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Job Advert - Fruit Machine Tester Wanted

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:13 pm
by splurgle
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.

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:28 pm
by theoak
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.

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:50 pm
by splurgle
I'm after someone who plays AWP and Club machines a lot, so this is an obvious place to start looking......

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:10 pm
by theoak
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!

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:19 pm
by Istenem
somebody tests the itboxes? really?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:33 pm
by theoak
lol, yes.

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:40 pm
by splurgle
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......

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:19 pm
by Weyland
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."

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:29 pm
by jeffvickers
whats the average pay?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:39 am
by splurgle
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.

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:16 pm
by theoak
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?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:47 pm
by splurgle
Nope, this is more a junior/trainee role. We recruited a test lead about 3 months ago!

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:15 pm
by jeffvickers
JUNIOR ROLE!! What on earth is that, Play BAR X all day long.

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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:26 pm
by milk monitor
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.

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:44 pm
by theoak
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!