GAMESTOP ... im applying any tips ?

[nintendofreak]

wow so many "horror stories" but ive yet to hear a single one... So many claims but so little proof

EDIT: Exception Juggy

Just be honest. Dont fake anything. If you lie on an important question, then you probably shouldn't be working there

Good luck i say!!

 

[kellyan95]

Gamestop and EB Games are awful places to work. They treat their employees terribly.

ya, my bro worked there and they overworked him/under paid him. I like the people though... one of the employees had an M3 so we always had nerd fights

Are those anything like cripple fights? I can imagine them being so

 

[Hiratai]

Hello? Best Buy 9.50 an hour?

 

[WeaponXxX]

Gamestop does suck but if its your cup of tea...then so be it. I offered a kid like 10G's a week to roll with me and he couldn't let go of Gamestop...actually it was Hollywood video...but same shit. He LOVED sitting around making minimum wage playing video games all day. He was PROUD that he upsold more people than anyone in his district...he LOVED that shit...to me I hate those fuckers for many of the reason listed above....selling used shit as new really pisses me off....I got all the cards just so they back the fuck off...I spent a good 10 hours the first quarter of 06 saying NO...."But its FREE with your order cause we just blah blah blah...." After a while It was appearant that the card would save me MUCH headaches...fighting the preorder situation is about the only problem I deal with these days. I worked at a movie theater when I was a young pup as a projectionist...I'd get high, turn on the movies and pass out on the roof...that job kicked ass...but the pay sucked....so it comes down to if you want to play or succeed in life...if you want to play...then you need to play the corporate game and lie through your god damn teeth.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
"In 5 years I'd really like to see myself climb the corporate ladder here at Gamestop. I'm an extremely hard worker, good with people, and an excellent sales person so I can see me teaching my skills here at Gamestop as a manager.

Why do you want to work here?
My people skills are phenomenal, there really isn't a person out there that I haven't gotten along with so if you take my good people skills and my love for video games plus a challenge...I'd love to see my name on the board as the person to sell the most 360 warranties...take all that in to consideration and I am sure you can see why I want this job.

Can you work holidays?
YES

Can you come in on short notice?
YES

Do you have any hour restriction on when you can work?
NO

Basically lie through your f'in teeth

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Here's gamestop:

Snot nose long haired 20 somethings or sometimes(and worse) 30-40 somethings with patchy facial hair giving you a torrential downfall of attitude if you ask any kind of question, ready to give you an equal ammount of attitude and disdain, and with an almost relcutance to sell you the item if you didn't pre-order the thing even though they have 8 copies behind the glass and atleast 16 more in a box under the counter/in the back.

I've met 2 cool people at a gamestop my entire life. And they were seperated by the entire U.S. One was on the west coast one the east.


But yeah like Weapon said just be a good liar.

 

[Urza]

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/guides/guide-working-at.php

http://www.siliconera.com/2007/02/26/how-b...loyees-have-it/

http://advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=10035

http://www.firstpenguin.net/home/phpbb/cms...cle.php?aid=372



I'm sorry sir, but the interview you preordered has been delayed till May.

 

[Glacius0]

... put a gun in your mouth and go kill yourself please

or at least hit your balls with a hammer so you will never produce offspring

You may fail as a human, but you certainly qualify as a gamestop employee with that attitude ^^

 

[El-ahrairah]

Gamestop employees are a joke, you'd fit right in.

 

[[M]artin]

Gamestop employees are a joke, you'd fit right in.

*Day has been officially made.*

 

[VmprHntrD]

1) Make sure you have no morals. Just because they're mothers doesn't mean you can give them nothing for that old system, and then con the dumb bunny into warranties on the hardware, games, and at least a couple preorders.

2) Also be sure that you don't care about screwing people over because remember they only win when you give them 15% value on the item they're trading in so they can charge just $2-5 less than new!

3) Enjoy trying to force warranties, you know because it's not like game companies don't have those either, and anyone with half a brain isn't going to be using a disc as a drink coaster or sand paper.

4) Be sure to enjoy trying to jam pre-orders down someones throat...thanks for calling preorder this this and this for $5 can I help you?

5) Make sure you are a FANBOY, that's key. You have to be able to insult the customer in the best way possible so they 'get it' but do not get it and walk out because to you they're dumb because they bought X system (traditionally you've had to hate Nintendo to work there and call the buyers kids no matter the age and clueless too.)

Quoting the AMN article from a former worker of that chain:

Yeah, that’s a problem. Towards the end of my career with GameStop, as I became more and more exposed to the managing side of things, I learned that pre-ordering is a complete joke. Yes, if you pre-order something, when they get it in, they’ll set it aside. However, the company never refuses to take a customer’s money to reserve something – even if they know they won’t have enough of that product in stock to meet demand. See the Xbox 360 launch as proof of this.

