Game Stop Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great place to work and make friends."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Laid back attitude in a tech medium that I love."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you know your stuff concerning the video entertainment world then you should feel quite at home."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Almost criminal like wages."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think more of your quality employees and less about your day to day store numbers."

"Great work environment when hours are available."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The opportunity to work with video games is wonderful. Access to retail loyalty websites for training and prizes was probably my favorite part."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know at least 3 upcoming release titles."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Employee scheduling is dependent on store sales and often times more than one employee didn't get scheduled hours for one week, sometimes more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep working hard."

"Good company if you love video games but not for creative individuals"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The environment. TECHNOLOGY, GAMES, CG, everything I love."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Its a corporation. No creative input."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand people have personal lives."

"Cool"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Enjoyable customers with a sense of humor"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Keep you're eye out."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Company stresses managers for more work and don't give them enough payroll when the hit munbers and goals for the week"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If managers hit numbers more during the week, reward them with more payroll for their store."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"this was a game release"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"look out for me"

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"the people"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"listen"

"Great place to work if you do not care about salary, social life, or being respected."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Being involved in the industry and meeting customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Fight for your salary... Being someone who has hired many managers, it is the companies #1 priority to find someone younger and cheaper for the job, even at the expense of experience."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Terrible pay and workload, non-existent HR or employee affairs departments, nazI like policies. Pre-owned sales are destroying the gaming industry from the inside out. My 2500 sq foot, 3 million dollar store was given same hiring/payroll parameters as the 800 sq foot $500,000 dollar store."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the company with a grain of salt. They will not step up to the plate for you, and do not keep employee or customer needs high on their list of priorities."

"It was a great Part time Job."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"They were flexible with my schedule, since I already had a full time job"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be honest"

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"It got boring at time, when no one was in the store and everything was done for the day"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None really, the management was good."

"Avoid working here at all costs"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Only the employee discount, which was very limited."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Apply at other video game stores."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Poor direction and high expectation from management, racist and sexist environment, limited hours for staff, poor communication, deceitful business practices, unsuitable working conditions, very high turnover rate, unorganized inventory system, unfair business practices, dishonest manager behavior"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more involved with managers' individual concerns, monitor store policies and hiring practices, explore working conditions and manager behavior"

"Always evolving due to nature of the business"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The job is always changing due to the technology of the merchandise. I was allowed to run the stores my way as long as I stayed within the company guidelines."

"Good startup job"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The people were great to work with and it always presented a great career challenge"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be as friendly as possible and make sure you are confident in what you are about and what you are able to do"

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"The amount of work relative to the hours given to work were severely unbalanced"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please balance out the workload more efficiently to make sure no managers are left feeling on an island"

"Great games they play with their employers."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"It was a nice place to work at after college and paid me well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know your computer and gaming stuff."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"There really wasn't a growth opportunity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You have some very talented managers and if you could provide opportunities for them , you would have a very talented company."

"Best company I ever worked for."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Great working environment."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Micro-managed too often"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let the DM's do their jobs without numerous constant conference calls and emails."

"Great place to work but not all fun and games."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I love video games and felt that I was a part of an industry that was changing entertainment. I enjoyed the challenge of running a store."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Now that this is a serious company that is very focused on the bottom line as it should be. During my time there I interviewed many people who thought that the job consisted only of playing games and talking about games. It can be a fun place to work if you keep in mind that you are a sales person and manager first and gamer second."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Job became a series of threats about losing your job for not meeting goals that I considered unrealistic. The company expected growth in sales of about ten percent while opening many new stores, a lot of which competed with each other for the same customer base."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to manage by positive reinforcement a little more. Don't allow district manager to try to intimidate managers with termination on a regular basis."

"Not Bad, but could be better."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The people are nice, the benefits are good and ultimately its not a terribly hard job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a thick skin and be prepared to bite your tongue often."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Their expectations are unreachable, they motivate through pointing out your flaws, not your successes, and senior management doesn't understand the day to day operations."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand how the job more accurately. Don't assume that all stores are created equally because location plays a huge deal in sales figures and general numbers."

"Good for a person with limited experience."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I work around a lot of people. I feel satisfaction to know that I have helped my customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sincere and demonstrate that you have the energy, enthusiasm, and ability to do what is required from you."

What don't you like about working at Game Stop?

"Pay for my level of experience is below average."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need to offer better job package for people with experience."