He said many Arabs are novice gamblers because gaming is very restricted in the Middle East. The casinos employ 7,500 with jobs ranging from valets to dealers, bartenders, cooks and wait staff, security and managers. Workers say the pay, plus tips, is higher than most jobs in the service industry and included health benefits. MGM, for example, contributes 50 percent of 401K contributions of up to 6 percent of the workers' earnings. But they also complain about long hours and the grief they get from losing gamblers.
Employees are understandably reluctant to talk about their jobs.
But at a Web site set up to log their dissatisfaction, some complain of long hours and limited days off. One worker wrote complaints about six day work weeks and extended shifts. She deals and supervises games. Bostic left a job working for a company that contracted help service with the Wayne County Jail. I'm open to new ideas.