first of all we have to have very good consideration for our employer , we must be Responsible with our actions, if we are in a job where all the time If you work with clients, it is obvious, you should not go over the phone because it is a lack of respect for them, so you should consider those things.

And even then there are many people out there that do things like that, and then when they are caught and fired they try to blame others for what happened despite being incredibly clear they are the ones that were at fault, only then they may begin to regret their actions but at that point it makes no difference, and things could get even worse than that, because once they begin to try to get another job they cannot put their previous job as a reference, as if they do and their potential employer makes a call they will find out why they were fired and they will not get the job.

Really not a good idea, because gambling is prohibited and is I think against the company's rules. Even with free time it is still unethical to do gambling within the company's premises. Behavior like that won't be tolerated and can lead to the person responsible get fired.

Many employees spend most of their time at social media, or just randomly scrolling the web.

It has been studied, and they realized that about 20% of the workers generate about 80% of the work.

It's the Pareto distribution all over again.

Not a good idea.
What happens if your boss or superior finds you and this is against the companies playbook?
If an employee has this much free time and can gamble then they aren't doing their job and need to get back into what pays them for their time.

I recently tried to play a 500 Casino game (slots) similar in style to Skyrim and it was at work. I have an office job, and therefore I can easily play gambling in the workplace if I want. As a worker, it would be much more difficult to do this, because there is no cozy place at the computer. So, I played about 15 minutes in that gambling game and lost about $ 40, after which I immediately stopped. It didn't affect my performance, but I felt how easy it was to forget about everything and just play. It's so easy to lose your job.

It is nice bringing such up here at OP.
I learnt to be a responsible and a disciple gambler because I am not a good multitasker so there was no chances of me gambling at my work place at the same time being able to offer accuracies with my job.
I am highly dedicated to my job with the fear not just to loose in the gambling but of the fear not to loose my job as a result of improper job execution else I am attracted to  join my colleagues.
This singular considerations has also earned me enhancement with every necessary reasons to take control of my emotions in the gambling sections

If you look at what has been conveyed here, the feedback is that almost more gamblers don't really agree with gambling at work because they want to focus on their work and remain professional at work so that there are no mistakes that might be made due.
It just that some also say they don't have problem with gambling at work as long as they can manage their time and control themselves so that the gambling they do doesn't interfere with their work.
From each of these differences of opinion, actually all of them are correct responses because they have an important point not to disturb the work that has been done, but again the mistakes that can occur are related to whether the gamblers can be responsible for the work or not.

I myself also gamble when I have free time at work, just to entertain myself by playing a few rounds of slot games.
And as long as I can manage my time there will never be any problems at work.

If an employee keeps gambling while they should be working, on a constant basis, not only that person is not going to get a promotion, most probably that person is going to get fired.

It might seem a bit normalized for some people, but it is really not professional at all. Some bosses won't even allow it happening more than once.

Actually based on the poll,nearly 59 percentage of the gambler was not agree to play the gambling in the work place.The reason for this was two,the first one was the gambler will not concentrate in the game for cent percentage while working the office work.If the boss had note you are gambling in the work place means,this will spoil your name on the boss.So the boss will stop the promotion process for you at the earlier stage.The hike also not increased by your boss by targeting your game play on the gambling site during the working time.Being a gambler,I had the counted number of the game in my office without the knowing of my boss in my office.

Yes, it depends on how high the level of gambling addiction is because, seeing that they are still gambling at work, there is a possibility that they already have a gambling addiction even though they may not realize it or even don't want to admit it at all. That is a bad sign for them because they are no longer aware that gambling addiction has actually taken over their consciousness and told them to gamble wherever they are. And yes, they will not want to follow the advice of the people around them, let alone their colleagues who work with them every day and feel the expressions of their friends who play gambling. Meanwhile, the company does not want to see any of its employees who do not work according to company regulations and will definitely give strict sanctions to those who do not want to comply with company regulations. So it's best for employees who are still gambling to comply with company regulations and not gamble as long as we are still working in the office so that we don't experience difficulties.

