Who among you here is gambling at work?

[klidex]

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Well right, while on the other hand they have full responsibility for the time and work they have, meaning they really can't gamble when they are on work time because obviously if we look in terms of consequences then it can be fatal, as you said that the boss will not be happy when he sees his employees doing other things during working hours and especially if the activity is gambling which gambling has a very negative point of view in the eyes of society so the boss will definitely be much wiser in terms of making decisions, the first possibility is probably yes you will get a warning and if the next time you are caught making the same mistake by gambling during work time then I think it is clear that it is very likely that you will lose your job or simply be fired.

This is what happens when you do something without careful consideration, as I said earlier that gambling in the workplace is a very careless or stupid decision and action. And there is no other advice other than you must really be able to divide your time according to portions, if it's time to work then focus on work and if you are on vacation then obviously you are free to do anything and one of them might be gambling.

And if you don't carry out your responsibilities at work then you will get a warning because you are not professional at work. Which boss allows his employees to do whatever they want? because I'm sure every company must have certain rules where employees are not allowed to do things such as gambling, smoking, drinking alcohol while working because this will interfere with their main job, especially if you work in an office, this will really affect your work reputation. However, if you work outside the field and are free and not supervised by your superiors, you can do it secretly without your friends knowing because you are not in the room and your friends might don't know.

However, even so, that doesn't mean you can avoid the risk of losing your job because maybe one day your boss will find out if you gamble during working hours so this will cause problems for your job and you will also be threatened with being fired, so it is true, as people here suggest, that avoid gambling temporarily while working because work is more importants than just gambling.

[nara1892]

Well right, while on the other hand they have full responsibility for the time and work they have, meaning they really can't gamble when they are on work time because obviously if we look in terms of consequences then it can be fatal, as you said that the boss will not be happy when he sees his employees doing other things during working hours and especially if the activity is gambling which gambling has a very negative point of view in the eyes of society so the boss will definitely be much wiser in terms of making decisions, the first possibility is probably yes you will get a warning and if the next time you are caught making the same mistake by gambling during work time then I think it is clear that it is very likely that you will lose your job or simply be fired.

This is what happens when you do something without careful consideration, as I said earlier that gambling in the workplace is a very careless or stupid decision and action. And there is no other advice other than you must really be able to divide your time according to portions, if it's time to work then focus on work and if you are on vacation then obviously you are free to do anything and one of them might be gambling.

And if you don't carry out your responsibilities at work then you will get a warning because you are not professional at work. Which boss allows his employees to do whatever they want? because I'm sure every company must have certain rules where employees are not allowed to do things such as gambling, smoking, drinking alcohol while working because this will interfere with their main job, especially if you work in an office, this will really affect your work reputation. However, if you work outside the field and are free and not supervised by your superiors, you can do it secretly without your friends knowing because you are not in the room and your friends might don't know.

However, even so, that doesn't mean you can avoid the risk of losing your job because maybe one day your boss will find out if you gamble during working hours so this will cause problems for your job and you will also be threatened with being fired, so it is true, as people here suggest, that avoid gambling temporarily while working because work is more importants than just gambling.

Yes and that means it is a very stupid decision if you do anything else let alone gambling during working hours which at that time you have full responsibility to focus yourself on the work provided by the company, we have found that the best solution to the discussion we have discussed here is to never do anything else or other activities in the middle of a very important activity in your life, I once said that work is an important activity in human life because it is with this job that you can survive by being able to finance all your life needs.

On the other hand, I honestly don't really care what kind of job you have, whether you work in the field like a marketing agent or as a worker who requires yourself to work full time indoors, basically you will never touch other activities when you are working if you are one of those people who are really responsible. And the bottom line if we look at it in terms of possible risks is very clear that there will always be risks when you do things that are prohibited by your company, as I said earlier that the worst possibility is that you will lose your job.

[Oilacris]

Gambling at work is tolerable if you are working at home. At least when you're working at home you can contain yourself when you lose, you can make  yourself at ease because you know that you are in your own safe space. But if it is in office, I think it is hard because your workmates can notice your change of mood, either you are sad or angry, and it much harder to contain yourself because you are in the office. And yes, it can affect your performance. Because of your bad mood, you tend to get lazy and much harder to work.

So for me, let's prioritize our work first because it is our source of income. Without work, you have no money, when you have no money, you can't gamble. Gambling is just there for side hustle and for fun. Do not let gambling ruin your work.

