The Office

     You are the ones who get the big bonuses.  We do not know how your bonus structure works, but it is obvious to that cutting costs is one major factor.  You decide which costs need cutting and calculate how much it will save the company.  We have grown tired of being a part of the costs that you cut.  You are not the ones who make the ultimate policies that drive your own policy.  If you weren't here, there would be somebody else asked to fulfill the exact same mission, and there are thousands of other managers who would indeed like to be in your position. 

     The seeds for the need for our Union were planted nearly ten years ago, when Gary Loveman accepted a position with Harrah's.  Somebody who did not come through the ranks inside the casino is out of touch with what life is like as one who is in the middle of it.  It is the decisions made by executives  from hundreds of miles away that create our need for a Contract.  You are only doing your jobs as dictated by memos, phone calls, the occasional meeting, and dare we ask, a Contract?

     We understand that a previous General Manager did not make up his duties as he went along.  He was the one who was hired to do the job that he did, and when he was ceremoniously escorted out of the building, it appeared to us that it was to insulate those who hired him from blame rather than be associated the very duties that he was assigned to perform.

     No matter how one looks at our situation, we would still feel the same impact of Mr. Loveman's cost-cutting strategies even if somebody else were in your shoes.  It is obvious to us that spending time away from a game has left you out of touch with our reality. 

     During our Union drive, your ethics will be pitted against your greed.  Will you attempt to single us out to protect your own bonuses, or will you allow this process to run its course?  This site goes on, with or without the current webmasters. 

     It is our understanding that Mr. Loveman was hired directly from Harvard into the executive ranks by Phil Satre without having worked a day in a casino.  Never having ordered a fill, authorized a marker, swiped a player's card, carded a young player, resolved a problem on a game, or even pitched a card, he suddenly got the ultimate promotion over everybody.  Collectively, we have thousands of years of dealing experience, but Mr. Loveman has zero.  His lack of experience in the pit shows, so we must stop following and start leading.

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We will give your issues the same consideration that you have given ours.