“I never gambled before and wasn’t really into the whole casino scene,” said Griffin, an Arbutus resident who is one of more than 2,800 employees at Maryland Live! “The management treats everyone well and they believe that everything runs more efficiently if the workers enjoy their work.” Sometimes he joins his co-workers for a couple of drinks after finishing up his shift.Īs a high school graduate who had only worked at restaurants, he plans on staying at the casino for a while.
He enjoys the non-stop hustle of the Friday nights and the easy flow of the Wednesday nights. He makes $8.33 an hour, above the state’s minimum wage. to midnight at a casino bar, a standard full-time gig of 40 hours a week. He works Wednesday through Sunday from 4 p.m. BALTIMORE - Ryan Griffin, 24, loves his job at the Maryland Live! casino in Anne Arundel County.
