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Would you work at Gamestop?

Benjamin_MFF

Benjamin_MFF

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Simple question, I am looking for work in Los Angeles and there is a Gamestop near my place that I was considering applying to. Now I've heard the horror stories about working for Gamestop and how you need to say the lines and deal with the wild assorment of people who come in the store.

I have been working in the film industry for the past 6 years and a majority of the work is freelance, gig to gig type of work. I've worked retail before, so I have the background for the position. Wanted to hear your thoughts before I gave them all my info.
 
No. I also wouldn't voluntarily get punched in the nuts

Working retail is already tough in regards to the public. Don't work for a company that treats you worse than the public will... unless you have to
 
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I would never work at any retail store again for the rest of my life. I did it for years in my teens and it set me up for a life of hating humans.
 
I would rather sell my body to Gaf for weird experiments then work for them.

Here in the UK GAME are the equivalent and holy shit are they trash to work for.
 
Grinchy said:
I would never work at any retail store again for the rest of my life. I did it for years in my teens and it set me up for a life of hating humans.
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Same. I've worked at a game stop. It was god awful. Management was terrible. The customers were decent, but there were some serious weirdos every once and a while.
 
Honestly no. They're going under and there are far more retail options for you. If you're looking for something temporary and like video games, then go for it. No harm in that.
 
zeorhymer said:
Honestly no. They're going under and there are far more retail options for you. If you're looking for something temporary and like video games, then go for it. No harm in that.
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That's a good point. I think 4 stores in my area have gone out business in the past year.
 
I worked at electronics boutique before they officially merged together. Was a part time job I had fun at to start with but before the merger we were being pressed to sell the Eb games club card a lot and to make minimum dollar sales to all customers, upsale and so on that it stopped being fun so I quit.

That was a long time ago and now lame lamestop has over the years turned into such a shitty beast that I wouldn't work there for any reason beyond an insane amount of money. I won't even shop there, I haven't given then a penny in years nor will I ever again.

So no, I wouldn't work there. Fuck shitstop
 
Isn't this the same company that stores their consoles in the bathroom? Good luck touching that stuff.

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I worked customer service when I was younger. That shit sucks. It's why I have really low standards when it comes to the customer service I receive. They don't owe me service with a smile. They're allowed to hate their job.

But fuck it. A job is a job. Better than nothing.
 
I was a store manager from 2010 to 2014.

Seeing and hearing about the company now, plus being in a much better place myself and knowing their financial status, I would not return in a million years.
 
Hell no. I mean I'd do retail if I had no other options, but Gamestop would be far down my list of places. From what I've heard from forum friends in the past that worked there, it was an awful environment with all that pressure to meet quotes for getting preorders, selling warranties, subscriptions etc., as well as just dealing with weirdos that are prevalent in gaming, parents ditching their kids there to hangout and play the demos while they shop at nearby stores (especially in mall locations).

Add in that they are in financial trouble and closing locations and could potentially go under completely, and it seems like a bad idea. But if you need a job and it's all that's hiring or the only offer you get, go for it as a job is better than no job.

That said, if you can find a gig waiting tables, you can make a lot more in tips than you would as an hourly employee in most retail shops. Especially if you're good at it and can get smoe experience and get hired at a hire end place to wait tables or bartend as the pricier food and drinks means higher tips of course. Still as sucky career, but can be a decent income while going to college or learning a skilled trade etc.
 
Is GameStop the only option?
If yes a jobs a job but it would be a scraping the bottom of the barrel job. I'd rather deliver newspapers .
 
Working in retail, in general, can be tough doesn't matter what company you work for but if you need the money. Work is work.
 
Well if I have a choice, well then, hell no. It's a company that is likely gonna be cloising in the near future, because retail game market is declining rapidly.
But I mean, if you really need the job to survive and to have food, well then it's a no brainer. It's better to work temporarily at gamestop then to be hungry.
 
JordanN said:
Isn't this the same company that stores their consoles in the bathroom? Good luck touching that stuff.

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OMG!!! Triggered!!!

Here are some pictures from the store I worked at, like 15 years ago.

This was after we cleaned, so it was normally a lot worse than this. Such a terrible design.

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And to answer the question, no I do not think I'd work there now. I worked back when it was EB Games (and then shortly after it merged with GameStop). EB Games wasn't great, but it was about 152% better than GameStop, even back then.
 
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I mean, i almost did. But when youve hit rock bottom, the bar is generally pretty low. (Not that working at walmart is that big of a step up, but at least the pay is much better for being yelled at by customers.)
 
