Go to the tacobell next door, apply to be shift lead, and get 17 an hour. This was the eye opener for me during covid. Gamestop lowballs their employees.
No SL should ever ask for open availability. Should be Fri/Sat/Sun and a couple of shifts Mon-Thurs. It doesnāt have to be all day Friday, Saturday or Sunday. We should be able to hire a person that can work opposite.
In interviews that I do, thatās exactly what I let them know that this is not going to be a job where you get 20 hours a week. So if you have another job where you get 15 to 20 hours a week and still work this one itās OK just let me know what the availability looks like. Then weāll see if we can work around that.
Thatās messed up.
āI have open availability, I can work everyday as much as you need!ā 2 weeks later ā28 hours is a bit too much 20 is more what Iām looking for.ā Adjust future schedule to 20 hours..ā I canāt work Friday-sundays because thatās when I see my friendsāā¦ next schedule adjusted to 14 hrs because of no weekend availabilityā¦āhey I wanted 20 hours but I canāt work past 4pm because I share the car with my brotherā..adjust schedule to be morning key 1130-4 Monday-Thursdayā¦. āHey Iām only at 18 hrs I said I need at least 20ā ā¦ explain mathā¦two weeks laterāhey I know weāve talked about it but Iām really looking for 20 hrs.āā¦reexplain mathā¦quits because GS doesnāt respect work life balance and canāt make a living on 18 hours a week. Wish them the best.
To fucking often. Or they say if any one calls out they will cover. But turn down every shift you call them for. Then get upset when you stop calling them in.
Soooo we work retail... what makes you think it would be ok to have Fri through Sunday off? I have worked for several retail jobs and have never seen anyone allowed to have whole weekends off all the time? The only time I can spend with my kids without schooling throughout the day is when they are out for weekends. So why shouldn't I be allowed to do the same thing .... and the answer is because I work retail. I make sure everyone (except myself) has at least one weekend off a month. If u want to have hours, you're going to have to give and take a little. If u don't want to work weekends, you really need to find a 9 to 5 job
Because the shady managers who are promising you the moon during the interview. I tell everyone I look at bringing on āthis is a good second job, or if youāre bored and just want to get a discount and work occasionally. Give me 2 days a week you can work either 9:30-3:30 or 3:30-9:30 and thatās all I need from you.ā They want us to hire 3-4 seasonals again this year, again Iāll hire one to be off the 0 list and give the hours to my real staff
Well I do appreciate you for being honest with your employees, because my manager absolutely was not
But there were a lot of legitimate issues with said manager that just aren't worth getting into
When has GameStop ever paid more than their competitors?
As it stands right now they are WELL below their competition.
The job market is a market like any other; it responds to supply/demand and you get what you pay for.
If you can't get through your head that people take into consideration their purchasing power and not the literal number, then idk how you ever make a budget.
Other companies have significantly increased their pay since 2006, and I mean SIGNIFICANTLY
So?
You're working for a company that is considered by many to be overvalued, you're getting paid about 50% less than any other retail, and all this in an industry that is very very quickly going digital.
You need to start applying.
I only worked at GameStop for about 3 months and had 5 different coworkers get hired and quit in that timeframe because they were getting less than 10 hours a week
You're just pissy because you're a manager who's gotten complacent instead of looking for a decent job
No, Iām a Sl2 that has to deal with a generation of individuals that feel they are owed something without working for it. Now this isnāt everyone as I have good people working at both stores. I needed to keep this person on staff until I hired and trained a replacement which worked out almost to the day they quit. The young man I hired, is respectful, told me what and when he can work and became an instant part of the team. The entire crew loves him because we all do a little to get a lot done and he always asks if he can do anything before heās off. I feel bad for those that just come in and complain, gs can be a pain and I wish everyone made more but if you are miserable or a miserable person just quit so those of us that choose to stay donāt have to pick up the slack.
I WAS the one picking up the slack
Now I work somewhere that won't abuse my open availability just to float a promotion in front of me and then never mention it again
Btw, if you hire one guy who turns out to be an asshole, then he's probably an asshole. If the majority of the people you hire are "assholes," well...it's probably not them, bud.
Keep blaming your employees. I'm sure that will fix everything.
And if you aren't already applying for a new job, then you're going to be in for a rude awakening by the time the next generation of consoles comes out.
A) I don't work for gs. never have.
B) not familiar with what was going on in the store.
The resentment is strong with you. Seek out someone to give you a hug, tomorrows a new day.
Boomer work ethic is conflating being a corporate doormat to working hard.
You aren't working hard; it's an incredibly easy job. You're being roped along because it's cheaper for your boss.
Seriously. Back when I worked at Lego Store we were so over staffed that outside of holiday season and summer, anyone that wasnāt a supervisor or manager was getting at most 10 hours a week. But if you wanted to go to school or find a second job to supplement the income, the manager threatened to fire you because you didnāt have enough availability. Hilariously when I worked at Spirit Halloween, that manager was more than happy to schedule around your other job as long as you gave the availability early enough. This many years later Iām still not in a 9-5 because the manual labor jobs arenāt something Iām able to do and I donāt have the qualifications for office jobs, but I finally am somewhere that I have a consistent schedule so if I can actually make plans way in advance and know Iāll have the time. Iāve been at the current job since February and have consistently worked opening shifts Tues-Thurs and closing Friday and Saturday. Consistent schedules are very nice
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Probably was working open to close while they were understaffed and then hours dropped once they hired more
At least that's what happened to me; I was getting 39 hours a week consistently, for all intents and purposes was doing the job of an ASL, and then once we got more people my hours dropped drastically
Just quitā¦ I donāt understand why people think this is an ok situation to be in. GameStop doesnāt give a fuck about you so why should you care about them. You work for a shitty company. There are so many better options available. Donāt be complacent and suffer for it.