This is the perfect reason for a worker not to gamble while working outside your house, you can be noticed by others through the change of mood. Although, you must not have to gamble if you are not in your house essentially when you are working, distractions makes gamblers to lose both the bets they would have won as they are busy with work they will not have the time to gamble on the accurate odd. When you gamble at office you don't only lost the bet but lose many of your clients and trust of other coworkers at your office. When you lose and get sad clients will not have to talk to you perfectly and many who don't leave will not have the number of trust they have for you before, as some people don't like gamble you will not know if the client is a gambler or not and when you are gambling right in front of them you look like someone who's not ready to succeed and not serious for work and they might walk away and maybe never comes back again.

You shouldnt really be that making yourself that too confident that others wont really be making such reaction specially if its your co-worker because sooner or later there's someone who would really be telling your boss that you are playing in working hours on which we know that this is something that shouldnt really be done. So if you do really love your work then it would be wise that
you should really be stopping on playing gambling at working hours. We do have still those vacant times or moments or after work for us to be able to play.
Dont risk your work on something which can be considered to be leisure. Its never been worth on exchange your work for gambling because it would really be making things
even more harder for you specially if you do end up on having no work.

[maydna]

Gambling at work is tolerable if you are working at home. At least when you're working at home you can contain yourself when you lose, you can make  yourself at ease because you know that you are in your own safe space. But if it is in office, I think it is hard because your workmates can notice your change of mood, either you are sad or angry, and it much harder to contain yourself because you are in the office. And yes, it can affect your performance. Because of your bad mood, you tend to get lazy and much harder to work.

So for me, let's prioritize our work first because it is our source of income. Without work, you have no money, when you have no money, you can't gamble. Gambling is just there for side hustle and for fun. Do not let gambling ruin your work.

Even though you work at home and can still gamble, you can lose your emotions if you lose. And when you lose, you will feel emotional disturbances, which will change your mood to do other things. You may become unenthusiastic about working and choose to leave it for a while until your mood returns. This will make you unable to work well because you have lost focus on your work, which can result in you not being able to complete your work.

You are right to prioritize our work first because, after all, from that work, we can get income to meet our daily needs. Meanwhile, playing gambling is just to get the pleasure that we can get at any time and is not bound by our routine. We can gamble after we finish work when we have free time so it doesn't interfere with other activities.

[nullama]

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I'm self-employed now and I gamble sometimes, so I guess that could qualify as gambling at work? Although, I must admit when I worked at my 9-5 job I've never gambled at work.

As to exceeding gambling budget, I always gamble for fun so I only risk with what I can afford to lose. Just my 2c.

Yeah, you better watch out your employees more carefully! 

In any case, as long as you are having fun and it is not affecting you or your business in a negative way, then it's all good.

Life's too short to not have some fun once in a while.

[Orpichukwu]

Gambling during working hours isn't that insanity? Because your attention would be divided between your job and the gambling you are playing as it will make you not to concentrate in your work place. No matter the passion you have for gambling never gamble at your workplace as anything that would put your job at a stake should be avoided because that's where you earn your major income from so you shouldn't joke with it all.

There are different sets of workers we have in society: those who take their work very seriously and do it with passion, and those who are just there for the pay and are not deriving joy from the work. They always end up doing other things whenever they are left unsupervised. Most of this set of workers are those who work in government sectors.
 
Anyone who cherishes their job and focuses on how to bring maximum productivity to the industry will focus on improving the organisation and not on things that will drag it back. Only those who are not concerned with organisational goals can gamble in their work place, and such people can always end up bringing setbacks to the organisation.

[nullama]

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There are different sets of workers we have in society: those who take their work very seriously and do it with passion, and those who are just there for the pay and are not deriving joy from the work. They always end up doing other things whenever they are left unsupervised. Most of this set of workers are those who work in government sectors.
 
Anyone who cherishes their job and focuses on how to bring maximum productivity to the industry will focus on improving the organisation and not on things that will drag it back. Only those who are not concerned with organisational goals can gamble in their work place, and such people can always end up bringing setbacks to the organisation.

I would say there are way more types of people/jobs.

In some cases you just need to provide a service, and it doesn't really matter if you hate it or love it.

Think about the person that has to work to provide you with energy at home. Do you care about how he feels about his job?, probably not. You only want your electricity to be on.

