Topic: Who among you here is gambling at work? - page 49. (Read 7587 times)
It sounds like you should probably give up gambling all together. The only time I've ever gambled at work is placing bets for games for the coming weekend, things like that. I guess I also "gamble" at work when the office sets up a fantasy football league, or does NCAA Mens Basketball tournament brackets, which is a big hit for office gambling. However these latter two is something my employers are okay with, as it's a great way to do team "bonding".
That's why I'd like to tell you again what I've talked about many times here. Gambling is simply greed. And the way to overcome or limit that greed is to set aside a certain amount of your salary or income - it could be 10 to 20 percent. By taking such a precaution, even if you lose, you will be able to carry on with the rest of your money for the rest of your life because you have lost the amount you could have risked. When you invest all of your salary here for the sake of making a quick profit, it will start to turn into a quagmire. You will start losing and losing and losing and you will start to collapse. This will affect not only your work performance but also your enjoyment, excitement and happiness in your daily life and everything connected to it.
Yes, I agree with you that gambling is something that must be limited otherwise gambling will waste as much of our money as possible with continuous losses, playing gambling must use money that we can afford to lose, namely a small amount from the results of our hard work gain, so that when we experience defeat and the money we have limited runs out we will stop for a moment without thinking about the defeat that just happened, this is self-discipline and will make us responsible gamblers so that the potential for gambling addiction will be avoided in us.
Gambling is not necessarily bad, but if it is causing you to lose your career or harm your family, I believe you should first quit gaming. Because, in my opinion and belief, you are using gambling incorrectly. You can bet, but you must do it without causing harm to anything you own.
If you do it while working, you should be aware of the implications if you do so within the organization for which you work. You can do this during your break time as long as you don't do it during your work time, as this is a symptom of disregarding your work.
If you do it while working, you should be aware of the implications if you do so within the organization for which you work. You can do this during your break time as long as you don't do it during your work time, as this is a symptom of disregarding your work.
Yeah, I agree with you here.
I see gambling as any other addiction, like alcohol for example. The only issue is that it's quite possible to lose all your money in a single night with gambling, alcohol is not that expensive.
Well, you could end up dead with an alcohol overdose, or in an accident because of alcohol... I guess they are in a similar level.
Gambling is not necessarily bad, but if it is causing you to lose your career or harm your family, I believe you should first quit gaming. Because, in my opinion and belief, you are using gambling incorrectly. You can bet, but you must do it without causing harm to anything you own.
If you do it while working, you should be aware of the implications if you do so within the organization for which you work. You can do this during your break time as long as you don't do it during your work time, as this is a symptom of disregarding your work.
If you do it while working, you should be aware of the implications if you do so within the organization for which you work. You can do this during your break time as long as you don't do it during your work time, as this is a symptom of disregarding your work.
Gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself that responsible or else you would definitely really be that experiencing on things which arent supposed you would really gonna need to experience.
It would really be all depending on how you would really be making yourself that aware on the actions that you are making.
It would really be all depending on how you would really be making yourself that aware on the actions that you are making.
I agree, gambling isn't bad, and it is not bad as long as it does not interfere with our field of works, relation to our family and our financial capability.
If you bring in gambling into your work, it means that you have ruin your job because there is no how one can serve two masters at the same time. Either you gamble and show less concern of your job, or you take your job serious and forget about gambling.
Gambling should be some in a matured way that will make you not to regret about your gambling activities, and it is good that a gambler should set out time doe his gambling activities and not to gamble whenever he likes. This will help him to have self control over his gambling activities.
That kind of behavior will obviously end up how it has many times in the pass, likely the person Lossing their job and trying to continue to fuel their gambling addiction through other less legitimate means.
Losing ones job because of gambling is supposed to be one of most important and earliest wake up calls for gamblers to realize their are going down a dangerous path, if they realize and correct their course on time, then there won't be reasons for them to suffer much further.
It is similar when someone is arrested for a small crime and won't change their ways, to further progress onto commiting felonies.
Depends on how the situation would really be that severe in terms of engagement with gambling yet there are still people who would really be able to retain their control despite of playing while at work on which they could really be still able to do their job and able to play at the same time whenever they do have the opportunity. Not all people who do play gambling at work would definitely be ending up on losing their job. It would really be always that depend on how you would really be making those actions because if you dont make out such control and discipline towards yourself and werent really that sensible on what actions you would really be makingLosing ones job because of gambling is supposed to be one of most important and earliest wake up calls for gamblers to realize their are going down a dangerous path, if they realize and correct their course on time, then there won't be reasons for them to suffer much further.
