Game Stop Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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

"Good company to work for."

"Sadly in a digital market, the hard copy disk sales are steadily declining, leading to a closure of locations around the United States. Additionally this leads to employees having less and less to do, especially to keep them busy between sales and pitches to customers."

"It was ok"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I liked the benefits that came with working here, and knowing how to understand and read the customers wants and needs."

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

"I didn't always enjoy working the late hours when it was necessary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing really, Gamestop may go out of business soon due to the changing of technology."

"Good place to buy games!"

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."

"It needs to take in the trust factor that Gamestop doesn't have for its employees."

"A good way to experience how hard it is to work and earn money for yourself."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Discount on video games, video games consoles, and video games accessories. Great people to work with."

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

"When being interviewed in Gamestop, you will need to know how to ask for a customer to reserve a game and subscribe to their Game Informer Magazine."

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

"Very stressful environment. Dealing with difficult customers. Running company errands and not compensating you for gas. There were ever hardly any hours. They expect you to finish everything by the time you clock out."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Some of management had very poor management skills. They need a better way of communicating with their fellow employees. Need more hours."

"GameStop is ok, but contractors park 2 blocks away and share workstations."

"I worked at Gamestop for almost 4 years and enjoyed most of it. The hours given and the amount of work required compared to the pay were not that great but the people I worked with were awesome.The company as a whole doesn't care about anything but profits. District Managers from Gamestop are by far the worst type of person you could come across."

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."

"I've worked for GameStop for almost 3 years and see no clear path to move beyond the sales floor. The general atmosphere of the company is to reward dishonesty in sales over knowledge, skill, and experience."