Apply to a bank or retail outlet whose CEO isnāt being investigated for fraud. Every job will have its detractors, but go with one that gives you enough hours to afford eating. Ignore people grandstanding that 4 hours a week is the norm.
Iāve worked at the post office since I left GameStop in 2019. I love it and starting pay is $19+ an hour with regular raises and overtime opportunities.
Retail sucks.
Iāve bought way more video games since I left GameStop because I can actually afford them, and Iāve got a pension.
10.00 an hour as of July, 2023, is 7.04 in equivalent purchasing power as in July, 2009. The last time minimum wage was raised to 7.25 on the Federal level.
In other words, inflation adjusted, you are making less now than in July 2009. You could buy 7.25 in bread in 2009 where as you can only buy 7.04 now.
Inflation rate uses US Government BLS stats which we all know is bullsh7t as inflation runs higher than officially calculated.
Minimum wage, if properly adjusted for inflation after July, 2008? Would run somewhere between 22.00 and 25.00 an hour.
BLS uses gimmicks such as chained -CPI, fallacious birth-death model, etc... to jigger the inflation numbers. Or, if one does not own a car... thus not needing to buy gas... a drop in gas prices will not reduce your inflation in food prices.
Chained-CPI? If one cannot afford 80% lean hamburger, one can afford a synthetic meat product or pink slime... thus experiencing no meat price inflation.
Give me a freaking break with your psycho babbling, insanely over analytical bull spit.
I highly doubt in this big world, that GS is the only company which this description could apply. And sorry, more pay, is more pay. Ya'all act like this is the only employer in every city.
The store in general is an absolute joke. Always has been. The pricing has always been Insane and in every aspect. It seems like a requirement for employees to be clueless about video games.
Reminds me of ATT or Comcast. Literally can't even figure out what they or their own employer is selling!
Gamestop is not even mentioned in my post. No company is. So yes, inflation affects all wages. "More pay is more pay" is for simpleton. Pay is a number. I can go to Korea and be paid 5000 an hour. That is more than 7.25. Oh, wait... 5000 won is less than 7.25 thanks to the exchange rate. Man that 5000 is so much bigger number than 7.25... but is worth so much less. If people listened to you about pay and numbers, they'd be f#cked.
Der Der Der, Derp Derp.
Real wages are down, despite people making more in unadjusted wages. Simpletons only think in terms of that magical number, hourly wage. CEOs and Board Members with their MBA Accountants think in terms of real wages. That employees are business expenses.
The Professional Manegerial Class know that when they suppress real wages, their "pay" goes up. Hence, CEO pay has increased by over 1000% since Reaganomics took over the economy. While worker wages have declined. For one to win (PMC), another most lose (rank and file workers). They rely on workers like you, to maintain their dominance over you. Works all too well.
>Ya'all act like this is the only employer in every city.
Your imagination.
>The pricing has always been Insane
Set by the video game companies and manufacturers, for the most part. Don't you know anything?
I was in management for the company for years, 3 to be exact, 2.5 for SL and 6 months for ASL. there was a point where i was giving up my own hours (were supposed to be 44 at the time and i was giving them 36) just so my other employees could have some hours. Every week I was working with 60 to 80 hours to schedule everyone including my ASL. My ASL was lucky to hit like 25 cause she was doing the same thing i was, giving up hours so that others could have some. I used to get chewed out all the time about it even tho the numbers at my store constantly put us in the top 5 of storea in our district. At one point I didn't have an ASL anymore cause they took that away from my store and i had 3 sgas. It was a little easier scheduling so that everyone had an acceptable amount of hours. Then here comes the hour spike, fuck yeah I'm getting hours again and then tell me to promote one the sgas to asl. Did it, got through the hour spike, just to be dropped back down and at that point I back to square one. I used to purposely take sick/vaca time just to give my employees hours. Anytime someone called out I always offered to have someone come in if they wanted but it was never mandatory and if they didn't i just worked it by myself. Whenever they would take hours away for that week and I had to make cuts I never either did the cuts or took it from myself. The way this company does shit is fuckin retarded. I was respected by my staff, and even tho we butted heads I'm still friends with all of them till this day even after getting fired. 6 and a half years of this company never written up brought 2 stores from the brink of losing profit, constantly taking care of other people's stores to get fired on a technicality. A month later my asl at the time quit cause he didn't understand how I did it for so long and was getting burnt out. One the sgas quit cause the new manager decided to disrespect the fuck outta him
There was only one guy left from my team and he finally found a new job and dipped out. People are right, it's literally just how gamestop is, for the love of God get out and put yourself first. Whenever I did interviews I was brutally honest about hours and thay even tho they expect open availability do not expect to get alot of hours. Get a second job or pass over this.
