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3.6
Average Rating
(based on 98 Game Stop Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.6
Growth Opportunities
3.0
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
4.0
Rewards You Receive
3.2
Support You Get
3.6
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.6
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"For as long as I have worked at Gamestop I have had more good times than any other job I have been employed at. It has had its rough times but they are very few and far between. My fellow co-workers are very knowledgeable of their product and are happy to help any and all customers. The overall environment is just a wonderful place to work."
Posted 10 years ago in Goldsboro, NC
Loss Prevention Lead

"Being doing Loss Prevention for about 10 year and I love it"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"people are great and all my agent are fun to work with"

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

"be honest and ask what do they expect from you up front"

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

"great company with great benifits and the upper management treats me very good."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"good management, just keep being honest with workers and treat everyone well"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Assistant Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"A warm happy environment that always makes coming to work an enjoyable experience."

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

"Be honest and always look your best, the store may sell video games but they only hire responsible associates."

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

"The company does not remove associates up the chain of command. It makes it nearly impossible to move up."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More store's to make more jobs available for company and associate growth."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Just about Everything, This was a wonderful company with great perks."

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

"Get to know someone, This company loves growth and to promote from within."

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

"Very minimal, Gamestop is a amazing company with alot of growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None at all. Keep doing what your doing and you will succeed."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The health and dental benefits. The employee discount and checkouts"

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

"Have good sales and gaming knowledge. Know how to sell extra items"

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

"very frustrating environment. You spend the majority of your time working by yourself"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend more time in the store and learn what we go though"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I like being in the know in the vedio game industry."

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

"You have to be a salesperson in and out. If your not producing the number they will get read of you."

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

"My District Sales manager is the reason I am looking for another job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always be willing and open the employee to hear the employees side of things."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Test Lead

"Enjoyed the fast paced environment, but very little room to broaden skills"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Ability to learn new skills and grow. Seeking good leadership."

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

"This is a very energetic company, fast paced, and goal oriented. Just like every other organization, this has its share of challenges. You need to be flexible and multi-task as much as you can."

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

"Poor leadership and lack of good directions and specifications make all the difference."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There is a need to focus on the specs and to a lot more time early on the project, rather than later."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Area Manager

"I was a multi-unit supervisor for the company but there was a glass ceiling."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The company had a fun culture and seemed to enjoy making a game or contest of most things."

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

"If you're looking for a fun job, you came to the right place."

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

"There was a lot of carrot and stick motivation that wasn't lived up to."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More structure in management training so that people know where they stand."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"High stress of task and sales goals coupled with low payroll barely offset by environment and passion for product."

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

"Take your victories and don't let defeat get you too down."

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

"Little relative freedom for managers to actually manage their store."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would reinvest more in the workforce to increase workplace productivity."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Product Information Specialist

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Job security, vacation time, discount on games, open door policy"

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

"Ask about the advancement path for the position you are interviewing for and the qualifications required for that job. If you don't fit the next step up don't take the job you will be stuck in a dead end job."

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

"There is limited to no advancement within Game Stop Corp ranks."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I dont know I am not getting paid as much as he is to think about things like that......"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Release Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I work with an amazing group of driven, talented people."

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

"Know games. Know the industry. Know what you want to do and where you want to go."

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

"Office politics between departments can be absolutely insane. A lot of territorial BS."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would get serious about growing the company's digital offerings rather than keep pumping everything into expanding the brick-and-mortar retail business."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Assistant Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The employees, the discount, having the easy ability of knowing what new games are coming out when."

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

"Knowledge in games is somewhat important, but the ability to upsell and deal with customers is paramount."

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

"Unrealistic expectations as far as reserves and subscriptions. Move from physical to mostly digital on PC content. Lack of follow-through from upper management (DM etc) on many things. Quite a bit of micromanagement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing, really. I find that the way my immediate manager does things is efficient, for the most part."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Working with games. Working with people. Successful at the job."

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

"be prepared to learn fast and be able to sell constantly."

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

"unnecessary amount of stress and pressure put on store managers. It seems never enough."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give more hours. Put less stress on employees. Appreciate individual's work and effort more."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Senior .NET Application Developer

"Limited growth. My direct report was challenging to work for;"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"There are some very talented people that I worked with and admired. They were certainly a help as a social support structure for other areas where the job was lacking."

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

"Make sure you are very clear with questions about what your role will entail and the work environment - depending on the position your level of contribution may or may not be recognized."

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

"This cannot be easily summed up in a few words. I unfortunately found my direct report to be a very difficult person to work for who did not treat others as equal team members."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I gave them many in the exit interview - namely that they need to recognize that managers such as my direct report do not bode well for the company reputation both internally and externally if communication and respect are not maintained within the department."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Game Advisor

"It was a great starting job."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I enjoyed selling video game hardware and the games themselves. Gaming is a hobby of mine, so this job was very easy for me."

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

"I advise you reflect on your video game hardware knowledge as well as any games you've played."

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

"The pay and hours were awful. It was putting employees in a bad position."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was overall great, so its hard to suggest anything."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Game Advisor

"Fulfilling experience that will lead to great opportunities"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I mostly like the clientele, atmosphere, and the commute to my job."

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

"I dislike the pay, some management, and hours that must be worked in relation to the pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Match pay with the workload, and provide better hiring tools."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Game Stop Reviews FAQs

Is Game Stop a good company to work for?

Game Stop has an overall rating of 3.6 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 98 Game Stop Review Ratings left anonymously by Game Stop employees, which is 8% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 92% of employees would recommend working at Game Stop.

Does Game Stop pay their employees well?

Game Stop employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 37 Game Stop employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Game Stop Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Game Stop?

92% of employees would recommend working at Game Stop with the overall rating of 3.6 out of 5. Employees also rated Game Stop 3.6 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.2 for Rewards You Receive, 3.0 for Growth Opportunities and 3.6 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Game Stop?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Game Stop is a Senior VP of Marketing at $230,000 annually. Browse Game Stop Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Game Stop?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Game Stop is a Greeter at $12,000 annually. Browse Game Stop Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Game Stop?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Game Stop to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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