Question of the Day - 14 August 2021

Not that it's good on any level to lose a job of course though with the gov paying $600 then $300(?) weekly above the normal state unemployment payed to unemployed workers from March '20 to next month, the reality is many workers, especially lower paid workers, earned more unemployed than on the job. Health care? That's a different matter beyond 6 months of COBRA. Guessing NV state health care system or the fed health care system could have picked up the slack for many. Tough part for employees is how many let go will be picked up 1st by the casino that dumped them or in the future? I wouldn't hold my breathe. The blunt reality is any work place owes nothing to their former workers in this situation and vice versa. 

First of all, before the Culinary pats itself on the back, what benefits did they implement to their members who had been paying dues for years?  2nd of all, much of the problem with the unemployment has been how incompetent the governor was in got getting benefits to those who were due them.  The other horrible thing the governor did was immediately put an eviction moratorium in place with no benefit to the landlord.  He missed no checks, and also property tax bills went out on time with no extension allowed for landlords who were not being paid.  Same thing this year and both years, the property taxes were raised the maximum allowed.  Many landlords have not been able to collect rents for 17months with no end in sight. 

The casino corporations that decided to keep paying their employees realized that those employees weren't just fungible, easily replaceable work units and it was worth considerable expense to keep them around. Conversely, those that cut through their staffs with a scythe made the cold, hard decision that this was the time to economize.

In neither case was it a matter of good, bad, principle, nobility, greed, generosity, or anything else. Casinos treat their employees as they do because they determine that such treatment, good or bad, works best for the bottom line. One casino treats its employees like human beings, another treats them like disposable slaves. Both are trying to maximize profits. And there's no real evidence that either approach is superior to the other in that regard.

Maybe this is the other side of the coin, but a friend of mine who lives in LAS informs me that the reason that many of her friends are not returning to their previous jobs is that the casino companies terminated their employment during Covid.  Now, they want the employees to return--but they are offering their old jobs back AS NEW EMPLOYEES!  Thus, the offer to return is without the salary upgrades and benefits that the employee had earned previously.  Long term employees are being treated as new hires--a bad deal for the employee--and not much of an incentive to return!

I do not feel we are reaching the end of the pandemic.  The discussion is moot until the pandemic is truly over.  The way to get all these people back to work is to get vaccinated and until the unvaccinated decrease wear a mask.  Delta surge is a real thing.

I totally agree with you Raymond. I haven't been to a casino since Super Bowl Sunday 2020. I thought I'd go locally for my BD end of June, but nope, not yet. I am vaccinated with Moderna, supposedly the best of the 3 vaccines. It didn't kill me nor have I had any negative affects. I am back to wearing a mask. I wish others would get vaccinated and wear masks so we can get past this horrible virus. In the meantime I'll do all I can to protect me and my family, including no casino, no Vegas, so this is a moot point.

First of all where did you get the idea this COVID false flag is winding down. You are 100% wrong. 
As to employees they do not have to pay rent. They get unemployment plus 300 week. Don’t forget food stamps.   They also get child credit payments. Don’t know exact figure on child credit. Why should they work. They are receiving basically welfare payments that pay them more than they make at the casino. ? Should be how gov takes care of casino employees not casinos. Welcome to Biden’s welfare state. I did not vote for him did you. Borders  are wide open. 200k in one month untested moved to USA places mainly Texas gulf coast and Fl. News refers to surge in cases in these areas. Surprise to adm. ? No it is planned. No end in sight. 

@Jerry Patey 

You’re my hero.  You should start a pillow selling business with all the available cheap labor pouring in from the open borders.

Raymond, agree, COVID is still out there, no doubt. In regards to mask, vaccinated, unvaccinated..please educate yourself, per CDC, vaccinated shed as much virus as unvaccinated, hence, CDC suggest EVERYONE wear a mask, vaccinated or unvaccinated. Israel, 80-90% adult population vaccinated, & how many people over there are getting sick, in hospitals, fully vaccinated. 

Sandra,it appears the vast majority who got the vaccine don't have major short term side effects. Long term side effects, given this vaccine was developed not using the standard 5-10 years + to make sure it's not only effective but SAFE LONG TERM? Unknown. Any scientist, MD will tell you that, long term is UNKNOWN. For humanity, I sure hope issues don't arise but we shall see. Realize when a vaccine is labeled "experimental", well, it's obvious what that means. And the reality is many virologists are saying..this virus is not going away, will never go away, it's a SARS virus,ie same family as colds, flu, always return  

 Today's question has spurned the know-it-all's and constant complainers to espouse their predictable finger pointing and blame. I just wonder how these people would handle things if they were casino owners.  

I just heard a podcast of a patient describing getting Covid early in the pandemic.

The patient was put on a respirator for 21 days. His medical bill was $300k. He worked for a security company that remotely monitored its clients businesses. The man's job was to watch those cameras from Sacramento, CA. There was no mention of a Vegas connection.

He called his employer from the hospital before going on the ventilator. They told him not to worry about anything. All his bills would be paid and his job would be kept for him. They made good on both promises when he returned to work after several months.

As with individuals, corporations exist on a continuum of social responsibility. Since Vegas casinos relentlessly devote extraordinary resources to determining how best to snatch as much of their customers' money as quickly as possible while providing as little as possible in the process it's likely that Vegas casinos are on the "f*ck you" end of the social responsibility continuum.