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whats the pay for a person who works in a betting shop,
are the prospects as good as they advertise.
is it worth considering a career in a bookies.
are the prospects as good as they advertise.
is it worth considering a career in a bookies.
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I've seen plenty of jobs advertised by the big bookmakers and, generally, the pay seems terrible. Even management posts (around here in East Anglia) don't pay a great deal more than the national minimum wage.
As examples of pay levels, see these ads:
1. Deputy betting shop manager. (Starting at �5.77 per hour, rising to �6.50 per hour, in Grimsby):
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/viewV acancy.do?selectedVacancy=3&ref=GTT/15993
2. Deputy betting shop manager. (�18000p.a., in Harlesdon, London):
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/viewV acancy.do?selectedVacancy=1&ref=WIL/21317
Also take a look at the hours in that second ad. They're 40 hours per week, over any 5 days, between 0830 and 2200. Betting shops are always open on Saturdays, and often open on Sundays. Frequently they open until well into the evening. So employees are working 'unsocial hours' for fairly low pay.
Chris
As examples of pay levels, see these ads:
1. Deputy betting shop manager. (Starting at �5.77 per hour, rising to �6.50 per hour, in Grimsby):
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/viewV acancy.do?selectedVacancy=3&ref=GTT/15993
2. Deputy betting shop manager. (�18000p.a., in Harlesdon, London):
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/viewV acancy.do?selectedVacancy=1&ref=WIL/21317
Also take a look at the hours in that second ad. They're 40 hours per week, over any 5 days, between 0830 and 2200. Betting shops are always open on Saturdays, and often open on Sundays. Frequently they open until well into the evening. So employees are working 'unsocial hours' for fairly low pay.
Chris
I worked for a betting shop for several years and I absolutely do not recommend it.
As Buenchico says the pay is lousy, the hours are really horrific, you often end up single manning shops and they are often badly run. Staff are more often than not ignored unless money goes missing.
I've known staff to have to work with the most horrendous smell out back. It really is all about the money. It was even frowned on a few years back to be part of a union.
Personally I can't recommend it at all but maybe someone else has had a better experience.
As Buenchico says the pay is lousy, the hours are really horrific, you often end up single manning shops and they are often badly run. Staff are more often than not ignored unless money goes missing.
I've known staff to have to work with the most horrendous smell out back. It really is all about the money. It was even frowned on a few years back to be part of a union.
Personally I can't recommend it at all but maybe someone else has had a better experience.
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