Gamestop named one of 10 worst places to work in America

[quote name='dohdough']I might be from MA, but I've been outside of it, you know.;)

Either way, 5 Guys is the far superior fast food burger.[/QUOTE]


I don't doubt. The one thing I dislike most about living in the Northeast is the piss poor selection of fast food chains.
 
[quote name='confoosious']
Granted, it's still fast food so it couldn't stack up to a gourmet burger. But damn is it good. And to get back to my original point, the customer service is top notch, even if it feels like they hire only Hitler's wet dream.

I've had five guys a few times and I'd rather get In N Out. I've also heard good things about a place called Elevation Burger?[/QUOTE]

For me it's just I'm not a huge burger lover (or red meat in general) so I really don't like the low quality fast food crap. So I pretty much avoid them and just occasionally grab a real burger somewhere.

Five Guys is only better to me because of the vast array of topping options to cover up the shitty quality beef. :D
 
As far as burgers (under $10 category), I'd put Five Guys and In N Out at the top. I don't feel strongly enough either way to argue against someone liking 5 guys more.

But everything else (BK, McD, Wendy's, hardees, sonic) is a huge step down.
 
5 Guys just feels like eating a heart attack. It's so good yet so bad lol. Very expensive too, so that's how I justify not going there.
 
Definitely unhealthy as shit. I'd hardly call it very expensive though. Burgers are $4.xx. Guess it gets more costly with fries--but the fry portions (even the small) are way too much for one person so I never get them unless I'm with at least a couple other people, then with splitting the cost of the fries 3 or 4 ways it ends up coming out to maybe $2-3 more than a combo at a fast food place.
 
Employees: 17,000

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has 6,683 company-operated store....

So if every single employee work in a store, which is not possible, there are 2.5 employees per store? I fond that highly doubtful. Anyone have accurate figures on that?
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Maybe it's 17,000 full time equivalents?[/QUOTE]

Nope. They simply don't count the part time employees as people. :lol:

[quote name='Annual Report']We have approximately 17,000 full-time salaried and hourly employees and between 33,000 and 54,000 part-time hourly employees worldwide, depending on the time of year. Fluctuation in the number of part- time hourly employees is due to the seasonality of our business. We believe that our relationship with our employees is excellent. Some of our international employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements, while none of our U.S. employees are represented by a labor union or are members of a collective bargaining unit.

Why do we care so little about our U.S. part time employees? fuck em, that's why![/QUOTE]

I might have made up that last part.
 
[quote name='confoosious']Nope. They simply don't count the part time employees as people. :lol:



I might have made up that last part.
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HAHAHA...holy fuck I thought that was a joke.:cry:
 
[quote name='highoffcoffee496']Dude...how did you not get fired? :lol: Were the rules not as strict then?
At least today I would be fired on the spot if I sold a Mature game to a minor.[/QUOTE]

They probably were not as strict, but the manager was not there all the time.

My favorite shifts were afternoon to closing shifts, especially on weeknights. It was very slow at my store and the manager would be at home. Some nights there were perhaps two customers per hour. And if some 15-year-old came in with a wad of cash, I sold him whatever game he wanted.

The punishment? Lose your job at the tenth worst company in America. Sounds like a benefit to me.

But you need these low-wage no-expectation jobs like Gamestop or else most of the people I worked with would probably not be worth the wage. I sure as hell was not at the time. And when you are worth the higher wage, you move on to another company. I mean, let's say Gamestop paid 50k per year to every cashier jockey. Those jobs would be taken by Baby Boomers right now, not you.
 
Bougie-ass motherfuckers up in this thread.

I'll gladly deal with the insanity of Wal-Mart over Target, because it's almost always better quality and Wal-Mart doesn't front. Has anyone ever bought Target brand anything? That shit wouldn't fly at a flea market if it wasn't for the logo that white people flock to, like it's the North Star. The new grocery sections in Target are just plain offensive too. You think plastic looking bananas on a table constitutes a supermarket? GTFO. I'd sooner shop at a pharmacy or a gas station convenience mart than a Target.