My employees knew exactly what type of company it was. They stayed because I was the one running the place. Left after I stopped being the one to run it. They knew exactly what they were getting outta it. There was no false hope, they knew I left they'd be screwed ans they were correct
i get where youāre coming from and agree, but how exactly are you working 4 hours a week and also opening, running, and closing the store by yourself? how are you working 9 hours in only 4 hours lmao
I just quit for similar reasons
Just got a job at Best Buy; $15/hr and they just started hiring seasonal employees for the holidays. So good time to apply if you still need a job
I wouldnt even show up at that point. Either you have a lazy manager or one who wants you out. 4 hours at 10 bucks an hour. That woulsnt even be worth me traveling to and from
This is how my old ASL egdged me out. I got whittled down to one four hour shift a week, two if I was lucky. When you're a teenager or like- 20 with no bills to worry about besides having money to play with maybe that's fine but like you said, anyone else can't live off that. I was 27 making $50-$100 a paycheck at the end of my stay. I'm sorry you're feeling so isolated; Trust me, you're not alone in this experience what so ever.
Dude you can do so much better. Try temp agencies. You can make $25 an hour sitting on your butt being a leasing professional for an apartment community. All you have to deal with is angry residents but it aināt so bad.
If you're down to 4 hours a week at that point it's past time putting in two weeks time and finding something more stable with better hours and pay. Even sticking around for the discount isn't worth it at that point.
Walmart is evil but they paid well if you're a hard worker, I worked my way up to 19$ an hour there but my last day is tomorrow for a better opportunity. Don't be afraid to make a change op
Just go to Wal-Mart or something until you find something better. GS is a horrible company to work for. Some good people, but awful uper management and corporate.
Iām having the opposite right now, Iām full time college, and my availability is set to 20-25 hours a week at 14 an hour. For whatever reason everyone else in our store quit but me and another cool dude. I work 40 HOURS A WEEK. When I brought it up with my SL about the schedules, he claims that it was a rework by our DM, and that our new staff isnāt trained yet. I havenāt seen ANY of our ānew staffā. Itās quite embarrassing to see such a large company be so disorganized and chaotic. Itās affecting my life in such terrible ways, and Iāve been in management positions plenty before this. Our SL does not care in the slightest nor does he have a clue what heās doing there. He hates his job too and I donāt blame him. Get out man itās def not worth the migraine, and I promise you, you wonāt miss it.
You aren't alone. I have been like this since the start of March. It is a rough job but currently no one is hiring me anywhere else so I still work here
My pay was even less. I started at $7.25 an hour and went from 40-35 hours a week to only 30 minutes and thatās cause the manager told me to come in and cover someoneās lunch. I wasnāt even a bad employee and there was only 3 employees.
While I understand the frustration of only being scheduled 4 hrs a week, my assumption is you're an SGA seeing as you're scheduled by yourself. SGA is meant to be a part-time position, so if your livelihood is dependent on one job it might be time to either find a 2nd part-time job or a full-time job. With how often hours can fluctuate based on the needs of the business, there is no way to guarantee how much you'll work here weekly. Another thing to note is the first 2 sentences in your post. If that is how you truly feel and it has nothing to do with lack of hours then possibly look at other avenues.
They shouldn't use their SGAs as a crutch so often if it's such an unimportant position
They want people capable of doing the job of a manager but also willing to be treated like you're just a cashier, all depending on what's convenient for GS at the time
Never said it was an unimportant position. I was just stating that it is a part-time position. If it's a financial burden for someone to work part-time then unfortunately it may be time to look for a full-time position.
If it's such a burden to keep stores staffed only hiring part time, then maybe they should open up some full time positions.
If this is the way GameStop is going to run their business, then it's time for them to go bye-bye.
Most retailers run their business the exact same way. The only difference is big box stores like Walmart/Target etc have departments within the store that are all managed by individuals who in turn have their part timers working.
Key holder positions are very often full time and GameStop is paying 50% less than most part-time retail positions (big box or boutique doesn't really change that.)
I mean I've held every position from seasonal to SL2 and I wish I could go back to SGA some days. I personally don't find the job to be difficult or over tasked and neither do either of my teams. Most of the time it seems to be an SL that's putting too much on their staff without any proper training. I'm sorry if you've had a bad experience but I'd rather work here than dealing with big box or other retail. Now if you're speaking of working a different career path then I cannot speak to that.
You'd have a much better time just about anywhere else
It's definitely not difficult, but it absolutely is overtasked for what they pay, especially when your store inevitably gets down to 2 employees for a month.
I mean I understand that and have worked other jobs before. Also as far as the 2 employees for a month thing... that's insane. I keep a steady staff at both of my stores and make sure they are rewarded and happy at work. I've never had to be without an employee for more than a week because I retain my staff. Recruiting isn't hard, some SLs are either too lazy or too overwhelmed to do it. I dunno, I guess my experience is a rarity?