Other jobs are of course different, like your doctor, etc, where you actually care about the person doing the job.

And in some cases the personal connection means more than how well they are able to do the job.

Life is complex, that's partly why it's so interesting.

[wxa7115]

I'm self-employed now and I gamble sometimes, so I guess that could qualify as gambling at work? Although, I must admit when I worked at my 9-5 job I've never gambled at work.

As to exceeding gambling budget, I always gamble for fun so I only risk with what I can afford to lose. Just my 2c.

It qualifies, but since you are your own boss you are not running the risk of those above you discovering what you are doing, taking it the bad way and fire you on the spot.

However even if this cannot happen to you, there are jobs that require that you are fully concentrated on what you are doing or you could make a costly mistake, so as long as the job you are doing does not require such a condition, I suppose there is nothing wrong with gambling at your job.

[Fredomago]

I'm self-employed now and I gamble sometimes, so I guess that could qualify as gambling at work? Although, I must admit when I worked at my 9-5 job I've never gambled at work.

As to exceeding gambling budget, I always gamble for fun so I only risk with what I can afford to lose. Just my 2c.

It qualifies, but since you are your own boss you are not running the risk of those above you discovering what you are doing, taking it the bad way and fire you on the spot.

However even if this cannot happen to you, there are jobs that require that you are fully concentrated on what you are doing or you could make a costly mistake, so as long as the job you are doing does not require such a condition, I suppose there is nothing wrong with gambling at your job.

Yup, though the risk is losing your focus and if too much gambling take place addiction will follow, even you are your own boss doesn't mean that you are free with possible addiction, I think the argument still going to how good you are in controlling yourself to avoid losing your job, but since the post above state that he's just playing for fun and if he can sustain that and not to exceed with his budget he might be safe, a case to case situation I guess.

[ethereumhunter]

Yup, though the risk is losing your focus and if too much gambling take place addiction will follow, even you are your own boss doesn't mean that you are free with possible addiction, I think the argument still going to how good you are in controlling yourself to avoid losing your job, but since the post above state that he's just playing for fun and if he can sustain that and not to exceed with his budget he might be safe, a case to case situation I guess.

Apart from losing focus at work, we also have the potential to lose our jobs if our boss finds out about our gambling habits while we are working. The boss will find out sooner or later because there is an assessment for all employees so the boss will get all the reports about his employees' performance. It's not good for us if we lose our jobs because we won't be able to earn any more income, and that will make our lives difficult. No matter how good we are at gambling, it still won't be good if we gamble at work because the workplace is where we work to earn money and we cannot risk losing our job. We can still gamble after we get home and gamble at any time while we are not in the office.

[Betwrong]

Gambling at work is tolerable if you are working at home. At least when you're working at home you can contain yourself when you lose, you can make  yourself at ease because you know that you are in your own safe space. But if it is in office, I think it is hard because your workmates can notice your change of mood, either you are sad or angry, and it much harder to contain yourself because you are in the office. And yes, it can affect your performance. Because of your bad mood, you tend to get lazy and much harder to work.

So for me, let's prioritize our work first because it is our source of income. Without work, you have no money, when you have no money, you can't gamble. Gambling is just there for side hustle and for fun. Do not let gambling ruin your work.

For me, working from home or working in the office doesn't make much of a difference. Only you will hardly punished for your gambling if you are doing it while working from home.

My advice, if you are working from home, allocate some time, like 7-10 hours for your work, and don't gamble during that time.

[Blitzboy]

Gambling at work is tolerable if you are working at home. At least when you're working at home you can contain yourself when you lose, you can make  yourself at ease because you know that you are in your own safe space. But if it is in office, I think it is hard because your workmates can notice your change of mood, either you are sad or angry, and it much harder to contain yourself because you are in the office. And yes, it can affect your performance. Because of your bad mood, you tend to get lazy and much harder to work.

So for me, let's prioritize our work first because it is our source of income. Without work, you have no money, when you have no money, you can't gamble. Gambling is just there for side hustle and for fun. Do not let gambling ruin your work.

