Random Upsetting Behind-The-Scenes Secrets Of GameStop (22 items)

• (#2) Even The Customers Are Rude To Female Employees

  From GameStopGirl:

  "Customers definitely treat the male and female employees differently. Lots of people did not want to speak to female employees, either because they were nervous or because they felt like as girls, we wouldn't assist them as well as a male employee. I also usually had to push good games a lot harder to convince people they were actually good."
• (#6) If You Don't Get Pre-Orders, You Don't Get Hours

  From gamestop_ama: 

  "I did witness some employees being dishonest about pre-orders in order to secure one. We had to be extremely pushy to get them (contrary to what district managers and other higher-ups who have never worked in the store thought) because, if we didn't, your hours got cut."
• (#16) Even The Employees Hate Those F*cking Stickers

  From WingsnLV:

  "Those stickers are the bane of my existence. I buy games from work all the time and usually spend ten minutes removing the sticker junk with Goo Gone. Many stores sticker the spines to make their inventory counts easier. I don't do it at my store, but still get transfers from other stores that do."
• (#18) Some Of The Employees Are Shady

  From gamestopinsider:

  "I once had to fire an employee for stealing...from customers. He processed a trade-in and then swapped the card that had the credit on it for a blank card and kept it for himself. If the idiot didn't use that card on a transaction where he used his employee discount, we may never have caught him."
• (#7) They Treat Their Employees Like Cattle

  From gamestop_ama:

  "Everyone thinks it's like the Discovery Zone of jobs where all you do is talk about and play games all day, but in reality it's just another retail job.

  If you (as a 16-year-old) were hired, you would be a Game Advisor. A GA is a dime a dozen; if you aren't meeting expectations, you could be let go and ten minutes later have someone else fill your spot.

  Your job as a GA is ringing people up and getting reservations on new games and signing people up for Power Up cards. Oh, and alphabetizing the walls. Please, God, make sure you know how to read."
• (#22) They'll Buy Anything

  From Mynameisnotchris:

  "Thousands of games every day are traded in (because we don't refuse games based on whether we resell them well) that never get resold. It's a waste for everyone involved, and the company loses more than it gains from it."

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