Experience doesn't pay here. Get some here , then go somewhere else. - Anonymous employee Santa Claran Employee Review

1.0
May 19, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

provide lunch to employees if they don't mind cereal.

Cons

This place does not pay for experience you got in at other casinos. Long hours for low wages. Management doesn't like listen to or take advise of those who have experience . Management takes the position of ,"We have always done it this way" and they wonder why they have such high turnover. Not a single person from my department is employed there any more. The CFO, Mr. Baca, sees the employees as dollar signs and not people. He is also the one who keep telling the community that the reason they wanted to shut down their gas station competition was that they were selling alcohol . A year later he got the corporation in to package liquor and selling alcohol at the tribal gas stations.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Feb 5, 2026
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Pros

Free breakfast and free lunch

Cons

You must get a gaming badge from Santa Clara gaming commission. The one I was required to get cost $200. They are kind enough to allow you to have this amount deducted from your paycheck. My issue is that at the end of the day these two entities are the same. You basically have to pay for the privilege to work there. Also, because they are a sovereign nation they don't have to follow any state labor laws. They use this to treat their salaried employees like hourly employees. The expectation is that you will be in the building more than 40 hours a week and they have a "policy" that you are not allowed to leave the building during work hours unless it's to go to another Santa Clara location. On top of this, I was fired it was for being caught on camera "violating" policy by giving another employee something. I denied and asked to see the video. I was told that's not their policy. I asked who I supposedly gave something to. I was again told that it wasn't their policy to tell me. They feel fully comfortable violating labor laws and hiding behind the sovereign nation shield.

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