Letter: Casinos sound like terrible places to work

Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000 | 10:04 a.m.

For one thing, I have never heard about re-applying for your job after a change in ownership. It's sorta like "everybody goes -- I'll hand select those to keep."

After an exchange in property ownership there is bound to be a restructuring, a weeding out or paring down of unnecessary positions, a merging of job descriptions and a trial period to see if all goes well with the changes. But not mass rejection.

A young man with a family would do better to look elsewhere for job security. With the way properties exchange owners (or is it the other way around) in this city, he'd have to re-apply for his job often throughout the years. Is that conducive to sound career planning?

Greed seems to be everything. Employees don't count, although they have a direct impact on the customer, the very success of any enterprise.

One story hits close to home. My neighbor, a casino worker, was notified while on vacation in La Jolla that the meeting he missed by not returning resulted in his dismissal.

Would I encourage family and friends to come work and play in this make-believe fantasyland in the desert? Nope.

VINCENT F. CHARPENTIER

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