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Las Vegas Strip properties are now having to resort to holding job fairs to find employees
Posted on 5/7/21 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 5/7/21 at 4:58 pm
This is my 2nd time to live in Las Vegas, and if you would have told me 8 years ago my first time living here that strip properties would be holding job fairs I would have laughed at you.
Jobs on the strip like bell, valet, hospitality and dealers historically have been nearly impossible to get without either knowing someone, or greasing the palms of those doing the hiring(known as juicing your way in) which consists of having to pay a lot of money for the job. These jobs have been extremely competitive, and everyone wants to work on the strip, so if you don't know someone or aren't willing to juice in, you have to work your way up by working at the non strip properties, gaining experience and hoping to eventually catch a break. I only was able to work at Planet Hollywood in 2012 as a valet driver because I knew 2 guys who I worked for at a hotel in the DFW area who were running that operation.
The fact these properties are having to resort to job fairs and on the spot hiring should truly let everyone know how bad the employment crisis is getting. I don't even know how all the fast food restaurants around here(all of which plastered with NOW HIRING signs) are making it.
Jobs on the strip like bell, valet, hospitality and dealers historically have been nearly impossible to get without either knowing someone, or greasing the palms of those doing the hiring(known as juicing your way in) which consists of having to pay a lot of money for the job. These jobs have been extremely competitive, and everyone wants to work on the strip, so if you don't know someone or aren't willing to juice in, you have to work your way up by working at the non strip properties, gaining experience and hoping to eventually catch a break. I only was able to work at Planet Hollywood in 2012 as a valet driver because I knew 2 guys who I worked for at a hotel in the DFW area who were running that operation.
The fact these properties are having to resort to job fairs and on the spot hiring should truly let everyone know how bad the employment crisis is getting. I don't even know how all the fast food restaurants around here(all of which plastered with NOW HIRING signs) are making it.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:00 pm to goldennugget
So why are they having a hard time hiring? Got some cliffs baw?
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:02 pm to goldennugget
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I only was able to work at Planet Hollywood in 2012 as a valet driver because I blew 2 guys who I worked for at a hotel
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:06 pm to goldennugget
How is the lawsuit going?
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:08 pm to goldennugget
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I only was able to work at Planet Hollywood in 2012 as a valet driver because I knew 2 guys who I worked for at a hotel in the DFW area who were running that operation.
This is the least surprising thing I’ve seen on this site today.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:09 pm to goldennugget
My Uber liberal lesbian boss was finally fired because it had been a year since she worked. They kept asking her to come back but she was too happy just sitting at home collecting UE doing nothing. She didn’t realize they could fire her after a year though, then predictably went to Facebook to say she got let go because there wasn’t enough work for her and how unfair it was.
She’s not my boss anymore so I was able to set the record straight for everyone on there feeling sorry for her.
She’s not my boss anymore so I was able to set the record straight for everyone on there feeling sorry for her.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:11 pm to goldennugget
How lucrative were these jobs that it was so hard or expensive to get that people don’t want that income now?
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:17 pm to goldennugget
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This is my 2nd time to live in Las Vegas, and if you would have told me 8 years ago my first time living here that strip properties would be holding job fairs I would have laughed at you.
But that was pre-Biden!
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:17 pm to goldennugget
Heard on radio as I was running errands that McD's is now paying $50 just to show up for an interview.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:20 pm to goldennugget
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, or greasing the palms of those doing the hiring(known as juicing your way in) which consists of having to pay a lot of money for the job
I like how he felt the need to explain what this is
We've all seen Casino man
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:21 pm to goldennugget
Yet my brother-in-law is looking for a new job in Dallas that pays at least $55k and he can't find anything. He has a degree in Business and currently makes $50k, been there for 8 yrs and is ready for something new.
Almost like decent jobs are still hard to come by
Almost like decent jobs are still hard to come by
Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:27 pm to goldennugget
Offer more money?
Vegas is a pretty sleazy disgusting place. Have they considered that?
Vegas is a pretty sleazy disgusting place. Have they considered that?
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 5/7/21 at 6:30 pm to goldennugget
Hotels across the country are going to be hurting this summer, mainly because recently they've relied on foreign work to fill a good percentage of positions in housekeeping and food services. Lots of Brazilians, Chinese, and Eastern Europeans coming here on work visas did those jobs. I don't think that's happening yet.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 6:37 pm to goldennugget
This entire cluster frick has shattered the idea of UBI being a viable option for this country. People have proven they are fine making a lot less and doing nothing that working to make more.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 6:55 pm to goldennugget
And yet the govt keeps giving out free money that keeps people from working. Amazing times.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:03 pm to goldennugget
The free market people should easily be able to recognize this worker shortage as what it is.
Supply and demand.
Demand for workers has now gone way up, the correction should be higher wages.
Supply and demand.
Demand for workers has now gone way up, the correction should be higher wages.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:54 pm to goldennugget
Been here almost 30 years. Not the first time strip casinos have had job fairs...and its ONE, the cosmo, that is having a job fair. I have seen multiple strip casinos do this at the same time. This is what happens when the strip casinos shite can everyone. When tourists come back, the cattle call goes out. Regular cycle for boom, bust towns.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:10 pm to goldennugget
I’ve often thought about dropping my corporate job and bartending or waiting tables in Vegas. Maybe if I was younger.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:33 pm to goldennugget
Being a dealer in Vegas in the 21st century sounds awful
You are basically a robot that is tracked with a NSA database while being paid tip wages
Who the hell was signing up for that
The joy that you would have had in the job say 30 years ago is sucked dry and turned to shite bean counter essentially.
You are basically a robot that is tracked with a NSA database while being paid tip wages
Who the hell was signing up for that
The joy that you would have had in the job say 30 years ago is sucked dry and turned to shite bean counter essentially.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 9:35 pm
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