May 21, 2009
Guru's Aussie cousin Bruce has told of him of strange goings on Down Under.
It does seem that nowadays you can put a bet on anything; betting firm Centrebet is in deep do-do for offering odds on how many people will be unemployed when official figures are released next month.
Not exactly the most tactful of decisions, with even the company admitting that the bets were "socially sensitive". You could even find the bizarre set of circumstances of a worker placing a bet in the knowledge he and his colleagues were about to get the boot.
Maybe employers should make redundancy payouts available in the form of betting vouchers - that way ex-employees can go straight to the local bookies and place their bets.
FYI - the shortest odds are for the jobless rate to rise to 5.6% or 5.7%, up from 5.4% in April.
It does seem that nowadays you can put a bet on anything; betting firm Centrebet is in deep do-do for offering odds on how many people will be unemployed when official figures are released next month.
Not exactly the most tactful of decisions, with even the company admitting that the bets were "socially sensitive". You could even find the bizarre set of circumstances of a worker placing a bet in the knowledge he and his colleagues were about to get the boot.
Maybe employers should make redundancy payouts available in the form of betting vouchers - that way ex-employees can go straight to the local bookies and place their bets.
FYI - the shortest odds are for the jobless rate to rise to 5.6% or 5.7%, up from 5.4% in April.
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When you gamble with people's jobs you're progressive, when you gamble on people's jobs you're immoral. That's life.
Mark
Posted by Stress Training Mark | May 22, 2009 6:23 PM
Posted on May 22, 2009 18:23