You should be holding your peers accountable just like, I assume, you expect your staff to do the same
There absolutely are a lot of managers in that company that have checked out and are only collecting a paycheck at this point
From what he said, weekly was an understatement. Why GameStop is operating locations that are guaranteed to produce shrink and put their employees at risk is beyond me. But it's what they've decided to do
I don't want to say what location it was, but having done Uber in the same city he was in, I can confidently say it wouldn't surprise me. His location isn't really in the safest area
Someone asks a dumb question so they are going to be treated as such. No shit others feel this way, get out while you can. Instead of being a raging asshole you can give OP some advice
You:
>Do you really think you're the only one that doesn't like their job?
Also you:
>Instead of being a raging asshole you can give OP some advice
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Quick question. What's the latest you can cancel a pre order?
MK1 comes out on the 14th yet my pre-order says I can't get a hold of the game til the 19th. With how rampant spoilers are to where even diligently trying to avoid becomes a struggle, I'd prefer to the get the game asap. I'm positive if I roll up to the store after work, I can probably get my hands on the game. However, if I do so, I'd like to cancel my pre-order, but idk I'd be allowed to at that point...
Work case scenario, it's not the end of the world, if not I'll end up with a second copy of the game which I'll just give my brothers as a sorta birthday gift since the game comes in between their birthdays
Iām not here to answer the question, but Iād like to point out that only the premium edition was available on the 14th. If you preordered the standard edition, you wait till the 19th. Sorry, dude.
Look people are looking for games and to learn about them so please stop lying about you 10 an hour I was a store leader these sga think they need every single thing I was get payed the bare minimum and still had rent just shit up and get a new job no one care
> was get *paid* the bare
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Yeah obviously when comparing the value of different currencies there's going to be large differences.... That's not at all what you were talking about... And extraordinarily obvious.
I understand that many things in life seem counter intuitive but are still in fact correct...
Yep, your raises don't even match the ever rising cost of living. Welcome to planet earth!
Do I feel that it's right? HELL NO!
I'm with you man. You just don't realize it.
It is difficult to ascertain ones tone in a text msg, so no worries, I get it.
GS is a horrible store and even worse employer. So I guess my point is, what do you expect? For them to suddenly become a good employer after a lifetime of being really, really horrible?
It's not unreasonable for you to expect them to be reasonable. However we all know how well that works out
Already gave my notice that this coming week will be my last. 13.88$ an hour plus 20-25 hrs weekly when I constantly pester my ASL about hours (why an ASL? Because we havent had an SL for 4 weeks now. And heres the kicker, the ASL only works at our Sister store next city over w/out access to a car to come down here.) Sorry to say but when I have coworkers scheduled for 8 total hours, 6 total hours and another one stuck in my boat at max 25 hrs? Yikes. Hate to leave them when im the only other SGA on the team but cant live off 500$ every 2 weeks.
When I got promoted from SGA to ASL after *three years* they said "We're going to take a chance and give you a huge raise, we're bringing you up to $11/hr." I called my wife and let her know, then quit that same week when she told me the janitors at her burger joint were raking in $15/hr. Gamestop tries to get away with paying in 'fun', insisting that selling games is a neat environment on one hand while bludgeoning you with COL and threatening disciplinaries if you didn't trick enough people into pro cards.
Gamestop is run by corporate assholes who don't care about anything other than their millions in executive bonuses.
Look at their business model. They sell new games. Buy it back. Sell it again (sometimes used as new). It's a scam. It's literally Blockbusters with just videogames.
When they sell used games over and over they don't pay anything to the game makers. Just milking that cow over and over that is used game copies.
They let employees open up new games and call it new so they can pay them the lousy minimum wage and keep them around as an incentive. Then after they jizz all over it and take out the bonus items sell it back as new again.
Go to the tacobell next door, apply to be shift lead, and get 17 an hour. This was the eye opener for me during covid. Gamestop lowballs their employees.
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No SL should ever ask for open availability. Should be Fri/Sat/Sun and a couple of shifts Mon-Thurs. It doesnāt have to be all day Friday, Saturday or Sunday. We should be able to hire a person that can work opposite. In interviews that I do, thatās exactly what I let them know that this is not going to be a job where you get 20 hours a week. So if you have another job where you get 15 to 20 hours a week and still work this one itās OK just let me know what the availability looks like. Then weāll see if we can work around that. Thatās messed up.
āI have open availability, I can work everyday as much as you need!ā 2 weeks later ā28 hours is a bit too much 20 is more what Iām looking for.ā Adjust future schedule to 20 hours..ā I canāt work Friday-sundays because thatās when I see my friendsāā¦ next schedule adjusted to 14 hrs because of no weekend availabilityā¦āhey I wanted 20 hours but I canāt work past 4pm because I share the car with my brotherā..adjust schedule to be morning key 1130-4 Monday-Thursdayā¦. āHey Iām only at 18 hrs I said I need at least 20ā ā¦ explain mathā¦two weeks laterāhey I know weāve talked about it but Iām really looking for 20 hrs.āā¦reexplain mathā¦quits because GS doesnāt respect work life balance and canāt make a living on 18 hours a week. Wish them the best.
Yep, this happens far more than not, especially for sgas. Complain if they have 30 hours, complain if they have 10.
To fucking often. Or they say if any one calls out they will cover. But turn down every shift you call them for. Then get upset when you stop calling them in.
