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You don’t have to worry about me Ricky, I am the placepot King
Was a bit unlucky about 3 weeks back though, changed one of my two in the last leg hunter chase. If I’d stuck with my original I’d have picked up around £1,300. Did make some money place laying my two nags, but nowhere near what I could have won.
My attempted placepot in the bookies last week was a last minute rush and never really gave any thought to an independent not taking it. I know that some do as I did one a good few years ago in an independent and just wrote it on a normal betting slip.
66% of the 12 not playing the machines…encouraging perhaps?
Almost certainly only because shops are limited to 4 machines by law.
I’m a 30+ year manager with Ladbrokes. The job has changed beyond all recognition. We are now expected to be on the shop floor interacting (ie annoying the hell out of) our customers.
In years gone by it was illegal to encourage gambling now they want us to be sales people. I am so uncomfortable with this, I mean we have had one staff member murdered already.Ladbrokes don’t want managers any more. They have introduced a new grade called Marketplace Manager who is in charge of four or five shops. It is the worst job imaginable. Grief from above grief from below. They now want less expensive staff to run the shops, and you know what when things go wrong it’s us guys who have seen it all before that are called in to sort out the mess. My deputy (called a CSM) has had a pay rise of more than £1.50 per hour (not promotion just rises) in the last three years. I have had 10p in five years and have been told it is unlikely that I will receive any until my wages are at the same level as the CSM rate. My job will then disappear and I will be retitled as a CSM. I reckon that will take another 10 years. Doubt I will be there to see it.
What a way to treat long serving loyal staff.
And Mr Osborne’s increase in the FOBT tax rate today is seriously bad news for Ladbrokes given the Companies dreadful end of year figures announced in February.
Ladbrokes used to be the best bookie on the high street to work for, I wish somebody could get us back there.
Ladbrokes used to be the best bookie on the high street to work for, I wish somebody could get us back there.
How many frontline staff could Ladbrokes employ for £4.72 million per year?
i notice a lot of you talking about the demise of the betting shop, but here in this small town corals have taken over the independents, ladbrookes have opened two new shops and paddy power have opened a shop next door to one of corals. someone somewhere must be funding all this, can it be justthe machines?
I would say that it’s quite possible.
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