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Someone was recently chatting to me about gettting into casino work and asked what pay rates were for trainee dealers. I knew it wasn't anything to write home about, but didn't know the exact figure.
Having trawled the web there have recently been numerous vacancy ads for trainee dealers at Gala casinos up and down the country. £5.85 per hour (which is the national minimum wage) is what's on offer. Considering the numeracy required to cover a roulette table, and the responsibility for ensuring nobody helps themselves to the firm's chips at anytime, finding out they pay the bare legal minimum (and for unsocial hours) was a surprise.
It explains then why such a large number of their gaming floor staff are youngsters from the Eastern European EU members states, and that the pazazz and interaction one expects from people in a customer facing hospitality role is so regularly lacking. I've always found the adige that "you get what you pay for" has rung true. It's possible to earn more stacking shelves out of hours (across the UK), without all of the hassles of having to deal with disgruntled members of the public or having to explain why the chip tray seems unusually light at the end of shift.
Does anyone know whether rates are better elsewhere?
Having trawled the web there have recently been numerous vacancy ads for trainee dealers at Gala casinos up and down the country. £5.85 per hour (which is the national minimum wage) is what's on offer. Considering the numeracy required to cover a roulette table, and the responsibility for ensuring nobody helps themselves to the firm's chips at anytime, finding out they pay the bare legal minimum (and for unsocial hours) was a surprise.
It explains then why such a large number of their gaming floor staff are youngsters from the Eastern European EU members states, and that the pazazz and interaction one expects from people in a customer facing hospitality role is so regularly lacking. I've always found the adige that "you get what you pay for" has rung true. It's possible to earn more stacking shelves out of hours (across the UK), without all of the hassles of having to deal with disgruntled members of the public or having to explain why the chip tray seems unusually light at the end of shift.
Does anyone know whether rates are better elsewhere?
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