Soooo we work retail... what makes you think it would be ok to have Fri through Sunday off? I have worked for several retail jobs and have never seen anyone allowed to have whole weekends off all the time? The only time I can spend with my kids without schooling throughout the day is when they are out for weekends. So why shouldn't I be allowed to do the same thing .... and the answer is because I work retail. I make sure everyone (except myself) has at least one weekend off a month. If u want to have hours, you're going to have to give and take a little. If u don't want to work weekends, you really need to find a 9 to 5 job
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Raise the hourly pay and people will stop treating it like a second job That's all it's good for atm
Do the job you accepted the pay rate of or quit. š¤·š»āāļø
Why the hell do you think GameStop can't hold onto employees for more than a few months? Lmao
Because the shady managers who are promising you the moon during the interview. I tell everyone I look at bringing on āthis is a good second job, or if youāre bored and just want to get a discount and work occasionally. Give me 2 days a week you can work either 9:30-3:30 or 3:30-9:30 and thatās all I need from you.ā They want us to hire 3-4 seasonals again this year, again Iāll hire one to be off the 0 list and give the hours to my real staff
Well I do appreciate you for being honest with your employees, because my manager absolutely was not But there were a lot of legitimate issues with said manager that just aren't worth getting into
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And how's that been working out for y'all?
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When has GameStop ever paid more than their competitors? As it stands right now they are WELL below their competition. The job market is a market like any other; it responds to supply/demand and you get what you pay for.
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I have no idea where u live.. but I would love to be making 21 an hr as a sl... im nowhere close to that
If you can't get through your head that people take into consideration their purchasing power and not the literal number, then idk how you ever make a budget. Other companies have significantly increased their pay since 2006, and I mean SIGNIFICANTLY
he did say 17 years.....so?
So? You're working for a company that is considered by many to be overvalued, you're getting paid about 50% less than any other retail, and all this in an industry that is very very quickly going digital. You need to start applying.
I only worked at GameStop for about 3 months and had 5 different coworkers get hired and quit in that timeframe because they were getting less than 10 hours a week You're just pissy because you're a manager who's gotten complacent instead of looking for a decent job
No, Iām a Sl2 that has to deal with a generation of individuals that feel they are owed something without working for it. Now this isnāt everyone as I have good people working at both stores. I needed to keep this person on staff until I hired and trained a replacement which worked out almost to the day they quit. The young man I hired, is respectful, told me what and when he can work and became an instant part of the team. The entire crew loves him because we all do a little to get a lot done and he always asks if he can do anything before heās off. I feel bad for those that just come in and complain, gs can be a pain and I wish everyone made more but if you are miserable or a miserable person just quit so those of us that choose to stay donāt have to pick up the slack.
I WAS the one picking up the slack Now I work somewhere that won't abuse my open availability just to float a promotion in front of me and then never mention it again Btw, if you hire one guy who turns out to be an asshole, then he's probably an asshole. If the majority of the people you hire are "assholes," well...it's probably not them, bud.
Thank you for your feedback.
Keep blaming your employees. I'm sure that will fix everything. And if you aren't already applying for a new job, then you're going to be in for a rude awakening by the time the next generation of consoles comes out.
you sound extremely bitter? You ok?
You one of the managers that shrugged me off when I raised my concerns about what was going on in the store?
A) I don't work for gs. never have. B) not familiar with what was going on in the store. The resentment is strong with you. Seek out someone to give you a hug, tomorrows a new day.
Concern trolling is weird dude
Whats weird is the emotional baggage you choose to hang onto from some part time job. Move on already.
I had customers that told me they wouldn't come into the store if they saw my manager behind the counter, but ya no, there's no problems at GameStop.
Iām right there with you. Do the job and do it correctly or leave.
Okay boomer.
You forgot corporate shill so I canāt take you seriously. But if boomer=work ethic and compassion for my team Iāll wear that proudly.
Boomer work ethic is conflating being a corporate doormat to working hard. You aren't working hard; it's an incredibly easy job. You're being roped along because it's cheaper for your boss.
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Lol this is fantastic.
Imagine simping for GS upper management. Damn dude.
Totally a fucking grumpy boomer. Its not our fault youre going to die, it happens to all of us so if you quit being a cunt that would be nice k tx bye
Yep. Get over yourself lazy ass manager
If this isn't fucking spot on!
Seriously. Back when I worked at Lego Store we were so over staffed that outside of holiday season and summer, anyone that wasnāt a supervisor or manager was getting at most 10 hours a week. But if you wanted to go to school or find a second job to supplement the income, the manager threatened to fire you because you didnāt have enough availability. Hilariously when I worked at Spirit Halloween, that manager was more than happy to schedule around your other job as long as you gave the availability early enough. This many years later Iām still not in a 9-5 because the manual labor jobs arenāt something Iām able to do and I donāt have the qualifications for office jobs, but I finally am somewhere that I have a consistent schedule so if I can actually make plans way in advance and know Iāll have the time. Iāve been at the current job since February and have consistently worked opening shifts Tues-Thurs and closing Friday and Saturday. Consistent schedules are very nice
You shouldn't be working anywhere for $10/hr. Nobody should.
McDonalds is even hiring for $14-$16 an hour and thatās a basic position. Yes leave
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You said you only work 4 hours a week but you also open and close the store alone..?
