I Survive...

[Lt. James Cater 62]

Just got in a few minutes ago from a meeting at work.

 

The entire Porter department at the Hotel/Casinos here at the Nevada/Southern California border were told that their positions were being outsourced today except for a small specialized Team that does all the worst, most intense, dirtiest, sometimes near impossible jobs.

 

I happen to be one of the 5 guys in the Team and we aren't affected in the least.

 

I'm pretty well known in the company for my extremely profane agressive trash talking when the Teams' performance or even existence was questioned. A few times i would mention (loudly) that we were the quite simply the best in the company and anyone not with us wasn't worth a damn to do anything but the most routine tasks.

 

So much for others looking down on Elitism!

[+Dave 2,319]

Something to be said for bring that good at what you do. Please forgive a dumb question but what is a porter?

[Lt. James Cater 62]

A Porter basically keeps the place clean.

 

Ashtrays, bottles, trash, bathrooms, sweeping, mopping, wiping, etc, etc. On graveyard shift you do more detailed work so as to get things ready for the next rush of guests.

 

On my team you can be expected to high dust(10-40 feet in the air cleaning), deep clean bathrooms (From ceiling to the grout, all in one shift), wax jobs on corridors, Powerwashing outside walls and valet areas( all night in the dead of winter), shampooing carpet in casinos, deep cleaning multioffice areas (vents to carpets, all in one shift), deep cleaning the restarants(ceiling to carpet, mostly in one shift) as well as a few other things i can't readily think of at the moment.

 

We also have to do a few things that is not even close to our departments job turf, but to make an example of their inability to get the job done.

 

Just last week i came out of a three week stretch of stripping, prepping and waxing service corridors. We had many hassles and one of my crew beat the hell out of someone who dared walk across one of our freshly waxed but still not quite dry floors.

[+Dave 2,319]

You guys have a thankless job. I always find it nice to go to a clean hotel and never really thought about all the work that goes on behind the scenes. I suspect they kept you guys around to make sure the new people do it right. Good on you.

[JediMaster 451]

One thing you can say about Vegas hotels (the better hotels, anyway) is that they keep their places clean and tidy to a degree you rarely see elsewhere unless it's a 5-star hotel. Compared to places like Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta, Colorado, and especially NJ!

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

It's tough just keeping a job in the current economic climate throughout the Western Hemisphere...so nice 1 m8

[Lexx_Luthor 57]

And it helps to stay on your toes showing you are the best. Cater, I guess events prove you are the best.

 

[Lt. James Cater 62]

Got word on what i'm going to be doing starting next week and also got long term intell.

 

Looks like i'm moving to Housekeeping Dept and will be shampooing rooms and hallways as well as certain other tasks such as cleaning up after pets and the offroad crowd (we actually have an offroad short course on the property!)when they leave oil stains.

 

Also found out from some solid sources that we are done in January as the department is being outsourced as well. I can move to another department but i'm tempted to take the severance and take a year long vacation via unemployment. I'll lose a place to live since i'm in company housing, but i'll probaly check out back East amongst friends and family.

 

Anyways, i'm so experienced at homeless life that i consider it just another option now. Provided you have some money coming in from somewhere it can be pretty tolerable at times.