AUS - “Casino staff job fears over web link”
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LUCY HOOD
July 07, 2007
UP to 10 Skycity employees are believed to have been suspended after
being linked to an Internet site which attacks the casino as an
unsafe workplace.
It is understood the employees were listed as “friends” on the
www.myspace. com/skyshitty site, which alleges casino staff have been
injured by faulty equipment and are forced to work in unsafe
conditions.
The Advertiser was contacted yesterday by a 25-year-old male employee
who admitted running the site.
The man, who is known under the alias “Money Monster”, wished to
remain anonymous. He said the site was the second he had set up after
the first was shut down.
“Staff have been cut, burnt and another guy was shocked by a faulty
machine,” he said.
“During the employee induction, the food and beverage attendants are
told to keep customers at a ‘happy drunk level’ so that they don’t
feel bad about losing money.”
The man said he was also forced by a manager to incorrectly fill out
a document which was supposed to record food temperatures in one of
the casino’s restaurants.
“A health report, which should have stated the temperature of our
food for the last six months, hadn’t been filled out so he just told
me to write in ‘random numbers’,” he said.
Money Monster said they have now removed all “friends” from the site
in an effort to protect their jobs.
Skycity marketing general manager Tamsyn Alley said the
allegations “are not factually correct”.