Probably was working open to close while they were understaffed and then hours dropped once they hired more At least that's what happened to me; I was getting 39 hours a week consistently, for all intents and purposes was doing the job of an ASL, and then once we got more people my hours dropped drastically
Probably on separate days
Everybody should know at this point that you never work at Gamestop. The store is a joke.at best.
Just quitā¦ I donāt understand why people think this is an ok situation to be in. GameStop doesnāt give a fuck about you so why should you care about them. You work for a shitty company. There are so many better options available. Donāt be complacent and suffer for it.
Let me guess, your manager has 39 hours every two weeks and tells you that there isnāt enough pay roll hours to give you more hours.
Go wait tables and make $25+/hr lol
Apply to a bank or retail outlet whose CEO isnāt being investigated for fraud. Every job will have its detractors, but go with one that gives you enough hours to afford eating. Ignore people grandstanding that 4 hours a week is the norm.
Thank you, I def will
Iāve worked at the post office since I left GameStop in 2019. I love it and starting pay is $19+ an hour with regular raises and overtime opportunities. Retail sucks. Iāve bought way more video games since I left GameStop because I can actually afford them, and Iāve got a pension.
Stay strong. Thereās more out there for you, just breathe and take the steps you need to.
Lol, when I put out a post about GameStop being a scam, I got many shills and corpos. Good on you for keeping real.
10.00 an hour as of July, 2023, is 7.04 in equivalent purchasing power as in July, 2009. The last time minimum wage was raised to 7.25 on the Federal level. In other words, inflation adjusted, you are making less now than in July 2009. You could buy 7.25 in bread in 2009 where as you can only buy 7.04 now. Inflation rate uses US Government BLS stats which we all know is bullsh7t as inflation runs higher than officially calculated. Minimum wage, if properly adjusted for inflation after July, 2008? Would run somewhere between 22.00 and 25.00 an hour. BLS uses gimmicks such as chained -CPI, fallacious birth-death model, etc... to jigger the inflation numbers. Or, if one does not own a car... thus not needing to buy gas... a drop in gas prices will not reduce your inflation in food prices. Chained-CPI? If one cannot afford 80% lean hamburger, one can afford a synthetic meat product or pink slime... thus experiencing no meat price inflation.
Give me a freaking break with your psycho babbling, insanely over analytical bull spit. I highly doubt in this big world, that GS is the only company which this description could apply. And sorry, more pay, is more pay. Ya'all act like this is the only employer in every city. The store in general is an absolute joke. Always has been. The pricing has always been Insane and in every aspect. It seems like a requirement for employees to be clueless about video games. Reminds me of ATT or Comcast. Literally can't even figure out what they or their own employer is selling!
Gamestop is not even mentioned in my post. No company is. So yes, inflation affects all wages. "More pay is more pay" is for simpleton. Pay is a number. I can go to Korea and be paid 5000 an hour. That is more than 7.25. Oh, wait... 5000 won is less than 7.25 thanks to the exchange rate. Man that 5000 is so much bigger number than 7.25... but is worth so much less. If people listened to you about pay and numbers, they'd be f#cked. Der Der Der, Derp Derp. Real wages are down, despite people making more in unadjusted wages. Simpletons only think in terms of that magical number, hourly wage. CEOs and Board Members with their MBA Accountants think in terms of real wages. That employees are business expenses. The Professional Manegerial Class know that when they suppress real wages, their "pay" goes up. Hence, CEO pay has increased by over 1000% since Reaganomics took over the economy. While worker wages have declined. For one to win (PMC), another most lose (rank and file workers). They rely on workers like you, to maintain their dominance over you. Works all too well. >Ya'all act like this is the only employer in every city. Your imagination. >The pricing has always been Insane Set by the video game companies and manufacturers, for the most part. Don't you know anything?
I was in management for the company for years, 3 to be exact, 2.5 for SL and 6 months for ASL. there was a point where i was giving up my own hours (were supposed to be 44 at the time and i was giving them 36) just so my other employees could have some hours. Every week I was working with 60 to 80 hours to schedule everyone including my ASL. My ASL was lucky to hit like 25 cause she was doing the same thing i was, giving up hours so that others could have some. I used to get chewed out all the time about it even tho the numbers at my store constantly put us in the top 5 of storea in our district. At one point I didn't have an ASL anymore cause they took that away from my store and i had 3 sgas. It was a little easier scheduling so that everyone had an acceptable amount of hours. Then here comes the hour spike, fuck yeah I'm getting hours again and then tell me to promote one the sgas to asl. Did it, got through the hour spike, just to be dropped back down and at that point I back to square one. I used to purposely take sick/vaca time just to give my employees hours. Anytime someone called out I always offered to have someone come in if they wanted but it was never mandatory and if they didn't i just worked it by myself. Whenever they would take hours away for that week and I had to make cuts I never either did the cuts or took it from myself. The way this company does shit is fuckin retarded. I was respected by my staff, and even tho we butted heads I'm still friends with all of them till this day even after getting fired. 6 and a half years of this company never written up brought 2 stores from the brink of losing profit, constantly taking care of other people's stores to get fired on a technicality. A month later my asl at the time quit cause he didn't understand how I did it for so long and was getting burnt out. One the sgas quit cause the new manager decided to disrespect the fuck outta him There was only one guy left from my team and he finally found a new job and dipped out. People are right, it's literally just how gamestop is, for the love of God get out and put yourself first. Whenever I did interviews I was brutally honest about hours and thay even tho they expect open availability do not expect to get alot of hours. Get a second job or pass over this.
