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Layoffs are not the primary risk of being an employee at a gambling company.
by epc 2y ago
Layoffs are not the primary risk of being an employee at a gambling company.
- amonith 2y agoThen what is? I know the higher ups / owners have to deal with some straight up mafia shit or money laundering but a gambling company doesn't really look bad on a CV the way porn industry or even a government job (at least here in Poland) does.
- totallymike 2y agoYou’ve piqued my curiosity. What would you say is the primary risk of being an employee at a gambling company?
- jefc1111 2y agoI have no expertise here but I'd guess changes in legislation torpedo'ing the business model is probably a big risk.
- amonith 2y agoAll startups are probably way more risky. Law works against gambling. Entire market works against startups.
- camdenreslink 2y agoPossibly reputation risk. Future employers may pass over applicants that worked at gambling companies if they consider it unsavory.
- epc 2y agoCrime, criminals. Mostly organized crime, but the occasional whack jobs who “just need an edge”. Doesn’t matter where you are in the organizational hierarchy, I’d argue the most at risk are the lowest level employees.
- PaulHoule 2y agoI would be worried about organized crime. All sorts of sketchy things go on. The only sports event at my Uni where I wasn't able to photograph was college tennis because they have a problem with people past-posting on college tennis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_betting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_betting On one level I can understand the thrill of having some money riding on a game but I am baffled by the prop bets. Fixing a whole game is not so easy and rather risky, but influencing the silly little events some people bet on looks easy and hard to stop. It's particularly crazy that people bet on decisions by individuals and small groups as opposed to the outcome of a contest.
- amonith 2y agoGambling itself is sketchy but legally hired employees especially developer-level have to be somehow protected from the decisions of the business, no? Unless you're worried about the crime itself (as in somebody might threaten you personally and send you to a hospital kind of thing) and not prosecution.