₦airaland Forum

Prettychild:
Dey play! Accountant and sportybet and you think he would deliver on the job? Issokay

Jasbi:
Why do most people see sportybet as something horrible. Sportybet is not different from forex and crypto. How you control yourself is what matters.

clarion30:
A lot of people from different organisations actually play bet. I working in a bank, my colleagues played bet, even one of the persons that go to the vault.

What if they didn't see him?

If he's qualified for the job, let him have it.

Meerahbel:
What makes you think he wouldn't deliver on the job?

Prettychild:
What makes you think he would deliver on the job?

EreluRoz:
That's a redflag. Most people that play that sporty whatever are very irresponsible people

Meerahbel:
As the MD and HR, I would consider the following factors before making a decision:

Concerns:

1. Professionalism: Engaging in personal activities during interview wait time raises questions about focus and priorities.

2. Judgment: Betting on sports may indicate impulsive decision-making or risk-taking behavior.

3. Integrity: Potential conflict of interest or vulnerability to insider information.


Considerations:

1. Accounting skills and qualifications.

2. Relevant work experience.

3. Performance during the interview.


Next Steps:

1. Discuss observations with the HR team.

2. Conduct a thorough background check.

3. Assess the candidate's fit with company culture.


Possible Outcomes:

1. Proceed with caution: Monitor his work performance and professionalism.

2. Delay decision: Re-evaluate after additional assessments.

3. Reject candidate: Prioritize company interests and reputation.


Questions to Ask:

1. Can you explain your betting activities?

2. How do you manage personal and professional life?

3. What's your understanding of company policies on personal activities?


Final Decision:

Depends on the candidate's responses, overall assessment, and company priorities.

In addition, I would do
Guidance on background checks
Strategies for evaluating candidate fit

Starboytwo:
Why stake in such place.

I play bets too. One of my rule is "there's always another game, any minute, seconds. I don't kill myself to play, instead I stay chilled, I let my game come to me.

I wont hire him.

Pojomojo:
if life na gamble enter sabisa forest help us kill bandits.

naijapikin2:
Nope bro, I won't participate in visa lottery of these countries mentioned. I'm not wealthy but I'm ok. To the glory of God. But you have a point

Jomonix:
Great mind you are

NapoleonHill:
That he's open about it is even a bigger problem. I hope you don't act surprised when you find out his addiction to gambling is uncontrollably and your company's account statement is not balancing anymore.

Jomonix:
Great mind you are

Powersurge:
You don't understand what people are facing in life. The very money he used to come for that interview might be from his bet.

Those who stand should be careful.

PS: I am play betting in passive. And I am gainfully employed in the tech space. Nothing concern you with what a man does in his private life.

GloriousGbola:
It is a serious red flag

When hiring people for sensitive positions you want to be sure they have no issues that can make them open to blackmail

A person with a gambling habit,
A person with a drug habit
A womanizer

All of these can be used by criminals to compromise individuals

And a person who is using the app in the venue of an interview is a problem gambler.

It is all well and good to say your private life is private but it can overlap into your work life, especially in Nigeria where first and foremost what you see in the news is the person's place of employment. X company engineer raped child. X company bank ran person over.

We had an issue years back where there were repeated vandalizations of cars in my close. Maiguard was always asleep when it happened. Later I heard that the maiguard had a gambling problem and finished his money as soon as he was paid. Anyway he is gone and the vandalizations have ended.


I also remember how one of my colleagues started dating an expensive babe and started having serious money problems. The guy started forging expenses. His boss caught him once and they covered it up. Then he did it again and he got caught proper and sacked. All benefits lost. A fking mess.

We had a guy working for us who had drug issues. More than once we heard but the guy was never officially reported as using while working. Then one day he had a psychotic episode and was running round naked and trying to stab people. On site. He was a project supervisor and it was a complete mess as we were working for a large client. We were this close to getting sacked.

In reality, Your private life will overflow into your job one way or another.

lavylilly:

We had a guy working for us who had drug issues. More than once we heard but the guy was never officially reported as using while working. Then one day he had a psychotic episode and was running round naked and trying to stab people. On site. He was a project supervisor and it was a complete mess as we were working for a large client. We were this close to getting sacked.

GloriousGbola:
this person had been calling us for the last 6 months. disturbing us and saying he was now clean. he needed work. i normally the hard headed one was considering putting the guy on a site where he could cause minimal damage. engaging him in probationary capacity. then one morning, he calls a member of the team, while clearly high or maybe coming down and starts threatening the guy. it was surreal. we called the guy and got a whole word salad of nonsense from him. threats, incoherence,etc. it was sad. and this guy was actually a promising guy who could have grown with the company.

it is why large companies have drug, alcohol and health tests.