It is similar when someone is arrested for a small crime and won't change their ways, to further progress onto commiting felonies.
then pretty sure you would really beending up on having that kind of problem on which it isnt really that something that you could be able to avoid if you do tolerate your addiction.
People who play while at work can retain their job if they are not caught by their superiors. Yes, an employee can still function normally even while they had their mobile phone in gambling mode since there are games that can be played with automation. But this simply shows that the employee is not into the entertainment of the gambling games but rather for the profit he may made which is somehow dangerous since this could be a sign of gambling addiction.
Gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself that responsible or else you would definitely really be that experiencing on things which arent supposed you would really gonna need to experience.
It would really be all depending on how you would really be making yourself that aware on the actions that you are making.
It would really be all depending on how you would really be making yourself that aware on the actions that you are making.
I agree, gambling isn't bad, and it is not bad as long as it does not interfere with our field of works, relation to our family and our financial capability.
My job and gambling, which is important? Ofcourse I'll choose my job because it's consistent in paying my bills at the end of the month unlike gambling that's risky and unreliable to depend on.
this is a very valid reason. No matter how much we like gambling, no matter how big it is, we must not let it interfere with our work. because it is impossible if we gamble while working, the results of our work can still be as good as without us doing gambling activities. because our focus will be divided. Moreover, if we experience losses when playing gambling while working then it will certainly really disturb our concentration and focus. so that the results of our work will decrease and not be optimal. If that's the case and our boss is disappointed then we will also be the ones who lose. and if they find out, our position will be threatened and we will be fired. So it's better to divide your time wisely when to gamble and when to work. 
Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.
That's to some people. I have seen someone who won big in gambling, what he did was to use the money he got from gambling to establish a big business for himself. From that time till now, he has been living comfortably and he does minimize the way he gambles each week. When asked why is he not betting as he ought to before, he answers by saying that he has gotten the amount he's longing for to start up a business. Any other thing will come but not by getting addicted to gambling to win more bets because you will end up losing the money won from gambling bets.
Regarding op questions. It is not a good habit to gamble at work, when it becomes a habit it will affect your work conditions and your output at work will be very low. Just have a time for gambling and avoid gambling at work.
Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.
That's to some people. I have seen someone who won big in gambling, what he did was to use the money he got from gambling to establish a big business for himself. From that time till now, he has been living comfortably and he does minimize the way he gambles each week. When asked why is he not betting as he ought to before, he answers by saying that he has gotten the amount he's longing for to start up a business. Any other thing will come but not by getting addicted to gambling to win more bets because you will end up losing the money won from gambling bets.
Playing something even if it's not gambling during work hours is definitely the best possible way to lose a job FAST. I don't really know why you get to ask these very weird questions. I mean, why would anyone in their sane mind will decide to just randomly gamble at their workplace? What difference will it make when you gamble at home? If you have a poor work ethic, quit the job and do something else that would make you money, then gamble to your heart's content.
Exactly. No one on the right mind would spend money on gambling while working. Treasuring your job is a must, it is the employee's responsibility to provide output and perform a job well done every single day, focusing and completing your task at work must be the priority without doing anything especially gambling. We work to earn money, burning that money in gambling is a waste of time and effort.Gambling while at work will not give a good outcome. Aside from feeling agitated as you have some tasks to keep in mind, it can lead to losing your focus and probably not gonna perform well.
I do online gambling while at work however I made sure to now affect my record or my productivity while working. There are times where you'll have a lot of free time at work to do other things and online gambling is my choice to use those free time.However, critical situations like urgent matter that needs my full attention, then I focus on work. But still, gambling while at work isn't recommended and might cause you to lose your job especially that most companies are strict with gambling in general.
legendary
Activity: 2422
Merit: 1083
Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform
I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.
For me, when i was working and was fond of gambling while at work, both my losses and winnings in gambling affected my work productivity negatively. You might want to ask me how?, now here is how.
Losses made me feel very bad, and this causes me to give more attention to gambling than I do to my work, this more attention given to gambling is to see if I can some of the money I lost back, or possibly all of it and profit as well, this negatively affects my productivity as it causes me not to meet the target set for me by the company, not to talk of meeting the target I set for myself.
Now, talking about winnings, winnings also affected my work productivity negatively because whenever I won, I become less committed to my work, I work for money, right? yeah, when I get that money through winning in gambling, i completely lose interest in my work, I begin to absent myself from work for actually no reason, and this for sure negatively affects my productivity, which often leads to the company cutting down my salary significantly due to lots of missed target and several days absent from work.
It's not good to gamble while at work, especially for those who work in factories where they are required to operate heavy duty machineries.
Well, what a great scheme - you work at work and earn money to spend this money on gambling right at work, then you work again and so on in a circle. 
Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.
Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.
I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.
Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.
Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.
I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.
Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.
That kind of behavior will obviously end up how it has many times in the pass, likely the person Lossing their job and trying to continue to fuel their gambling addiction through other less legitimate means.
Losing ones job because of gambling is supposed to be one of most important and earliest wake up calls for gamblers to realize their are going down a dangerous path, if they realize and correct their course on time, then there won't be reasons for them to suffer much further.
It is similar when someone is arrested for a small crime and won't change their ways, to further progress onto commiting felonies.
then pretty sure you would really beending up on having that kind of problem on which it isnt really that something that you could be able to avoid if you do tolerate your addiction.
Gambling isnt bad as long you do make yourself that responsible or else you would definitely really be that experiencing on things which arent supposed you would really gonna need to experience.
It would really be all depending on how you would really be making yourself that aware on the actions that you are making.
Exactly. No one on the right mind would spend money on gambling while working. Treasuring your job is a must, it is the employee's responsibility to provide output and perform a job well done every single day, focusing and completing your task at work must be the priority without doing anything especially gambling. We work to earn money, burning that money in gambling is a waste of time and effort.
Gambling while at work will not give a good outcome. Aside from feeling agitated as you have some tasks to keep in mind, it can lead to losing your focus and probably not gonna perform well.
My job and gambling, which is important? Ofcourse I'll choose my job because it's consistent in paying my bills at the end of the month unlike gambling that's risky and unreliable to depend on. Most of my colleagues have been fired due to been addicted to gambling, they never made any plans to manage and they're gradually losing themselves. Serving two master at a time doesn't work because there's whole lot to learn about life. It will not always give us what we expects, rather moves contrary to our budgets and causing to become distracted with the dealings. Gambling while at work will not give a good outcome. Aside from feeling agitated as you have some tasks to keep in mind, it can lead to losing your focus and probably not gonna perform well.
Playing something even if it's not gambling during work hours is definitely the best possible way to lose a job FAST. I don't really know why you get to ask these very weird questions. I mean, why would anyone in their sane mind will decide to just randomly gamble at their workplace? What difference will it make when you gamble at home? If you have a poor work ethic, quit the job and do something else that would make you money, then gamble to your heart's content.
Exactly. No one on the right mind would spend money on gambling while working. Treasuring your job is a must, it is the employee's responsibility to provide output and perform a job well done every single day, focusing and completing your task at work must be the priority without doing anything especially gambling. We work to earn money, burning that money in gambling is a waste of time and effort.Gambling while at work will not give a good outcome. Aside from feeling agitated as you have some tasks to keep in mind, it can lead to losing your focus and probably not gonna perform well.
I'd like to share my experience with you all. Even though I'm not currently employed, I went through a phase of gambling while I was working in the past, and the outcome wasn't positive. It affected my job performance because, as you may know, when you lose, you tend to dwell on your losses and constantly think about strategies to win. When we talk about work, it usually means we're not particularly wealthy, and imagine what happens when we gamble money we can't afford to lose, especially when we're not earning much.
Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.
I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.
Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.
I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.
I'm feeling nostalgic with your story, it is bringing back some memory of some hardship I ones had back in the days. It's not easy to be a man but again, we must do everything legitimately to survive. From my days of gambling, I have had an adaptation of gambling to be a place where you will lose more money than what you are going to win, this is nothing but the truth. The percentage of people that win more money than what the actually lose are less than 1 percent in gambling.
With this orientation in mind, I don't make mistake of placing more than what will bite me. My work is hard and time consuming on weekdays, so I don't joke with the pay but you know that all work no play will make one a dullard, I must hang out and of them is catching fun with sports and football and basketball will come into play and as a result, betting will ensue. I must bet but there is tiny I will use that will be nothing, that if compare with things, it will not be enough to get me a proper meal.
I know it's hard to take loss and process it when it doesn't favour you but you must accept it and move on but if you must make it quick and easy to forget, don't ever and ever play with the money you cannot afford to lose. It's not a must to gamble your money, if you don't have it quit gambling quietly and enjoy the rest of your life with other activities that will impact your life.
if you bet "actively" by checking the results/odds and so on you cannot do another activity.
There are no alternative possibilities.
you can dedicate yourself only to this activity. Any work requires attention it can't be done in the same time you are gambling. Yes during a break but no more.
I would also add that it is unprofessional and in these cases you can risk a disciplinary sanction that can go as far as... to get fired! I wouldn't bet on this....
There are no alternative possibilities.
you can dedicate yourself only to this activity. Any work requires attention it can't be done in the same time you are gambling. Yes during a break but no more.