As for self-checkout lanes, YES. I never spend more than a minute at them, unless there's someone ahead of me. Compare that to the "luxury" of someone doing it for you, who is bored to tears and still has six hours left in their shift.
 
[quote name='davo1224']As for self-checkout lanes, YES. I never spend more than a minute at them, unless there's someone ahead of me.[/QUOTE]

It's always the person with the full shopping cart that can't bag nor scan worth a damn. I've managed to go to a full service line with three or four shopping carts in front of me and still complete my transaction before those folks.
 
[quote name='davo1224']Bougie-ass motherfuckers up in this thread.

I'll gladly deal with the insanity of Wal-Mart over Target, because it's almost always better quality and Wal-Mart doesn't front. Has anyone ever bought Target brand anything? That shit wouldn't fly at a flea market if it wasn't for the logo that white people flock to, like it's the North Star. The new grocery sections in Target are just plain offensive too. You think plastic looking bananas on a table constitutes a supermarket? GTFO. I'd sooner shop at a pharmacy or a gas station convenience mart than a Target.

As for self-checkout lanes, YES. I never spend more than a minute at them, unless there's someone ahead of me. Compare that to the "luxury" of someone doing it for you, who is bored to tears and still has six hours left in their shift.[/QUOTE]

Yes, whenever I decide where to shop, I always make sure they meet my criteria.

Important characteristics of stores:

1. good prices
2. good service
3. doesn't front
 
Facetious or not, Wal-Mart is crystal clear about their goal as a company. To make money peddling wares to people who couldn't give any less of a fuck about...anything. They always advertise the variety of what they sell and the low prices, but never the service.
 
If you shop at Walmart, you are literally worse than Hitler......FACT.

Don't believe me, how often did Hitler shop at Walmart ??

What's this thread about again ?
 
[quote name='davo1224']Facetious or not, Wal-Mart is crystal clear about their goal as a company.[/QUOTE]

I disagree. Walmart's goal is profit at any cost, damn justice, damn regulations, and damn the law. You won't see any of that in their BS ads.

Walmart is a wholly corrupt company - they bribe govt officials, commit fraud, lie about how "green" they are, systematically hire and underpay illegals in the states, and fuck over their base workforce.

They're just lucky the American people generally don't give a fuck
 
As a side note on this, my dad works at Dish Network which ranks as #1.

He agrees wholeheartedly. He hates it there, and based on the number of people he says leaves that company, everyone else hates it too.
 
I was in a GameStop over the weekend. The staff at this particular location actually seemed fairly cheerful/helpful. This has not always been my experience.

But a bit off-topic, there was a young family shopping in there for their two young boys. I suggested to the mother that she might consider picking up a copy of Kirby's Epic Yarn. The used copy was going for $15, which was a reasonable price. It was also age-appropriate, critically acclaimed, and easy enough that her boys would never get stuck playing it. She seemed interested, but told me that her boys would probably object on the grounds that the game was "for girls." I was a bit puzzled but made no objection, after all she certainly knew her own children better than I would.

Once the young boys made their way over closer to their mother, she proposed to them the possibility of Kirby's Epic Yarn. They took one look at the cover and declared that they wanted no part of it, as it was clearly "for girls." I secretly wanted to smack the little ankle biters upside the head, but was also quite impressed with their mother's ability to predict their reactions so accurately.

Kirby's Epic Yarn is a fine game with an incredible aesthetic sense. It irks me that its target demographic would be turned off by pastel. Curse this industry's obsession with brown.
 
[quote name='Richard Kain']I was in a GameStop over the weekend. The staff at this particular location actually seemed fairly cheerful/helpful. This has not always been my experience.

But a bit off-topic, there was a young family shopping in there for their two young boys. I suggested to the mother that she might consider picking up a copy of Kirby's Epic Yarn. The used copy was going for $15, which was a reasonable price. It was also age-appropriate, critically acclaimed, and easy enough that her boys would never get stuck playing it. She seemed interested, but told me that her boys would probably object on the grounds that the game was "for girls." I was a bit puzzled but made no objection, after all she certainly knew her own children better than I would.