This is the perfect reason for a worker not to gamble while working outside your house, you can be noticed by others through the change of mood. Although, you must not have to gamble if you are not in your house essentially when you are working, distractions makes gamblers to lose both the bets they would have won as they are busy with work they will not have the time to gamble on the accurate odd. When you gamble at office you don't only lost the bet but lose many of your clients and trust of other coworkers at your office. When you lose and get sad clients will not have to talk to you perfectly and many who don't leave will not have the number of trust they have for you before, as some people don't like gamble you will not know if the client is a gambler or not and when you are gambling right in front of them you look like someone who's not ready to succeed and not serious for work and they might walk away and maybe never comes back again.

You shouldnt really be that making yourself that too confident that others wont really be making such reaction specially if its your co-worker because sooner or later there's someone who would really be telling your boss that you are playing in working hours on which we know that this is something that shouldnt really be done. So if you do really love your work then it would be wise that
you should really be stopping on playing gambling at working hours. We do have still those vacant times or moments or after work for us to be able to play.
Dont risk your work on something which can be considered to be leisure. Its never been worth on exchange your work for gambling because it would really be making things
even more harder for you specially if you do end up on having no work.

I can hear you clearly, and I appreciate your worry. A sound to wake you up? Im trying to get better at finding the right balance between work and fun. I know that if I dont keep them apart, my job could be in danger. Besides the thrill of gambling at work right now, I want to build a job and a good name for myself. From now on, I will only think about my work. There will be fun things on my calendar, but only when Im not at work. This conversation made goals and their importance clearer. Thanks for promoting good business behaviour.

[virasog]

Gambling at work is tolerable if you are working at home. At least when you're working at home you can contain yourself when you lose, you can make  yourself at ease because you know that you are in your own safe space. But if it is in office, I think it is hard because your workmates can notice your change of mood, either you are sad or angry, and it much harder to contain yourself because you are in the office. And yes, it can affect your performance. Because of your bad mood, you tend to get lazy and much harder to work.

Well, doesn't this come under the cheating that you are gambling when you are working from home and since you know no one will notice you what you are doing, you are spending the office time in your own personal activity which is wrong. Also i feel that productivity at work from home decreases considerably as people tend to engage in non-office and personal work.

If this is something you feel is right, then why do people do not gamble at work when their colleagues or bosses can notice them? This means that this activity of "gambling at work" is something not seen as a decent activity and therefore people tend to hide it and do not gamble in front of the office staff.

[oktana]

Gambling during working hours isn't that insanity? Because your attention would be divided between your job and the gambling you are playing as it will make you not to concentrate in your work place. No matter the passion you have for gambling never gamble at your workplace as anything that would put your job at a stake should be avoided because that's where you earn your major income from so you shouldn't joke with it all.

There are different sets of workers we have in society: those who take their work very seriously and do it with passion, and those who are just there for the pay and are not deriving joy from the work. They always end up doing other things whenever they are left unsupervised. Most of this set of workers are those who work in government sectors.
 
Anyone who cherishes their job and focuses on how to bring maximum productivity to the industry will focus on improving the organisation and not on things that will drag it back. Only those who are not concerned with organisational goals can gamble in their work place, and such people can always end up bringing setbacks to the organisation.

It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

[nullama]

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It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

I'm not sure that would be a great rule for every single job.

In some cases you have a lot of free time in a job, and if you gamble in that time instead of scrolling through social media, I don't think it would make too much of a difference.

But, if you do get addicted and it starts to make your performance at work decrease, then that's another story.

[TopTort777]

But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

Suppose you are an employee, who job depends on a results and work of others. Suppose you sit at the office and wait when somebody does calculations and give you numbers. So you say that while waiting, I am not allowed to anything else except work? You are CFO, you do things things monthly, when results are calculated, do major thing once a quarter. You say that such person must be fired?

Suppose I am not a professional. But I have a job contract where 1,2,3....X work duties are mentioned. What should I do if I have done them all? Should I work slower instead, so that my work will be unstoppable? Or should I then run through the office and ask if someone require any help?

I work on a delivery and wait for orders. Or work on a production and wait for supply delivery, which is being late due to rain, or broken tyre. Low level work. If you were my boss, you would have fire me, because "I do nothing at work". Brilliant logic.

[Fredomago]

Yup, though the risk is losing your focus and if too much gambling take place addiction will follow, even you are your own boss doesn't mean that you are free with possible addiction, I think the argument still going to how good you are in controlling yourself to avoid losing your job, but since the post above state that he's just playing for fun and if he can sustain that and not to exceed with his budget he might be safe, a case to case situation I guess.