I would also add that it is unprofessional and in these cases you can risk a disciplinary sanction that can go as far as... to get fired! I wouldn't bet on this....
Well, what a great scheme - you work at work and earn money to spend this money on gambling right at work, then you work again and so on in a circle. Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.
Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.
I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.
Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.
Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.
I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.
Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.
That kind of behavior will obviously end up how it has many times in the pass, likely the person Lossing their job and trying to continue to fuel their gambling addiction through other less legitimate means.
Losing ones job because of gambling is supposed to be one of most important and earliest wake up calls for gamblers to realize their are going down a dangerous path, if they realize and correct their course on time, then there won't be reasons for them to suffer much further.
It is similar when someone is arrested for a small crime and won't change their ways, to further progress onto commiting felonies.
Well, what a great scheme - you work at work and earn money to spend this money on gambling right at work, then you work again and so on in a circle. Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.
Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.
I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.
Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.
Wonderful, isn't it? You don’t even have to go home, start a family and try to secure a decent future for yourself.Okay, let's put the stupid jokes aside.
I am absolutely sure that gambling at work will negatively affect the productivity of one’s work tasks, and if we add to this the possible losses in online casino, then this will already be double damage.
Many here claim that they perceive gambling as entertainment, but work processes are in no way comparable to entertainment and therefore, it is necessary to clearly separate these two types of activity. Work at work, and have fun like gambling in your free time.
I'd like to share my experience with you all. Even though I'm not currently employed, I went through a phase of gambling while I was working in the past, and the outcome wasn't positive. It affected my job performance because, as you may know, when you lose, you tend to dwell on your losses and constantly think about strategies to win. When we talk about work, it usually means we're not particularly wealthy, and imagine what happens when we gamble money we can't afford to lose, especially when we're not earning much.
Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.
I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.
I think at least in the life of the gambler, we have experienced this kind of phase in our lives. For me when I was working still in a office environment, there were one casino that is close to us, newly built that time. So me and my friends will try to sneak out and then go to that casino and play. In the beginning it was fun, but when you start to lose big money, then the problem arises. Specially when it's payday, you received your paycheck and the first thing you do is go and play and everything you work for that 2 weeks is gone in an instant. And then you are mentally not stable, your performances are affected in the office. And then there are days that I will call in sick after a big lost. So not really healthy financially and emotionally. However, that was before, I already learn to prioritized things like putting food in the table for my family. Although I still play in land based casinos and online, it's not like before when I was really that addicted and out of control.Let me tell you, the feeling is far from pleasant. It leads to a decline in your work performance, which can have significant consequences since that's your primary source of income. It might be manageable if you're winning, but the harsh reality is often quite the opposite. Even when we do win, we tend to spend most of our winnings, so we don't treat it as business money. This leaves us in a precarious situation when we lose because the money we initially budgeted for our families gets diverted to cover unexpected gambling-related expenses.
I'd like to hear from those of you who have experienced this or are still dealing with it. Please share your testimonies.
After much interrogation about how he would have to gamble on credit to the amount he did it was discovered that he stopped by to gamble on his way after work just to cool off the stress of the day and it happened that he just received his payment that very day and from cooling off from the work stress with a little gambling he found himself gambling away his whole salary he was paid that day. And in his quest to chase the losses he had to gamble on credit promising the cashier to pay before leaving anyway.
I have had more worse stories than this but I don't why in spite of how I gamble I haven't found myself in any of these shoes and that might be because I never stop to recognize the difference between money meant for gambling and money for other purposes in my life. The moment gamblers can't differentiate the difference it then mean that addiction has set in.
~snip~
I slightly agree and disagree, agree because yes anything can change with a slight factor, for example you only plan to play for 30 mins but at some point you hooked up in the game and doesn't notice the time past by. Disagreed, as long as you do your work, finished your task then there's no problem with that. i personally play gambling at work and it doesn't affect my performance and work as long as I know my priority and I know how manage my time.~snip~
That's right, although there may be absolutely no supervision from their superiors that they dare to gamble, but still this is an act that should not be done by anyone. You have to be able to put something in its place, if it's time to work then work, don't do other activities outside of that, especially gambling, it's not recommended. Why? I said some of the effects of gambling such as maybe emotions when losing will affect your work, and after that you will not be able to focus on work, one day surely your boss will question your performance decreases, and the bad risk is because of that you could be terminated. Gambling is just for fun and to complete your empty time, maybe when off work or whatever, certainly when you have no other activities then you can gamble to relieve boredom a little, I think that's all. So you have to be able to put things in the right portion.
We can only suggest without wanting to impose our will because we understand that each person has their own choice.
Jump to: