DeskPhoneDestroyer

Team Lead

Gambling addiction in office

Hey everyone a colleague of mine has a severe gambling addiction, and I can see it's affecting not only his work life but his personal life as well. He wakes up at 730 in the office and is already betting on the John Deere open. He is a colleague of mine but he is a friend first. My other colleague is super concerned as well, but is it appropriate to have an intervention with him or should I sit back and watch him gamble his life away. He's currently asking for advanced paychecks so he can pay his bookie and STILL doesnt see a problem with it. Hes going down a dark hole I dont know if we can get him out of it. Any advice?

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WR Officer

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k seriously what in the fuck is going on in your office?

Your recent threads:

People injuring themselves on hoverboards at the office

Trying to manage a bunch of people you can't stand

Rep showed you his dick because he got the clap and wanted PTO

Yesterday a rep's dog died and now he's gone for two weeks

Now someone else is addicted to gambling...

Are you fucking with us?

Ozz

Politicker

Account Executive

He works at Zenefits.

Stratifyz

Big Shot

Account Executive

Damn… I think Parker felt this one

paddy

WR Officer

Director of Business Development

Hi can I work here please? @Deskphonedestroyer

DeskPhoneDestroyer

Catalyst

Team Lead

I wish I was fucking with you. I work at an adult daycare

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WR Officer

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DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

lmao that got me

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

More importantly, are they hiring?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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I was legit about to ask the same thing coup.

freightslinger

Good Citizen

Chief Revenue Officer

Sounds like a freight broker

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Haha, great company

Chep

WR Officer

Bitcoin Adoption Specialist

My advice would be to fade his picks🤝

chubbspeterson

Politicker

Business Development

Even better, post his picks here so we can all fade them

ColdCallFartBoy

Celebrated Contributor

Business Development Representative

My advice: throw the house on England to win the Euro

BusterMcDialRipper

Politicker

Director of Dials

parlay w john deere open

Hotlead

Politicker

Producer

Suns in 4

Ozz

Politicker

-1

Account Executive

Sorry, had to down vote you from last nights performance

Hotlead

Politicker

Producer

Suns in 5

CPfor3

Opinionated

Business Development Representative

Hard to stray away when you're in that deep. Challenge him to go at least as week without betting and if he can't do that, follow Chep's advice and fade his picks. Might as well make some money lol

Swarthymovie

Arsonist

SDR

then he also gets into the addiction and now we have 2 problems xD

inboundsalesrep

Politicker

SDR

The big question would be does he usually win or lose? If he makes dumb bets then I would start betting against him and taking him for all he has. Then in the end making him homeless and living a sad pitiful life and then you can tell him you told him so

plssircanigetanotherpo

Executive

Gambling is no joke. I grew up among serious gamblers and I've seen the worst of the worst...like a big house to homeless shit.

If you're tight with your coworker and he's willing to listen, then you should definitely talk to him 1:1. Intervention by a group never helps since the person gets put on the spot and can get defensive or just flatout say what you'all wanna hear to just leave the room.

Honestly, short of going all Britney Spears' legal guardian on him by taking away his cash and stuff, this is a tough one. You can help but he needs to be willing to listen and accept your help or else, this will just go on and on. Again, coming from personal experience...good thing we're all anonymous here.

Blackwargreymon

Politicker

MDR

I was legit about to ask the same thing coup.

HappyGilmore

Politicker

Account Executive

I’d definitely have a talk with him, as someone who likes to dabble in sports gambling time to time, last thing I want is to be firing off John Deere picks at 7:30 and lose self control, have a chat with him and slap some sense into him

CaneWolf

Politicker

Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract

A buddy of mine lost north of $500k doing this shit. If this person is truly a friend, yeah, it's worthwhile to say something. He's on the road to bankruptcy/getting seriously hurt when he can't pay.

Swarthymovie

Arsonist

SDR

Bro that's tough, gambling addictions have ruined countless life's, i haven't deal with that exact addiction but with most of them the best thing you can do i support the person and help them to et some auto control, but that person first has to be aware of his own situation and then start looking for help, if he doesn't do that first there wont be anything you can do

Wanna.Be.Rick.Spielman

Valued Contributor

Account Executive

As someone with a prior gambling addiction and in sales, I have almost zero advice. It will be impossible for him to be receptive to any help until he realizes how its negatively affecting his life.

bamageorge

Celebrated Contributor

International Sales Director

Experienced the same with a colleague, sad situation. The first thing he's got to do is accept he's got a gambling problem, can't do much without him acknowledging his problem.

Corpslovechild

Politicker

Inbound Sales Manager

Who is his boss? He or she should be stepping in and talking to him about this.

hauru.sales

Celebrated Contributor

Sales Enthusiast

Gambling in the office? what is going on? lol

Santipodero

Politicker

Sanix

I'm sorry to hear this, the bets are not a joke, you have to have control

Clashingsoulsspell

Politicker

ISR

Losing a dog is terrible, but two weeks does sound excessive. That said, he might be going through other issues that you don't know about and the dog death was just the cherry on top of the shit cake.

Error32

Politicker

ISR

If I were an owner, I would give myemployees pet bereavement. I'd like to think it would serve me well in the long run.

Mr.Floaty

Politicker

BDR

If I were an owner, I would give myemployees pet bereavement. I'd like to think it would serve me well in the long run.

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