Best "Gaming" Employer?

[gamefreak]

I was starting to look around to get a job and figured:

a. I love gaming and electronics so why not make a little money off doing what I love
b. I'm not as totally clueless as most minimum-wage people are and have a good work ethic
and
c. Employees discount is great fun :D

From what I've gathered Best Buy employees are whipped and yelled at on a daily basis so that might not be the biggest idea. There's also a Circuit City, Gamestop/Software ETC, and Target nearby. Any advice?

[x0thedeadzone0x]

I'd say Gamestop. It's a small place, so you won't feel like you're running around everywhere, there are used and new games there, customer level is normally low/ manageable, plus they've got good deals and reasonable people with reasonable cashiers and service. But I'd look into any of them that has employee discounts on games (any places 10-25% off employee discount?! im there!) Then, you couldn't go wrong.

[gamefreak]

Gamestop seems like a nice place but it might be kinda wierd dealing with the clueless (actsofgord.com). Maybe I'll call them up...

[gamefreak]

Bump!

[Spiritseed]

I would say none of the above. Circuit city is flakey, Target just blows and GAMESTOP SUCKS!!!!!!!

[scdoanintendo]

Try circuit city or best buy. You get to be around a lot of electronics and games. Usually they do not have a real knowledgable person on gaming. Also you get a great discount ( about $5-$10 off games ) . With gamestop or eb you have to deal a lot with fanboys and min. wage.

[danh920]

my friend gets a 20% discount at gamestop, and you get 1st dibs on the trade ins, hell, I even know a guy who picked up a neo geo for a pretty good price off somebody

[grayghost81]

To you work at gamestop I think you're required to know everything about every single RPG ever made and watch only anime 24/7. Thats what Im guessing since every employee in every gamestop Ive ever been in is yammering with another employee about RPGs and watching anime.

[gamefreak]

20% off games isn't too shabby but then it's only games and not other stuff (CD players, computer parts, etc.). I dunno.

Thanks for the help!

[drfrielgood]

Best Buy isn't bad. You can get new games for about $43 with the employee discount, $38 after the gamer gift card. PS2 controllers are $15 with the discount, and you'll save about $2-$4 on each DVD and CD, excluding new releases. You also get about half off of car stereo equipment and a ton off of cell phone accessories. It is a pain in the ass having to push all their service plans and the like, though.

[MauMauProductions]

Gamestop is good. Just dont work in a dirty one. The 4 GS stores around here are good but theres on REALLY Dirty one.. Just make sure you know a good deal about stuff. NOT JUST STUPID SHIT like anime and Nintendo. I know all they talk about there is fucking X-play and all the 'hot girls in games'. Theyre annoying but you learn to deal.

[gamefreak]

Hmm... what's Ciruit City like? They are right across from my Best Buy and they hardly have any people there it seems. There store is also really clean and has a better "feel" than the warehouse-like Best Buy...

[MauMauProductions]

I'd go for a used gaming store. This way you can get rare games cheap. If you work in a store like BB or CC you end up looking at only NEW games.

[dragonfireflys]

From what I've been told Funcoland is the best store to work at. They are a subsidiary of gamestop. The reason why: most are strip-malled, same customers, loyal customers, lots of trade ins, lots of old games, etc.

[dragonfireflys]

Hmm... what's Ciruit City like? They are right across from my Best Buy and they hardly have any people there it seems. There store is also really clean and has a better "feel" than the warehouse-like Best Buy...


Circuit city has gotten better since they stopped the incentive based sales model, now the employees won't bother you at all...hell they won't even talk to you.