How many casino hires are working a year later? In some cases, less than half.

How many casino hires are working a year later? In some cases, less than half.

Of course you've been waiting, as we have, with near-uncontrollable anticipation for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's annual "Diversity Report" – and finally, it's out.

It contains various tidbits of interesting info — the fact, for example that Harrah's Chester, nestled in an almost all-black city — has managed to get away with not disclosing information regarding the diversity of its workforce for a second year in a row

Nonetheless, says the report, "The Diversity Officer is of the opinion that the entity has engaged in a good faith effort to promote and ensure diversity in its operations."

Who needs numbers when you've got opinions?

But one piece of info missing this year is a figure we found most interesting last year: the annual turnover rate of casino employees, which seemed, at the time, surprisingly high:

According to the 2008 Diversity Report, employee turnover ranged from 24%-66% – in other words, some casinos saw more than half their employees gone within a year of being hired.

PGCB spokesman Richard McGarvey told CP in an email that while the PGCB did not include those figures this time around, "There has been no significant change in the turnover rate from the 2008 report to this report."

Anyone out there work at a PA casino, or know someone who does? Do these seemingly-high turnover rates ring true and, if so, what's behind them?