Game Stop Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"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"

"Always evolving due to nature of the business"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The job is always changing due to the technology of the merchandise. I was allowed to run the stores my way as long as I stayed within the company guidelines."

"Avoid working here at all costs"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Only the employee discount, which was very limited."

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

"Apply at other video game stores."

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

"Poor direction and high expectation from management, racist and sexist environment, limited hours for staff, poor communication, deceitful business practices, unsuitable working conditions, very high turnover rate, unorganized inventory system, unfair business practices, dishonest manager behavior"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more involved with managers' individual concerns, monitor store policies and hiring practices, explore working conditions and manager behavior"

"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."

"Great place to work if you do not care about salary, social life, or being respected."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Being involved in the industry and meeting customers."

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

"Fight for your salary... Being someone who has hired many managers, it is the companies #1 priority to find someone younger and cheaper for the job, even at the expense of experience."

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

"Terrible pay and workload, non-existent HR or employee affairs departments, nazI like policies. Pre-owned sales are destroying the gaming industry from the inside out. My 2500 sq foot, 3 million dollar store was given same hiring/payroll parameters as the 800 sq foot $500,000 dollar store."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the company with a grain of salt. They will not step up to the plate for you, and do not keep employee or customer needs high on their list of priorities."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"this was a game release"

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

"look out for me"

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

"the people"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"listen"

"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."

"Good company if you love video games but not for creative individuals"

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"The environment. TECHNOLOGY, GAMES, CG, everything I love."

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

"Its a corporation. No creative input."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand people have personal lives."

"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."

"Great place to work and make friends."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Laid back attitude in a tech medium that I love."

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

"If you know your stuff concerning the video entertainment world then you should feel quite at home."

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

"Almost criminal like wages."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think more of your quality employees and less about your day to day store numbers."

"Great job with long hours dedicated to video games and sale of games."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"Close proximity to the consumers."

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

"Be truthful on your limitations so that during training they can be addressed."

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

"Store production not consistent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Examine and incorporate store management in regional decisions."

"High school job with interest in video games."

"Fun place to work."

What do you like about working at Game Stop?

"I loved working with the customers."

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

"Career opportunities were extremely limited."

"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."

"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."