Job Advert - Fruit Machine Tester Wanted

splurgle · Post by **splurgle** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:13 pm

Fruit Machine Tester wanted.

If you fancy the idea of playing fruit machines and various gambling games as a job then this may be for you.

We are a software company which supplies fruit machine style and other gambling games and need a tester to test those games on a full time basis. You need to have a good understanding of at least Pub and/or Club fruit machines and any experience of playing FOBT games or other online games would give you an edge.

We are based in central London and this position is based full time in our offices.

Salary is negotiable dependant on experience.

Please send a CV with a covering letter as to why you would be suitable to fruittester@ashgaming.com.

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:28 pm

jesus, do you really need to even advertise for a job like this?! pay must be awful just due to the demand for that job.

splurgle · Post by **splurgle** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:50 pm

I'm after someone who plays AWP and Club machines a lot, so this is an obvious place to start looking......

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:10 pm

No mention on the rate of pay? I have a friend who tests the FOTB and IT boxes, he doesnt seem to enjoy it as much as one would think!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:19 pm

somebody tests the itboxes? really?

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:33 pm

lol, yes.

splurgle · Post by **splurgle** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:40 pm

Pay is Negotiable. We pay the right amount for the right person, more interested in getting the right person. If your friend is nearish London, tell him about it, he may be perfect......

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:19 pm

Heh. As soon as people find out what I do for a living, about half of them (particularly those under the age of 16) immediately ask "Have you got any testing jobs going?"

I ask them why they want such a job, and usually the answer boils down to:

"Because you get to play games all day!"

"No," I tell them, "You get to play a game. A single game. Probably the same bit of a single game, all day, every day, for eighteen months. And the game is usually crap, as well."

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:29 pm

whats the average pay?

splurgle · Post by **splurgle** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:39 am

Its negotiable! Send me a CV and how much you want. And why you'd be good. We multi line slots, games like Darts and Virtual Dogs, and some other stuff closer to pub machines.

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:16 pm

Ive mentioned it to my friend, who is a content manager now for the Australian division, hes one about 27k now though, Is this at least an equal salary you can offer to someone in this role?

splurgle · Post by **splurgle** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:47 pm

Nope, this is more a junior/trainee role. We recruited a test lead about 3 months ago!

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:15 pm

JUNIOR ROLE!! What on earth is that, Play BAR X all day long.

milk monitor · Post by **milk monitor** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:26 pm

what do you expect? £50K to play machines?

This job could easily be inundated by applicants if offering just the minimim wage. There are plenty of people who play machines on the minimum wage.

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:44 pm

Yeah, as I said, this job coul sell itself. I guess they are just hoping to get lucky and find someone over-qualified, willing to do it for basic pay.

I personally WOULDNT! go looking on a gambling forum for a candidate though; people who play the machines are surely more of a liability to find out a fault and keep it to themselves!