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Hell no I wouldn't work anywhere retail period especially at GameStop, but if you have little options then do what you gotta do.

I worked 6 years as a Deli Clerk and that was enough for me to get out of the service industry.
 
Nope.

Managed one of these stores for years, was lucky enough to work for Funcoland before they became GS. Awful environment for workers, that for everything I've seen has only gotten worse in the recent years. The discount isn't worth anywhere near the amount of stupid being thrown your way from higher ups, or generally the amount of dumb that shop in those stores. Most days you'd leave wanting to kill yourself or somebody else. Not to mention if you aren't a manager you're getting like 1 3 hour shift a week for minimum wage.
 
Back in the late 90's & early 2000's I worked at a Babbages, a Software Etc, a Gamestop, and then a mom & pop place. Software Etc, & Gamestop were by far the worst to work at. The only thing they made profits on were used games, strategy guides, and toys. Regional sales managers would stop in every so often and want the whole store re-orginized to put the toys up front and whatever shit-tier games on endcaps that paid for the placement there. I only stuck around these places for the free games since I could take them home & make burns. One of the guys that I worked with cheated the system at Software Etc so bad. He'd buy trade ins off people for his cash, then do a transaction in store for way more cash, often raising the buying price manually. He did this enough to BUY A CAR. The managers never even caught on, and considered him the best employee since he always sold strategy guides, practically every sale somehow.
 
No, I would not, even if I lost my IT job and was desperate to pay the bills. I had a friend who worked there, became the store manager at a pretty young age (20). He hated it.
 
Captain Zyrain said:
OMG!!! Triggered!!!

Here are some pictures from the store I worked at, like 15 years ago.

This was after we cleaned, so it was normally a lot worse than this. Such a terrible design.

6Zw5rKA.jpg


6dCkq6J.jpg


And to answer the question, no I do not think I'd work there now. I worked back when it was EB Games (and then shortly after it merged with GameStop). EB Games wasn't great, but it was about 152% better than GameStop, even back then.
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I worked for EB/Software Etc. before they became GameStop and during the N64 launch and that Christmas the toilet was complete hidden behind a fort of console boxes.

My first day at Software Etc., the manager, assistant manager, and two sales associates were escorted out of the store in handcuffs for running a shoplifting scheme, leaving me the only person employed at that location.
 
I worked for EB, would never do retail, especially video-game retail again. Even though it was back in the day a route into the actual games industry if you were lucky (Which I was).
 
darkangel-212559 said:
Have any retail horror stories?
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I have some:

  • Pubic hairs in PSX games that were traded in.
  • A problem customer with multiple personality disorder known as "Alexis" who picked up the assistant manager and threw him against the wall knocking down all the PlayStation cases.
  • A manager who looked like Danny DeVito chasing down a guy who shoplifted a copy of Rebel Assault 2 and trying to take a fire truck to chase him down.
  • That same manager being scared to ask Carrot Top for an autograph so Carrot Top signed to "to Chicken Shit".
  • The store where I worked wasn't far from a very poor suburb that Rush Limbaugh used to shit on all the time, and the first of the month was like Deliverance in the store. You could count the teeth.
 
Benjamin_MFF said:
Simple question, I am looking for work in Los Angeles and there is a Gamestop near my place that I was considering applying to. Now I've heard the horror stories about working for Gamestop and how you need to say the lines and deal with the wild assorment of people who come in the store.

I have been working in the film industry for the past 6 years and a majority of the work is freelance, gig to gig type of work. I've worked retail before, so I have the background for the position. Wanted to hear your thoughts before I gave them all my info.
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are you 18? Then yes.
 
work for a food retail place or place that sells grocery foods and other staple products so ull get the discount on food/staple products like toilet paper/deoderant and that'll really save u a good chunk of change on expensive food like meat/fish, berries and citrus and greens. makes the most sense to me since we spend a lot of money on food
 
Yes. I want to give Afro Republican the system I sharted near. Miyazaki hates koja can get tendies from the bathroom.
 
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I always told my wife when she made good money I'd quit my job to work part time at Gamestop. It's a really fucking stupid fantasy but then I also see myself working there and not treating customers like trash which is against customer policy so naturally I'd be a rogue employee looking to be good and altruistic to gamers despite the company wanting otherwise.
 
If I was 17 years old, in highschool, and looking for an easy part-time job? Yeah, sure, why not...I worked lots of customer-service oriented jobs in my younger years, serving a countless number of unpleasant people. That's what made those jobs difficult. But with GameStop you're forced to deal with soul-sucking middle-management, forcing you to sell membership cards and meet quotas for other extra nonsense.
 
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