[quote name='tauruskatt']on topic:
as long as it's a stupid co-worker thread...i guess...but i was under the impression that like 70% of parts of this site are 'stupid employee stories'
I also am not sure if it really fits as well under 'shopping discussions' as it may wind up fitting more under 'off topic'...
Mildly Off topic reply:
What planet are you on?
EB was losing spiffs merger or no merger.
(Besides, in every other job in the world, if something's on your job description, it's your job to do it, wether or not you are 'bonused' for it. the difference between the best GS employees and the worst EB employees is that the EB employees were doing things just to milk the spiffs instead of actually buying into their own services. I hate the idea of GPGs, but it's sad to realize that no one at EB thought it was anything but a scam, but sold them anyway to get an extra .30 cents)
Their pay rate never decreased, and minimum wage has risen across the board in these parts now, so all the sales associates are getting paid either the same per hour or the older EB ones are making more then their GS counterparts and now with less responsibilities then they used to have.
EB not requiring two closers each night was an unwise and unsafe policy anyway. And how is giving more hours to the staff = a bad thing? EBs I know don't know how to use up the hours they're being given.
Lastly. Anyone who says, "F**k it, customers need help, they ask for it" is *not* the kind of person that you would want working for gamestop or in any kind of job for that matter, and inevitably will/should quit or be canned for being an self-involved lazy individual.
Back on topic:
I believe there was a GS that hired a wheelchaired employee for seasonal floor stuff, greeting and handing out flyers, etc at christmas. although how 'stupid employee stories' became a debate over EOE i don't know, heheh[/quote]
What in the name of freaking alli-baba are you freaking talking about??
Losing hours when you are used to getting 40 a week is the same as getting a cut in pay. You are willing and able to work those hours, the company creates a situation where hours are taken away from you in order to give them to other employee's, they have effectively cut your pay!!!!
They gave those hours to employees with a lower rate of pay, which adds up when you ahve hundreds of stores. In the companies view = pure profit.
Unless the said employee is a profound moron, they recognize that the company is taking money out of your pocket in order to put it into theirs.is what happened with spiffs. The company does want you to sell the same amount, and they now want to keep all the money that they used to share with you. Yes, this is business, which is built on greed, but now the company wants it all and will no longer give a share to those who earned them that money.
So it is being greedy, an employee reconginez this, and as he has a right to do so, he will stop putting in the effort for less pay. If the company wants to do so, then start firing those employees, until then, the company should shut up, and accept they created a situation that will earn them less money.
And if the f-tards up at Gamestop HQ want it any different, then change the scenario. Until then, maybe Gamestop should stop telling us to act like Salesmen, not SalesCLERKS. If you want us to be salesmen, then give us a reason to increase revenue. Right now, there is no reason. Hours are given be transactions and used trade-ins, and I am talking about an increase in hours of 4 hours for three thousand in sales more per week. This is too little reward for the effort.
And just for me, who won a company wide reservation contest last year, I got me a nice $0.35 rasie for the year. Yeah, I was treated right by Gamestop for doing my job well. (/sarcasm)