The mental disorders felt by people who gamble in the office will definitely also be felt by other employees because people who gamble cannot focus on their work and may also have difficulty getting along with other co-workers. They seem to be more closed and don't want to socialize with others, so that can cause other problems. And that could later cause them to lose their jobs so they won't be able to make money. So we should always avoid gambling at work and after all, we intend to work as well as possible so that we can make money for the family. Meanwhile, we still have a lot of time to gamble, and we can also gamble after we get home.

That is true.

But at the same time, I can see how someone working at a horrible job might see this as an opportunity to have some hope to get out of the rat race.

If only they get lucky this time, everything will be fine. For some people it's all they need to continue with the day. No need to gamble away all their money, just a bit to keep their hope.

Yes that's right, one of the realizations that should arise is like you said that finding a job is very difficult so therefore they should be able to think and consider that gambling activities can make them eventually lose their jobs if their employers don't like what they do. Honestly in my opinion even though for example there is a lot of advice they get from other people including some of their coworkers in my opinion it cannot close the possibility for them to stop gambling, I think it really depends on the level of gambling involvement of that person, if they are already quite addicted or even addicted to a high level then I think some of the advice will be useless because as we know people who are already addicted are very difficult to advise, they have their own mindset and beliefs that cannot be contested. Of course, companies always want to have employees who can work professionally and with a high level of discipline, so with that alone we can see how much risk you can lose your job if only the gambling activity is found out, so it's better to just look safe, anyway there is still plenty of time for you to gamble, you can at home or anywhere as long as it doesn't interfere with your main activities.

Yes, that is the main problem and impact, from a mental and psychological point of view, it will definitely be disturbed, maybe everyone will also feel the same way when the final result does not match expectations, especially if their goal is to earn income. And obviously the impact of mental and psychological disruption will be carried over to their work activities and will be very disturbing, and also yes it is true, maybe with their emotional state it does not rule out the possibility that maybe unexpected things can happen such as for example fussing with one of the other coworkers because of a small problem maybe, it could be. Demotion may occur as one of the punishments from their superiors, and the most feared is if they are terminated from their jobs, well that is dangerous and they will lose their main job and have difficulty making ends meet. Therefore, come on if there is one who gambles at work, please be wiser in managing your time, there is no benefit from this activity, it's okay if you want to gamble but you have to be able to place the right time, that's all.

Actually, why we shouldn't gamble at work is because the impact of gambling can make us no longer optimal at work, because usually when we lose we will continue to think about the defeat and the money we have lost, and vice versa, when we win we will think that if we could to continue, we will have the opportunity to get more profits, so that important things at work will be neglected and many will be missed.
Also, gambling at work is very likely to be done in a hurry, because it is done during breaks so there will be mistakes that can be made, such as when you want to place a bet on a sports match.
So it would be better to gamble when we have free time and not when we have to concentrate on important things, such as at the office, so that there is no regret because we gamble at times that are not at work.

Gambling and engaging in illegal activities are different things since gambling may not be illegal in your country, so there's no legal liability if you gamble. However, it's a standard rule that when you're working, you have to be honest with the company, meaning your time should be spent effectively and in the interest of the company. Gambling isn't a company interest; it's a personal one. Therefore, getting caught could merit termination unless you're exceptionally valuable to the company and they would struggle without you.

That's exactly the kind of work where you can spend some time on gambling, in my opinion. Unless the factory is producing nukes, you are totally fine, I guess.

Gambling can relieve boredom, it even can fill you with energy like a cup of espresso. You just shouldn't overdo it. At work or elsewhere, don't overdo it, guys. Make it your source of energy and good vibes.

I've seen some companie who has strict rules and compliance and there's a section wherein stated that Gambling and any illegal activities will subject to grave offense once proven, besides as you've said that this is a common knowledge but we all know that some person doesn't control what they are doing, to the point that it will affect their overall performance at work. Right now, some companies has a work from home set up due to pandemic and I think there's a higher rate of some employees doing that kind of activity while working since they are working at home.