MGM Casino Director Rejects White Applicants in Politically Driven Hiring Shift

Casino Director’s Shocking Hiring Practices Spark Outrage

A casino marketing director at MGM Springfield has made some explosive claims. The comments, made during an undercover interview with OMG, have left many scratching their heads. Things got real when he said he openly discriminates against whites during hires.

Albie Velarde, who heads Casino Marketing at MGM Springfield, told the undercover journalist, “No matter how great they [Whites] look on paper, they don’t fit well with my team.” He didn’t hold back. Velarde goes on to admit, “I will purposefully look for those diverse-based hires.”

The fallout from his blunt approach is huge. MGM Resorts tracks the racial makeup of its workforce. Velarde mentioned that his team gets monthly reports from HR. He explained, “At a [MGM] property level, HR sends us, every month when they send us our turnover summary of the month, they’ll point out this month we lost this amount of females versus males.”

It’s a hard drive to chase trends. The turnover numbers steer their hiring moves. Velarde stressed, “Hey guys, we’re losing all of our female workforce. Let’s try, you know, let’s put more females through the pipeline.”

The hiring process doesn’t stop there. Velarde told the journalist that race and gender play a role when filling vacancies. “So like if I lose one of my female hosts, I would try to replace her with a female,” he said. He even shared a specific example: “Selena, she’s my Vietnamese host, she’s very reserved, she’s very quiet. But that’s her culture. I would replace her with somebody who is, in some capacity, that culture.”

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MGM Resorts fired back quickly when asked for a comment. The company said, “This person did not have hiring authority during his employment at MGM Springfield and these comments do not reflect the company’s policies or practices.”

This revelation is causing a stir. It’s a stark reminder of how some employers are playing identity politics by using race and gender as hiring levers. For anyone who values true merit and fairness in the workplace, this is a wake-up call. The controversy forces us to question if diversity efforts are sometimes pushed too far, leaving merit behind.