Outfoxing the Gaming Club: A Former Worker Reveals All

An Eye-Opener to the Challenges of Being in the Corporate World--And How to Overcome It. One of the most heart-breaking experiences Pascale had was when the ideas that he submitted via the Employee Suggestion Program (ESP) was used by the company, without giving him credit. More than the enticing rewards that come with participating in the ESP, he did his best because he wanted to contribute to the growth of the company. However, his efforts went unrecognized and unappreciated. Because of this experience, Pascale grew to be a stronger person. He hopes to use this event in his life as a lesson, that your confidence shouldn't be based on your success or other people's approval. A company is a place where every person's suggestion is welcome and each employee's skills and talents are celebrated. However, what if the workplace is actually not what we thought it to be? All of these questions are explored in Pascale Batieufaye's tell-all memoir, Outfoxing the Gaming Club. Outfoxing the Gaming Club is a memoir of the life of Pascale Batieufaye from 1996 to 2004. It sequentially took place over a decade ago when he used to work as a guest service representative at a corporate gambling den. Through the pages of Outfoxing the Gaming Club, Pascale Batieufaye give us a glimpse of the exploitation and corruption that can happen in the workplace. Through the book's pages, Batieufaye details how corporate executives undermine their employees and use their ideas as their own, as he found was done with his own ideas when he shared them with leadership at the gambling powerhouse. He also details the mistreatment of the Native Americans he witnessed, who built the very grounds that now contribute to their injustice. "I have centered Outfoxing the Gaming Club on the emotional suffering I faced while working for my previous employer," shares Batieufaye. "The book outlines guiding principles for those who have experienced maltreatment and anxiety in their own workplace. Readers will discover the crookedness that occurs right under the noses of the patrons, and unearth the oppression that the employees had to deal with on a daily basis." Pascale's mission for creating this manuscript is to help raise people's awareness about the corruption of one particular Native American gambling. In addition, he hopes that through his book, he can provide comfort and encouragement to those who are feeling disheartened because of the anxiety and stress caused by the workplace--things that antidepressant pills and other pharmaceutical drugs cannot offer. An exposé for both gamblers and those opposed to it, this book details: How his own ideas were stolen from right under Batieufaye's feet Corruption's role in the mental health of himself and other employees at the company Gambles employees took when attempting to contribute, knowing all too well they may not receive proper credit for those ideas The emotional suffering that workers had to deal with on a daily basis And so much more! A portion of the proceeds of this book will be devoted to a cause that is dear to my heart: reducing the incidence of animal cruelty throughout the world.

Review :
Pascale Batieufaye dutifully submits an idea via the Employee Suggestion Program (ESP) in his revealing non-fiction book Outfoxing the Gaming Club: A Former Worker Reveals All. Knossos Resort Casino (KRC), where he works, promises prizes to employees ranging from a $25 sum to an unsinkable titanic $10,000 figure, depending on if someone's idea was a top one, benefiting the company more than other suggestions. The tribal leaders pull from more than six thousand employee suggestions. Without following through with their ESP promises and taking full credit for the suggestion, the KRC ultimately rises to become one of the world's most successful and lucrative gaming house before the 2008 downward spiral hit in the red. Pascale's main purpose for participating in the ESP was a hope that the tribal leaders would help other Indian clans if his suggestions for a bigger expansion would make them billions. By following through with the specific projects and promotional ideas which he designed, this lucrative proposition would double Knossos Inc. annual gross income to around $2 billion. Learning that many of the changes that unfold at KRC Guest Services Department are his creations, Pascale reports his observations. Instead of recognition, as mentioned in the ESP, Pascale is subjected to company bullying and is forced into regimented psychotherapy sessions supplemented with antidepressants. In the meantime, Pascale's suggestions for expansion are taken seriously, though he's never given credit nor sees its completion take place after Pascale is let go in 2004. While Batieufaye's memoir covers his eight-year (1996-2004) unappreciated or unsung employment experience, the real focus of this book is meant to raise awareness about the corruption of Native American gambling. Batieufaye provides his audience with interesting information, to the degree of recognizing two main concepts: 1) that he has brilliant entrepreneurial ideas, and 2) that the casino exploited them. Outfoxing the Gaming Club is one late-blooming whistleblower's scathing account that sends a message of caution to the underhand machinations of the gambling industry. Pacific Book Review Batieufaye lays out the facts of an Employer Suggestion Program implemented by a tribal-owned gaming club that prompted his zealous and continuing submission of ideas. These original ideas resulted from having taken a Travel and Tourism college course at Johnson & Wales and then applying that knowledge with experience gained working six years on the club floor as a Guest Services Representative. Those who have lived there over the past decades will immediately recognize the thinly veiled name used for the Gaming club, which the author charges with employee mistreatment. The puzzling question is why this case, with documented evidence to prove its merit, has neither shown up in court nor in the local media. Batieufaye explains his reluctance to seek a lawyer, which is the same reason he refused to get notary validation for his submissions. He admired the tribal leaders and expected that his efforts would simply be praised. Now he charges the gaming club with appropriation without credit of his suggested marketing anonymous slogan and likewise his recommendations for a large tower to accommodate overnight guests and an upscale restaurant. This brought a "cautious ultimatum" to see a therapist or lose employment. Finally forced to leave in 2004, he observed that his ideas were being implemented without acknowledgment by any management official. Batieufaye expects this book to sell off the shelves and vindicate him. He promises royalties will go to support animal safety. His written submissions were well-formulated and business-like. Wherever passion takes over, word choices seem adapted from current media. US Review of Books