Game Stop Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Working for GameStop Inc. has been both challenging and rewarding. In my decade of working here, the gaming industry has changed tremendously; and required the company to make adjustments to its global strategy. Those adjustments have been necessary to continue to thrive in the gaming space."

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."

"It was an okay job. They have you do too much for the compensation they offer."

"I've worked for GameStop for a little over a year. I moved up quickly, but once you get to Store Leader there is not much else you can do. It can be very frustrating at times but there are good benefits for health/employee discounts."

"I've worked for the company for more than 3 years and worked my way up to a full-time position, for which I feel I am not properly compensated considering all of my responsibilities. My immediate coworkers are friendly and supportive, but the upper management is too cutthroat for my liking. Way too much emphasis is placed on metrics rather than customer service."

"My time there was ok. I was only there in order to work during school. Ultimately the incompetence of the district manager was too much stress for me to endure. He was always blaming others for the mistakes he was making. I found it very tiring so I gave my two weeks and left."

"I have been working for GameStop a couple of years. The working environment is excellent."

"I have been working with this company for 1+ year. It's a good company with a good work environment."

"I have worked for GameStop since 2012. I have enjoyed most of my time there. GameStop employee care system has made strides in the past few years, but managers are grossly underpaid and under-appreciated for the amount of work they do."

"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."

"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."

"Great job, but it's retail."

"Good company with good people but needs to update with the times."