Wynn casino policy changes at work

[jrlvnv]

Quote from Pabst:

I agree. Only in America could someone be miffed that spinning a roulette wheel is no longer a G a week (or more) gig.........

One of my oldest friends owns a well known restaurant in Chicago. Even at the top it's a tough business. Soaring food and energy costs, property tax hikes (80k a year!!) ect. Yet his servers who take zero RISK are always beefing yet they walk out with around a $1000 a week while he goes months at times without being able to draw a salary. At some point it becomes more profitable to sell the building, bank the money and live off the interest. Many employess fail to realize that just finding work is a bonus.......

You should go tell your friend to take his waiters tips and force them each to give up 40% of what they make and give it to the owner. That way he won't have the down times like you were saying and that is what they just did at the Wynn. Do you think that will have a negative impact on the kind of service the guests will receive? So as of now its been a week since this new policy has been into effect and we had the 3 lowest tipping days since the casino has been open. Now the floor people "team leaders" are doing less work then before and making there 250 dollars a day in salary plus take home 40% of what I make. I put up with all the BS, the smoke and the bitching. They just hang around the podium and do there own BSing with each other.

You guys think dealing is just so easy. We were hired as part of being the best of the best in the industry. We are entertaineers. Most people couldn't even stand up half the time on there feet that we do, let alone take 100k from someone and listen to them bitch to you on how big of a piece of garbage you are. The bosses don't want you to complain cause they just dropped 100k and expect you to take that abuse but won't tell you that to your face. So please don't comment till you walk a mile in my shoes about how good i should feel I have it. Shoot when we first opened the casino we had to walk a mile in our work clothes in 100+ degree heat just to get to the employee entrance.

To Don Bright... thanks for replying as a Vegas local. If you know someone that you can refer to me as far as a legel rep. please PM me any referal you might know. I am sure you had to have some legal help in the past giving the nature of the trading business

 

[Dr. Zhivodka]

May I suggest that you get over this misguided notion that you really have any rights at all. You are working for Steve Freaking Wynn, in Nevada no less. Think Gaming will side with you ...or Wynn? Whaddya know.

Mix in a clue.

I have an idea....why don't you guys all strike!!!

Then you can troop around the Wynn properties like those goofs out in front of the Stardust for years on end.

:d

J/K of course...but jeeze let's you figure out some reality here.

Quote from jrlvnv:

the point i don't understand is how can you have a new policy when it contradicts the old policy. The old policy stated that any changes must be voted on. So must there be a vote in order for any changes to be made. If the company can change their minds about a policy at any time why bother putting a policy on paper in the first place.

 

[Algorithm]

Quote from relevance:

You should go tell your friend to take his waiters tips and force them each to give up 40% of what they make and give it to the owner. That way he won't have the down times like you were saying and that is what they just did at the Wynn. Do you think that will have a negative impact on the kind of service the guests will receive? So as of now its been a week since this new policy has been into effect and we had the 3 lowest tipping days since the casino has been open. Now the floor people "team leaders" are doing less work then before and making there 250 dollars a day in salary plus take home 40% of what I make. I put up with all the BS, the smoke and the bitching. They just hang around the podium and do there own BSing with each other.

You guys think dealing is just so easy. We were hired as part of being the best of the best in the industry. We are entertainers. Most people couldn't even stand up half the time on there feet that we do, let alone take 100k from someone and listen to them bitch to you on how big of a piece of garbage you are. The bosses don't want you to complain cause they just dropped 100k and expect you to take that abuse but won't tell you that to your face. So please don't comment till you walk a mile in my shoes about how good i should feel I have it. Shoot when we first opened the casino we had to walk a mile in our work clothes in 100+ degree heat just to get to the employee entrance.

blah, blah, blah...

Cry me a frickin' river. You sound as if you're the only person that ever had to work hard and in uncomfortable conditions. Try framing houses (before pneumatics, yes with an old framing hammer) or working on a roofing crew in the southern U.S. for, oh about $8 bucks an hour (but we won't get into all that because this is your post and your diatribe).

Some people just don't get it. Simply put, you need to either work on your skills, improve your education or just move on. That's what it sounds like Mr. Wynn is telling you. As I've said before on these boards, some jobs are secondary in nature and some that were once "careers" are no longer such.

You bitch about a relatively unskilled position and the fact that your wallet is being impacted. How about engineers I know that have seen their jobs "outsourced"? They're not bitching, they're changing jobs. The one I know of in particular is just improving his education (going for a Ph.D.),moving into teaching and consulting.

