{"id":6366,"date":"2020-05-11T12:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6366"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:20:40","slug":"skycity-jobs-new-zealand-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-jobs-new-zealand-casino","title":{"rendered":"700 more jobs to go at SkyCity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Casino operator cuts another 700 jobs after letting 200 members of staff go at the start of April. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- Casino operator SkyCity is planning to cut 700 more members of staff due to the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The start of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-lay-off-200-workers-casinos\">April saw the Kiwi-operator slash 200 jobs<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, but today&#8217;s announcement reveals a significantly higher staff departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>SkyCity<\/em><\/strong> CEO Graeme Stephens said: &#8220;For a company that is centered around its people, this is incredibly difficult for all involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;At SkyCity, we are a family and it is incredibly tough to say goodbye to valued team members, however, we need to ensure our business is best prepared to operate in the new environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These difficult actions will help to create a business that is sustainable in the medium and long term and one which can continue to support the thousands of jobs that will still remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will be working with those potentially affected. Their managers and the unions and expect the process to take some weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SkyCity said it would be reopening as a smaller, domestically-focused business as travel restrictions will likely continue in the long-term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casino operator cuts another 700 jobs after letting 200 members of staff go at the start of April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Casino operator SkyCity is implementing a significant operational restructuring, cutting an additional 700 jobs, bringing the total to 900, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated long-term travel restrictions. The company plans to pivot to a smaller, domestically-focused business model to ensure medium to long-term sustainability.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity, Graeme Stephens","focusai_location":"New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SkyCity Financial Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of these 900 job cuts and the shift to a domestically-focused model on SkyCity's GGR, NGR, and EBITDA margins for the next 12-24 months?"},{"label":"Regulatory Implications","query":"How might New Zealand's regulatory body assess the long-term operational viability and licensing compliance of SkyCity following such extensive workforce reductions and strategic pivot?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28,161],"tags":[29,338,1137],"class_list":["post-6366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","tag-casino","tag-new-zealand","tag-skycity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008564,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions\/777008564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}