Apart from losing focus at work, we also have the potential to lose our jobs if our boss finds out about our gambling habits while we are working. The boss will find out sooner or later because there is an assessment for all employees so the boss will get all the reports about his employees' performance. It's not good for us if we lose our jobs because we won't be able to earn any more income, and that will make our lives difficult. No matter how good we are at gambling, it still won't be good if we gamble at work because the workplace is where we work to earn money and we cannot risk losing our job. We can still gamble after we get home and gamble at any time while we are not in the office.

Which is really possible, there should be a division between your gambling and your work, use your spare time outside your work and there's no problem about, just make sure to have the right balance on both your money and time that you'll going to spend, your statement is not by far as there's always an assessment inside your work place and if the boss finds out that you are not performing and you are using your paid time for your gambling you can be cut out from your post.

You need to have that balance, and same with your position having a decent job should be the priority and if you really can't move away from gambling better to find time exclusively which will not affect your paid time inside your work place.

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It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

I'm not sure that would be a great rule for every single job.

In some cases you have a lot of free time in a job, and if you gamble in that time instead of scrolling through social media, I don't think it would make too much of a difference.

But, if you do get addicted and it starts to make your performance at work decrease, then that's another story.

That's another thing for sure, if you can control the balance and you are doing things during your free time and not affecting your performance so even you have been evaluated and your boss didn't see any problem from you doing your task, a case to case situation
and how good a person can balance things out.

[moneystery]

It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

even for unprofessional work, it still requires their professionalism to be able to provide the best work by not doing anything other than their work. if they want to gamble or something else, they can do it outside of their working hours, not when they are doing their work. because each has their own responsibilities and when people take their work too lightly by gambling during work, it means they are not fit to be employed.

[oktana]

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It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

I'm not sure that would be a great rule for every single job.

In some cases you have a lot of free time in a job, and if you gamble in that time instead of scrolling through social media, I don't think it would make too much of a difference.

But, if you do get addicted and it starts to make your performance at work decrease, then that's another story.

If it were my company, I would rather have an employee that spends time on social media than one that spends time gambling. But there are factors to consider; if the social media is causing depression which leads to reduced performance, I’ll definitely advise you and if there is continuous underperformance then who wouldn’t fire such person. The same with gambling; if the gambling is causing underperformance due to fatigue from a lost game or the anxiety of an ongoing game, I’d address you but if the underperformance continues, you should leave. If you must do either one, let it not show in your assigned role that something of such is wrong.

But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

Suppose you are an employee, who job depends on a results and work of others. Suppose you sit at the office and wait when somebody does calculations and give you numbers. So you say that while waiting, I am not allowed to anything else except work? You are CFO, you do things things monthly, when results are calculated, do major thing once a quarter. You say that such person must be fired?

Suppose I am not a professional. But I have a job contract where 1,2,3....X work duties are mentioned. What should I do if I have done them all? Should I work slower instead, so that my work will be unstoppable? Or should I then run through the office and ask if someone require any help?

I work on a delivery and wait for orders. Or work on a production and wait for supply delivery, which is being late due to rain, or broken tyre. Low level work. If you were my boss, you would have fire me, because "I do nothing at work". Brilliant logic.

Don’t get me wrong. My point is mainly about the unprofessionalism and the performance issue that comes with it. Theres a lot of emotions that comes with gambling, and if it happens to be the wrong emotion… what then do you think will happen to your performance (answer as a human being which you are)?

We’re all different people and see things differently, but I think it is wrong and very unprofessional to gamble during work hours (not just my idea but it’s a general idea).

[Oilacris]

It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

even for unprofessional work, it still requires their professionalism to be able to provide the best work by not doing anything other than their work. if they want to gamble or something else, they can do it outside of their working hours, not when they are doing their work. because each has their own responsibilities and when people take their work too lightly by gambling during work, it means they are not fit to be employed.

Professional or unprofessional it wont matter. Hard work and focus is something that it is really needed. If you do find yourself that not be able to avoid or cant resist gambling temptation on the
time that you do made up some work then potential problems could really be created and this is something which it isnt really that recommended on doing so since you would really be putting
up your work at risks and this is something that not recommendable.If you can risk on losing your job then its your choice, but to think that there would be no person on their right minds would be doing
so specially if he is totally relying with his monthly paycheck. This is why if you do have that gambling urge then better save it for later.