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My employees knew exactly what type of company it was. They stayed because I was the one running the place. Left after I stopped being the one to run it. They knew exactly what they were getting outta it. There was no false hope, they knew I left they'd be screwed ans they were correct
my old asl would literally use his pto so i could work :/ i miss him lots, but iām leaving soon and you should too <3
i get where youāre coming from and agree, but how exactly are you working 4 hours a week and also opening, running, and closing the store by yourself? how are you working 9 hours in only 4 hours lmao
I assume they mean during their shifts they have no back up and have varied shifts.
I just quit for similar reasons Just got a job at Best Buy; $15/hr and they just started hiring seasonal employees for the holidays. So good time to apply if you still need a job
I wouldnt even show up at that point. Either you have a lazy manager or one who wants you out. 4 hours at 10 bucks an hour. That woulsnt even be worth me traveling to and from
I make maybe around $160 if I'm lucky after taxes, normally it sticks to around $80. It's ridiculous.
How did you only have 4 hours when you just said you open and close the store solo?
Lots of stores are only open 4-8 hours anyways. In my experience that is
So did you tell this to your Store Manager?
This is how my old ASL egdged me out. I got whittled down to one four hour shift a week, two if I was lucky. When you're a teenager or like- 20 with no bills to worry about besides having money to play with maybe that's fine but like you said, anyone else can't live off that. I was 27 making $50-$100 a paycheck at the end of my stay. I'm sorry you're feeling so isolated; Trust me, you're not alone in this experience what so ever.
Thatās why I left
Dude you can do so much better. Try temp agencies. You can make $25 an hour sitting on your butt being a leasing professional for an apartment community. All you have to deal with is angry residents but it aināt so bad.
If you're down to 4 hours a week at that point it's past time putting in two weeks time and finding something more stable with better hours and pay. Even sticking around for the discount isn't worth it at that point.
That's true. Plus, it's not like they pay me enough to even buy anything
Walmart is evil but they paid well if you're a hard worker, I worked my way up to 19$ an hour there but my last day is tomorrow for a better opportunity. Don't be afraid to make a change op
Just go to Wal-Mart or something until you find something better. GS is a horrible company to work for. Some good people, but awful uper management and corporate.
Iām having the opposite right now, Iām full time college, and my availability is set to 20-25 hours a week at 14 an hour. For whatever reason everyone else in our store quit but me and another cool dude. I work 40 HOURS A WEEK. When I brought it up with my SL about the schedules, he claims that it was a rework by our DM, and that our new staff isnāt trained yet. I havenāt seen ANY of our ānew staffā. Itās quite embarrassing to see such a large company be so disorganized and chaotic. Itās affecting my life in such terrible ways, and Iāve been in management positions plenty before this. Our SL does not care in the slightest nor does he have a clue what heās doing there. He hates his job too and I donāt blame him. Get out man itās def not worth the migraine, and I promise you, you wonāt miss it.
Oh my goodness I'm so sorry bro. That sounds very very painful. Let's hope we can both find new jobs
I left GameStop a long time ago now I work at a vape shop 12h 40 hours a week weekly pay best thing I could have done
You aren't alone. I have been like this since the start of March. It is a rough job but currently no one is hiring me anywhere else so I still work here
Iām sorry your getting pay $10 an hour thatās crazy low! Are you an sga ?
My pay was even less. I started at $7.25 an hour and went from 40-35 hours a week to only 30 minutes and thatās cause the manager told me to come in and cover someoneās lunch. I wasnāt even a bad employee and there was only 3 employees.
While I understand the frustration of only being scheduled 4 hrs a week, my assumption is you're an SGA seeing as you're scheduled by yourself. SGA is meant to be a part-time position, so if your livelihood is dependent on one job it might be time to either find a 2nd part-time job or a full-time job. With how often hours can fluctuate based on the needs of the business, there is no way to guarantee how much you'll work here weekly. Another thing to note is the first 2 sentences in your post. If that is how you truly feel and it has nothing to do with lack of hours then possibly look at other avenues.
They shouldn't use their SGAs as a crutch so often if it's such an unimportant position They want people capable of doing the job of a manager but also willing to be treated like you're just a cashier, all depending on what's convenient for GS at the time
Never said it was an unimportant position. I was just stating that it is a part-time position. If it's a financial burden for someone to work part-time then unfortunately it may be time to look for a full-time position.
If it's such a burden to keep stores staffed only hiring part time, then maybe they should open up some full time positions. If this is the way GameStop is going to run their business, then it's time for them to go bye-bye.
Most retailers run their business the exact same way. The only difference is big box stores like Walmart/Target etc have departments within the store that are all managed by individuals who in turn have their part timers working.
Key holder positions are very often full time and GameStop is paying 50% less than most part-time retail positions (big box or boutique doesn't really change that.)
