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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
Assistant Manager

"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."

Store Manager

"Old EB Employee"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"ability to influence company direction"

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

"weakness in long term strategy positioning"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"look to diversify business"

Hardware Technician

"good company to work for and explore more technology coming to the market ilike this company"

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

"be confident and if have worked in any technical ,field this nice company to work for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"no comment but there is good managment and they have good things for their employees"

Store Manager

"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."

Sales Specialist

"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."

Retail Sales Associate

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

"The salary."

Assistant Store Manager

"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"

Game Adviser

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

"Do not expect to advance very far. Expect that Game Stop is a great part time job."

Store Manager

"A great fist Retail Manager job"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Working as Store manager for gamestop gave me a sense of ownership because you deal with every aspect of running a business. It was also a fun environment as the product that you sale is constantly changing."

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

"As a store manager you handle all operations, but are also looked at as the number one sales person. Be prepared to show your sales personality and handle a very high pace environment"

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

"The lack of opportunity growth. The company does not look as store managers as possible district managers candidates."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A better training program to promote within."

Lead Game Advisor

"Was a great place to work. Awesome people"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"It was faced paced work invironment. Work went fast and it was fun!"

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

"Be outgoing and show them you want the job."

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

"When you asked for days off, they would still mess up and schedule you anyways. It was always a hassle to get time off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They have everything pretty tight now."

Game Advisor

"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."

Senior Game Advisor

"GameStop is a good place to work for a brief period of time, but it's easy to find better retail environments."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"It's very fast and loose, and I like my boss."

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

"Be friendly and approachable; professionalism is a must, but above all else: be a good guy to hang around with."

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

"GameStop management practice tends to promote competent workers away from the customer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Adjust your information systems to allow for easier store management. You must realize that no one has time to complete their goals without working overtime, yet they are forbidden to work overtime. It's impossible for a store be effectively run while staying completely within company practices, therefore company practices must be re-evaluated."

Sales Associate

"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."

Corporate Support Analyst

"Good company to work for, however sometimes they can be very closed to change."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Great people, very fun and friendly to work with."

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

"Sometimes it seemed like there was no chance for growth, as the same people stayed in the same jobs regardless of their performance, positive or negative."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If anything, they need to be more willing to let under performing employees go."

Store Manager

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"helping customers and the gaming industry"

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

"goals were sometimes out in left feild"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"listen to the store mgr. more"

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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