It's called reality and in today's markets if you don't think there's some new Asian immigrant that can't count faster than you, will work for less, and do it 10 hours per day with a smile on their face the whole time........ you got some growin' to do my friend.

As before, move up, move on or move aside. Believe it or not the world still goes 'round without casino workers, oh sorry "entertainers", happy or unhappy.

 

[jrlvnv]

Well finally found one supported to truly voice his opinion. Whether you agree with me or not... you should really take 2 mins out of your day and listen.... Not sure if the clicky will work... if not copy and paste the following


http://www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com/video_disp.asp?videoid=1350

 

[Rearden Metal]

Quote from jrlvnv:


You guys think dealing is just so easy. We were hired as part of being the best of the best in the industry. We are entertaineers. Most people couldn't even stand up half the time on there feet that we do, let alone take 100k from someone and listen to them bitch to you on how big of a piece of garbage you are. The bosses don't want you to complain cause they just dropped 100k and expect you to take that abuse but won't tell you that to your face. So please don't comment till you walk a mile in my shoes about how good i should feel I have it. Shoot when we first opened the casino we had to walk a mile in our work clothes in 100+ degree heat just to get to the employee entrance.

Enlist in the military if you want to <b>really</b> find out what it's like to work your ass off, take abuse, suffer extreme temperatures and low pay.

Contracts, receipts, warranties, and other assorted pieces of paper can <b>never</b> protect you when you deal with sleazebags. If you can't trust a man's word, you can't trust his written word either- no matter how 'legally binding' you think it may be. You were bound to learn that lesson eventually.

 

[CaptainObvious]

During my 30+ years of working, most of it for someone else, I've had a policy that has served me well. When conditions of employment changed to a degree I found unacceptable, I found new employment. When I left I told them the very same thing I'vee been told when being "downsized". I said, it's not personal, just a business decision...good luck with your business. I never gave a moments notice as I have never received a moments notice when being shown the door.
A "job" is simply this...an exchange of their money for my time and talent. So long as I deem that exchange to be fair I continue to show up and do my job. Otherwise, I move it on down the road. They owe me nothing and I certainly don't owe them a fucking thing.

 

[Algorithm]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

During my 30+ years of working, most of it for someone else, I've had a policy that has served me well. When conditions of employment changed to a degree I found unacceptable, I found new employment. When I left I told them the very same thing I'vee been told when being "downsized". I said, it's not personal, just a business decision...good luck with your business. I never gave a moments notice as I have never received a moments notice when being shown the door.
A "job" is simply this...an exchange of their money for my time and talent. So long as I deem that exchange to be fair I continue to show up and do my job. Otherwise, I move it on down the road. They owe me nothing and I certainly don't owe them a fucking thing.

AMEN BROTHER!

You only have to do what you HAVE TO do.

 

[swtrader]

Quote from jrlvnv:

the point i don't understand is how can you have a new policy when it contradicts the old policy. The old policy stated that any changes must be voted on. So must there be a vote in order for any changes to be made. If the company can change their minds about a policy at any time why bother putting a policy on paper in the first place.

welcome to America

I worked for a consulting firm, where I was required to make up vacation hours, with BILLABLE hours, in the same pay period

And no, overtime worked for free in the same month didnt count

And I was doing work that arguabley benefitted society

 

[swtrader]

Quote from jrlvnv:

If you know someone that you can refer to me as far as a legel rep. please PM me any referal you might know. I am sure you had to have some legal help in the past giving the nature of the trading business

you have a right to do that, but, consider that you work in an industry that can spot someone who wins by intelligently processing in their own head, the information they've been shown (ie, a card counter), and push them out the door, and blacklist them in the whole town

you think they're nicer, to an employee who sues employers?

think about it

 

[TheActionKid]

Quote from jrlvnv:


You guys think dealing is just so easy. We were hired as part of being the best of the best in the industry. We are entertaineers. Most people couldn't even stand up half the time on there feet that we do, let alone take 100k from someone and listen to them bitch to you on how big of a piece of garbage you are. The bosses don't want you to complain cause they just dropped 100k and expect you to take that abuse but won't tell you that to your face. So please don't comment till you walk a mile in my shoes about how good i should feel I have it. Shoot when we first opened the casino we had to walk a mile in our work clothes in 100+ degree heat just to get to the employee entrance.

The best in the world? Entertainers? A heard that dealers in vegas make close to 6 figures a year for passing out cards to people who need to get their day's fix worth of gambling. Do you realize that a well trained monkey could do your job? You should be happy that you have a job, and not be complaining about a decrease in tips.

Just my .02

-TheActionKid