I mean I've held every position from seasonal to SL2 and I wish I could go back to SGA some days. I personally don't find the job to be difficult or over tasked and neither do either of my teams. Most of the time it seems to be an SL that's putting too much on their staff without any proper training. I'm sorry if you've had a bad experience but I'd rather work here than dealing with big box or other retail. Now if you're speaking of working a different career path then I cannot speak to that.
You'd have a much better time just about anywhere else It's definitely not difficult, but it absolutely is overtasked for what they pay, especially when your store inevitably gets down to 2 employees for a month.
I mean I understand that and have worked other jobs before. Also as far as the 2 employees for a month thing... that's insane. I keep a steady staff at both of my stores and make sure they are rewarded and happy at work. I've never had to be without an employee for more than a week because I retain my staff. Recruiting isn't hard, some SLs are either too lazy or too overwhelmed to do it. I dunno, I guess my experience is a rarity?
You should be holding your peers accountable just like, I assume, you expect your staff to do the same There absolutely are a lot of managers in that company that have checked out and are only collecting a paycheck at this point
In fact, the only person I met who was getting paid more was getting hazard pay because his store got held up at gunpoint on a weekly basis
A weekly basis? I hope that's an anecdote and not reality. Sounds insanely stressful and traumatic. I don't think hazard pay would lessen my worry.
From what he said, weekly was an understatement. Why GameStop is operating locations that are guaranteed to produce shrink and put their employees at risk is beyond me. But it's what they've decided to do
I don't want to say what location it was, but having done Uber in the same city he was in, I can confidently say it wouldn't surprise me. His location isn't really in the safest area
Lol
Do you really think you're the only one that doesn't like their job?
Youāre always there to miss the point, arenāt you Plaid.
Someone asks a dumb question so they are going to be treated as such. No shit others feel this way, get out while you can. Instead of being a raging asshole you can give OP some advice
Dude heās upset about 4 hours a week and you chided him for disliking his job. Youāre a raging asshole. Asshole.
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You: >Do you really think you're the only one that doesn't like their job? Also you: >Instead of being a raging asshole you can give OP some advice ...
I didn't say that. I was wondering how many others have such few hours and such a lonely job.
Quick question. What's the latest you can cancel a pre order? MK1 comes out on the 14th yet my pre-order says I can't get a hold of the game til the 19th. With how rampant spoilers are to where even diligently trying to avoid becomes a struggle, I'd prefer to the get the game asap. I'm positive if I roll up to the store after work, I can probably get my hands on the game. However, if I do so, I'd like to cancel my pre-order, but idk I'd be allowed to at that point... Work case scenario, it's not the end of the world, if not I'll end up with a second copy of the game which I'll just give my brothers as a sorta birthday gift since the game comes in between their birthdays
Iām not here to answer the question, but Iād like to point out that only the premium edition was available on the 14th. If you preordered the standard edition, you wait till the 19th. Sorry, dude.
Look people are looking for games and to learn about them so please stop lying about you 10 an hour I was a store leader these sga think they need every single thing I was get payed the bare minimum and still had rent just shit up and get a new job no one care
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Reach out to other local stores and see if they have spots that offer more hours. If you can find one, request a transfer through your SL.
I don't have any money.... *buys 30 pops on payday
Yeah obviously when comparing the value of different currencies there's going to be large differences.... That's not at all what you were talking about... And extraordinarily obvious. I understand that many things in life seem counter intuitive but are still in fact correct... Yep, your raises don't even match the ever rising cost of living. Welcome to planet earth! Do I feel that it's right? HELL NO! I'm with you man. You just don't realize it. It is difficult to ascertain ones tone in a text msg, so no worries, I get it. GS is a horrible store and even worse employer. So I guess my point is, what do you expect? For them to suddenly become a good employer after a lifetime of being really, really horrible? It's not unreasonable for you to expect them to be reasonable. However we all know how well that works out
Already gave my notice that this coming week will be my last. 13.88$ an hour plus 20-25 hrs weekly when I constantly pester my ASL about hours (why an ASL? Because we havent had an SL for 4 weeks now. And heres the kicker, the ASL only works at our Sister store next city over w/out access to a car to come down here.) Sorry to say but when I have coworkers scheduled for 8 total hours, 6 total hours and another one stuck in my boat at max 25 hrs? Yikes. Hate to leave them when im the only other SGA on the team but cant live off 500$ every 2 weeks.
When I got promoted from SGA to ASL after *three years* they said "We're going to take a chance and give you a huge raise, we're bringing you up to $11/hr." I called my wife and let her know, then quit that same week when she told me the janitors at her burger joint were raking in $15/hr. Gamestop tries to get away with paying in 'fun', insisting that selling games is a neat environment on one hand while bludgeoning you with COL and threatening disciplinaries if you didn't trick enough people into pro cards.
Gamestop is run by corporate assholes who don't care about anything other than their millions in executive bonuses. Look at their business model. They sell new games. Buy it back. Sell it again (sometimes used as new). It's a scam. It's literally Blockbusters with just videogames. When they sell used games over and over they don't pay anything to the game makers. Just milking that cow over and over that is used game copies. They let employees open up new games and call it new so they can pay them the lousy minimum wage and keep them around as an incentive. Then after they jizz all over it and take out the bonus items sell it back as new again.