Turtles Head Posted 13 April 2007 Posted 13 April 2007 Has anyone ever worked in a bookies before? Want to do something different, not too sure what though. Considering learning a trade. Today i saw a job as a trainee in a bookies. Wondered if anyone on here could let me know what its like? Cheers...
Filbert_Ross Posted 13 April 2007 Posted 13 April 2007 my mates never works, when he does he rings in sick all the time, but he got a job in the bookies and he always go's in, even during the world cup when England were playing, he works every saturday and it dosnt seem to bother him. the bookies changed his life.
Turtles Head Posted 13 April 2007 Author Posted 13 April 2007 my mates never works, when he does he rings in sick all the time, but he got a job in the bookies and he always go's in, even during the world cup when England were playing, he works every saturday and it dosnt seem to bother him. the bookies changed his life. Ah, sounds pretty good then. I left my job last week and had better start looking for something on Monday. Might take a mosey down and get a app.form
Bert Posted 13 April 2007 Posted 13 April 2007 What bookies is it TH?? You doknow you won't be able to bet in any of them shops nationwide or hold an account with them?? BigNev worked for William Hill if my memory serves.
Turtles Head Posted 13 April 2007 Author Posted 13 April 2007 It's Coral mate. No worries about not betting there, there's a WillHill over the road. And a Betfred 2 mins away
Thracian Posted 13 April 2007 Posted 13 April 2007 Has anyone ever worked in a bookies before? Want to do something different, not too sure what though. Considering learning a trade. Today i saw a job as a trainee in a bookies. Wondered if anyone on here could let me know what its like? Cheers... My in laws ran a bookies in Syston for years. It's hard awkward hours but if you can cope with it, and the figure work of course, if you're accurate, trustworthy and reliable, there's a decent living to be made. My father in law trained with Mark Jarvis before opening his own business and enjoyed it immensely. It left him with a good pension and the chance to tour the world most every year of his retirement. In fact he finally died swimming in the sea while on holiday in New Zealand aged well into his 80's. For a guy who started life pulling pints at the Palais he fulfilled a lot of unlikely dreams.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 13 April 2007 Posted 13 April 2007 Knew a lad at uni who said it was hellish, but he was a twat, so I wouldn't read anything into that. That is all.
Joe. Posted 13 April 2007 Posted 13 April 2007 I know somebody who is one of the top three independant bookies in the country and he certainly does well for himself...
Turtles Head Posted 13 April 2007 Author Posted 13 April 2007 Knew a lad at uni who said it was hellish, but he was a twat, so I wouldn't read anything into that. That is all. Besides from that, it seems like not too bad a career choice. Shall be considering it.
Geo V Posted 14 April 2007 Posted 14 April 2007 A mate is a manager at a bookies. The pay is realtively poor and he sometimes cant stand the fact that he is behind the counter all day . He always moans about the summer too as the bookies stay open until 9pm so the staff are expected to work extra and that is also true during some holidays as the horse world hardly sleeps, as the recent Easter holidays can prove! Pluses are you get to meet some great characters in the bookies and there is always plenty fo women on your side of the counter to annoy .
Tubes Posted 15 April 2007 Posted 15 April 2007 im sure you will get plenty of tips to boost the poor wages
fox123 Posted 15 April 2007 Posted 15 April 2007 Working for a bookies is very poor money (even as a shop manager) if thats the line you want to go down start in a call centre, I started on the phones for my company about 6 years ago, then I moved onto creating the text screens for around 300 independent bookmakers, onto text manager, running a team of 10, deciding what sporting events to put on the screens for the shops, then onto assistant manager of the place, before eventually moving upto liabilities manager and running the whole office. Working for a 'National bookmaker' you don't get to control Liabilities you just process bets which are then sent upto the companys head office for them to decide, theres no better feeling when you have a horse to say loose 10 grand, you stand the liability and it finishes tailed off.....its extremely stressful, but well worth the rewards at the end of the week!
brookfox Posted 15 April 2007 Posted 15 April 2007 Three of my uncles and one cousin all worked in, and ran, bookies. One still works and trains people for the Tote in London. Two have minor gambling problems. And one got held up at gun point working in Stocking Farm (hardly asurprise there then!) and quit the business all together. Depends what you're in to I suppose!
Unit Posted 16 April 2007 Posted 16 April 2007 something i've always wondered is who creates the odds for all the sporting events etc? Is it just the owner of the bookies (i.e the head man in a chain - william hill etc) or are they given a rough idea of what to set as them as nationwide?
The People's Hero Posted 16 April 2007 Posted 16 April 2007 Odds compilers make a business out of doing just that, compiling odds. I suppose they are either contracted by the bookies or employed by them or whatever. The tic-tac men always due a bit of cribbing off others as well, to make sure they are there or thereabouts.
Wycombe Fox Posted 16 April 2007 Posted 16 April 2007 Career info; http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwi...les/profile769/ Good luck! Let us know if you get any tips
fox123 Posted 16 April 2007 Posted 16 April 2007 Odds compilers make a business out of doing just that, compiling odds. I suppose they are either contracted by the bookies or employed by them or whatever. The tic-tac men always due a bit of cribbing off others as well, to make sure they are there or thereabouts. Indeed....We have various odds compilers, the horse racing compilers fax their odds through at around 7am, then you have the soccer compilers (we use super soccer). Tic-tac men are for on course bookmakers, but the majority of bookies including the big four (tote, ladbrokes, corals and hills) will use Betfair as a guide to their prices and price movement!
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