Greektown Casino Shows Sign Of The Times With Employee Layoffs

Casinos around the country are being hit hard by the economy. An industry that used to be immune to any sort of country wide economy problems, now is feeling the effects.

Greektown Casino on Monday laid off eighty nine of its employees. Most of the employees worked at the table games like blackjack and baccarat.

The games themselves will not be cut. All seventy of the games will still be operational, the casino has just reorganized their way of offering the games.

"They consolidated pits. It's a move to increase efficiency," said Greektown Casino spokesman, Roger Martin. The move comes on the heels of the casino filing for bankruptcy protection back at the end of May.

Should job openings occur, the employees that were fired on Monday will have priority in coming back and working for the casino. Most of the employees that were laid off were working part time at the casino.

The casino is expecting to hire 400 new employees to its staff to help run the 400 room hotel that will be opening in early 2009.

June 24, 2008
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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