“I asked why they chose me, but they were unable to explain it properly. According to the source, RWS started serving letters on Monday. The pit manager said he did not take up the voluntary retrenchment offered in May, and was “sacked” on Thursday and told to leave on the same day.

“After that, they informed us they would be firing some of us in one week’s time.” Whoever wanted to volunteer, they just give it to them first,” said the pit manager, who requested anonymity. “RWS first offered us a voluntary retrenchment scheme with a package of half a month’s salary for every year of service. The retrenchment exercise at the 12,000-staff strong RWS is understood to have started in late May this year, with the integrated resort keeping government authorities and unions in the loop.

A pit manager, who was served his letter on Thursday (June 9) after being with RWS since it opened in 2010, told TODAY the casino has about 1,400 croupiers, 700 supervisors and 130 pit managers. TODAY understands that about 150 croupiers, 200 supervisors and 25 pit managers have been let go in recent weeks, either via voluntary retrenchment or termination of services. SINGAPORE - Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is cutting its casino headcount and letting go of close to 400 employees as it struggles against unprecedented headwinds from the retreat of mainly Chinese high rollers due to a combination of a corruption crackdown led by President Xi Jinping and a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy.

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