Once the young boys made their way over closer to their mother, she proposed to them the possibility of Kirby's Epic Yarn. They took one look at the cover and declared that they wanted no part of it, as it was clearly "for girls." I secretly wanted to smack the little ankle biters upside the head, but was also quite impressed with their mother's ability to predict their reactions so accurately.

Kirby's Epic Yarn is a fine game with an incredible aesthetic sense. It irks me that its target demographic would be turned off by pastel. Curse this industry's obsession with brown.[/QUOTE]

There are fully grown men on CAG that have made the same statements about Kirby's Epic Yarn. Stupid is stupid.
 
[quote name='camoor']I disagree. Walmart's goal is profit at any cost, damn justice, damn regulations, and damn the law. You won't see any of that in their BS ads.

Walmart is a wholly corrupt company - they bribe govt officials, commit fraud, lie about how "green" they are, systematically hire and underpay illegals in the states, and fuck over their base workforce.

They're just lucky the American people generally don't give a fuck[/QUOTE]

Absolutely. While that type of stuff is true of most big corporations, Wal-mart is certainly one of the most blatant offenders. And that's a big part of why I quit shopping there. Even if the stores weren't crap holes around here and the service didn't suck, I'd be unlikely to shop there.

I don't have delusions about Target being drastically better--but just like they offer a slightly better shopping experience, they at least treat their employees slightly better, I haven't heard scandals of them bribing gov't officials etc.
 
[quote name='camoor']I disagree. Walmart's goal is profit at any cost, damn justice, damn regulations, and damn the law. You won't see any of that in their BS ads.

Walmart is a wholly corrupt company - they bribe govt officials, commit fraud, lie about how "green" they are, systematically hire and underpay illegals in the states, and fuck over their base workforce.

They're just lucky the American people generally don't give a fuck[/QUOTE]

I never really understood this philosophy. Saying you no longer buy from place A doesn't really do anything, it just gives your money to company B who does the same thing. Hell the place I work at does this all did this, even places organic local farms, where the golden rule is if you get hurt say you did it while doing house work, and being friends with the local inspectors gets you a lot of heads turning the other way. I think half of my work associates are illegal and have no work papers either. IDK I just never understood the concept of not shopping somewhere because they do bad things, it doesn't really hurt the company enough to change their ways, because everyone else will still shop there.
 
It's just a matter of principle. If I know a company does things I strongly disapprove of I'll stop giving them my money.

I have no delusions that it makes any difference, or that other companies aren't doing similar things (and just haven't been publicized), but I feel better not giving money to companies that I am aware of bad practices that offend me.

That said, as I said above, Wal-mart is one of the most blatant offenders and a company like Target is at least not as bad in some of these regards (though still a far cry from ideal).
 
I stopped shopping at WalMart because...

1. They tend to smell terrible - Seriously, most of the WalMarts near me have a real problem keeping their facilities smelling nice. There is one in particular where it perpetually smells like someone leaked all over the place.

2. Their game prices are no longer competitive - Game deals were one of the only reasons I stopped by WalMart. Everything else they sell I can get at other stores with a better experience. But sweet deals on games drove me into WalMart every now and then. Now its been years since I've seen an even half-decent deal at WalMart. Their clearance section is a joke, they just slap a $20 price tag on everything and call it a day. Pretty much everything there is at the current MSRP, no bargains to be had at all. No longer any reason to even check.
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']It's just a matter of principle. If I know a company does things I strongly disapprove of I'll stop giving them my money.

I have no delusions that it makes any difference, or that other companies aren't doing similar things (and just haven't been publicized), but I feel better not giving money to companies that I am aware of bad practices that offend me.

That said, as I said above, Wal-mart is one of the most blatant offenders and a company like Target is at least not as bad in some of these regards (though still a far cry from ideal).[/QUOTE]

+1

I know every company isn't perfect. I *try* to shop at the least offensive one.

I avoid walmart whenever possible, both for their corporate policies and for their customer service in-store and their clientele. I guess some people get a kick out of shopping at walmart and laughing at the slack jawed yokels there. I just find the whole thing depressing.
 
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