The longer I worked at GameStop, the more I was reminded of the fact that it was, at the end of the day, just a corporation looking to make money. After explaining time and time again to disappointed customers that despite the fact that they reserved a game, we didn’t have a copy for them, I began to lose serious respect for the retailer. Plus, taking people’s trade-ins and giving them mere pennies for them quickly became embarrassing.

THAT right there is why I no longer go into that store unless I absolutely have to as no one else in town has it. They give you dick for your trade-in, even brand new stuff isn't even 50%. The fanboyism has pissed me off for years, and the harassment in general over that just with pre-order and warranties, their dishonest $5 overcharging on $30 games so they can make you pay the NEW price for USED SHIT, and then they're basically breaking a legal contract when you pre-buy a game and are told you WILL HAVE IT on a day and they intentionally oversell and make you wait a week...months...whatever. These days I ONLY go there to preorder a SYSTEM since no one else will since I have a job and a life and can't just cut work to buy a Wii or something. Even then I will get into an argument if they try that bundle shit on me as that was deemed illegal in a court of law.

But if it's something I don't need for whatever reason in short order I'm not even considering online ordering to avoid that shithole.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

yeah those links urza posted are exactly what I'm talking about.
The retards that work there expect everyone to know every secret level and code and every fact of video game history. They don't understand that their target customer, for the most part, is children who don't have jobs, so in order to make money they have to sell to their unknowing parents.

But god forbid their parents don't know the name of every final fantasy ever made. Because it's not like they have a real job wih real worries that doesn't involve pre-ordering.

Here's an excerpt of the foolishness;

"Please. It’s about time we get some payback! Do you know how many calls I get a day from customers asking if we have Gears of Duty? How about Ninja Garden? WWW Smackdown vs. Just Bring it? How about all of the people who call and ask if we have any Wii games, and the conversation goes something like this:



"How many?"

"A whole bunch."

"Could you hold one for me?"

"Which one?"

"The Wii Game."

"Which game? Did you mean the system?"

"Whatever."



Don’t get me started. Have these idiots ever played a game in their life? Maybe if they ever played an RPG, then they would know how buying and selling works. You buy a piece of equipment in a game. When you try to sell it back, you get half the price you paid for it back. That’s right, half price! Do you know what GameStop does? They give you half the value they’ll sell it for used." - Real Live Douchebag..I mean...Gamestop employee

 

[BoneMonkey]

well just a heads up i handed in my application today and i also applied to FYE , Macy's, Sears, and Home Depot :-)

i really want the gamestop job :-)

 

[Bob Loblaw]

macys and home depot pay good but they may not be as enjoyable for you.

 

[juggernaut911]

Can you work holidays?
YES NO!!!!!!

Can you come in on short notice?
YES EFF NO!!!

Do you have any hour restriction on when you can work?
NO HELL YA!!!

Basically lie through your f'in teeth

they abuse what you say sooooo much!! he got called in all the time (on school nighs too) and the would work him really late!! be thorough!!!

 

[BoneMonkey]

i have all the time in the world and i would love to work holidays (hate my family) and i can work really late too extra money is extra money

 

[juggernaut911]

suit yourself... o ya. the short notices are like a matter of minutes...

 

[Taras]

suit yourself... o ya. the short notices are like a matter of minutes...

As in:

Lumbergh "Hey Peter. Whaaat's happening? Say, could you go ahead and work this weekend. Greeeat."

 

[BoneMonkey]

i would say hell yeah ! i can sit around at home getting fat or work for cash !

and we all know that the more cash you have the more porn you can buy !

TYVM !

 

[hankchill]

Eh, GameStop is teh gayx0r. Their prices SUCK and the employees are uneducated morons.

Me: So, do you guys know why Guitar Hero III is going to be $119.99?
GS: Yeah, because of the bluetooth technology for the wireless caused it to be more expensive.
Me: But the wireless used in a controller is a 2.4GHz RF Dongle.
GS: Yeah that's what they needed to get the bluetooth to work properly.
Me:... Moron.

And just yesterday:
Me: What's new with Smash Bros. Brawl?
GS: Well, Sonic was announced to be in game.
Me: Oh yeah, so did that affect the release date?
GS: Nope, it's coming out December 3rd.
Me: But what about the announcement made after Sonic being in the game that it would be delayed?
GS: That's not for sure.
Me: It was an official Nintendo annoucement.
GS: Uh...Ah...Er...
Me: That's what I thought.

...Moron.

Besides, I'd rather get my games from Future Shop. I just pre-ordered Guitar Hero III for $109 from FutureShop... Gonna go an cancel my PO at EB Games for it, because obviously they've jacked me

 

[Urza]

Its quite obvious that this kid doesn't care about logic or reason, and simply has the idea of "ZOMG I WERK IN TEH VIDEAGAEM STORE!!/1!?/1! AWEZOMSE~!!!" stuck in his head.

Best way to learn is through experience anyways. Might as well let him fail for a while.