Anyone here work at Gamestop?

I just got hired at one. Any tips?

Try to be as unfriendly as possible. Lie as much as possible to those moms who don't know any better. Remember to open every game before you sell it as new. and finally never do any actual work. Have fun.

Just keep an eye on the classifieds. You'll be hating life after your first month if the people I've talked to are to be believed.

I hear in order to work there you have to kill a small puppy on your first day. Can you confirm this?

"Would you like to pre-order Modern Warfare 3?"

"No, come on, its just $5"

Rinse, repeat.

Is there a single person on this earth that is actually a fan of that store at this point. I think its just a place people end up having to deal with.

@Dagbikersaid:

Try to be as unfriendly as possible. Lie as much as possible to those moms who don't know any better. Remember to open every game before you sell it as new. and finally never do any actual work. Have fun.

Gotta give it up to you. Made me chuckle.

I worked for them around 3 years ago. You'll hear one thing alot. "Make sure to push for pre-orders!!" Which is how they will determine how many hours you get. I personally hate pushing people for that kind of thing, and because of that fact I ended up being scheduled for anywhere between 3-10 hours.... a week! Going to work for one 3 hour shift from 6-9 on a monday evening makes it even more difficult to get their precious fucking pre-orders. Which, coupled with the used game trade, is how they make all their money. It really doesn't matter how much you know about or play games, or how good you are with customers, all they care about are pre-orders.

@SSully

You just eat an already dead puppy your first day. Killing them is reserved for management!! :)

@Redbullet685 said:

"Would you like to pre-order Modern Warfare 3?"

"No, come on, its just $5"

Rinse, repeat.

This. And if they don't want it make sure to offer them a subscription to Game Informer. Come on, it's only $15!

Do you get any employee discount?

@Sil3n7 said:

Is there a single person on this earth that is actually a fan of that store at this point. I think its just a place people end up having to deal with.

I have a few friends who really like going there and walking around. I hate going.

Don't forget to hound customers to sign up for a golden finger membership

I hear in order to work there you have to kill a small puppy on your first day. Can you confirm this?

I almost forgot after opening up new games, take them home to make sure the game works. When repackaging use greasy cheeto covered fingers to fondle the disc.

I say watch your back and heres why. Friend of mine up untill about a month ago worked there for about 10-12 years. Je was the store manager. One day the district and a security guy show up and accuse him of stealing Marvel vs Capcom 3. They do their investigation and he takes a leave of absence (paid) and it turns out while hes on leave one of the employees there was caught stealing and guess what? He stole MvsC3 as well. So he comes back for a couple of months then is fired because his store "isnt up to corporate standards" even though his was the most profitable store in town ( I live in a town with 6 GameStops). What makes this fishy is the fact that hes about 43 now and was using his medical benefits a bit to address some medical problems. So GS decides to let him go and hire a younger manager that would do the same job for less money, and thats exactly what they did.

So again, watch your back. They will plant a knife in it an dont give a fuck about you. Ergo why I will never support that store or corporation ever again.

@Devil240Z said:

I just got hired at one. Any tips?

Quit now and save yourself a lot of hardship. Wait tables or deliver pizzas and you'll make at least three times more money.

Hold on people work at gamestop?

@PulledaBrad: Wow... that is just terrible. I didn't realize gamestop was THAT bad..

I always hear these terrible stories about gamestop. never experienced it myself. There are two stores near my house and the people who work there are all really cool.

Also I have been trying to get a job for months. I have applied at every place imaginable. This was the first one to actually hire me.

Do you get any employee discount?

Tips:

1> Start hurting small animals

2> Try to talk about a dead plant like it’s the best thing in the world

3> Break up with your girlfriend and start romancing up your own mom

4> Kill your dog

5> Buy a rope

6> Learn to make a Hangman's knot

7> Buy or craft a stool

8> See how long you can hold your breath

Ask people to preorder every game in the store, done.

@Redbullet685 said:

"Would you like to pre-order Modern Warfare 3?"

"No, come on, its just $5"

Rinse, repeat.

Wait pre-orders cost? Wow, fuck that.

@AlexW00d said:

@Redbullet685 said:

"Would you like to pre-order Modern Warfare 3?"

"No, come on, its just $5"

Rinse, repeat.

Wait pre-orders cost? Wow, fuck that.

It's $5 that goes to the purchase. So, if you buy the game at launch, it's $55. You could put any amount of money down at least if it's $5 or over.

most of the people that buy games go to a gamestop or similar store. people on these forums are ridiculous. i think they are mostly young still and dont understand asking if you want to pre-order a game is just a job and a make to make revenue. i am avoiding all gamestop posts form now on. youll be fine by the way. i work with gamestop to help promote my business and everyone is nice and seems to enjoy thier job.

Just don't be a jerk. Usually if you're friendly and stuff people are more open to accepting pre-orders. Oh, and don't make small talk or anything unless the customer starts in first :P

@Dagbiker said:

Try to be as unfriendly as possible. Lie as much as possible to those moms who don't know any better. Remember to open every game before you sell it as new. and finally never do any actual work. Have fun.

ITT: teenagers of varying degrees of social ineptitude unable to handle basic salesman-customer interaction without being offended.

I dont mind them asking me to pre-order games, but when your trying to sell me a used game for $55 without the manual when i asked for the unopened copy which is selling for $60. thats not cool.

Worked there for 7 years at two different locations (and opposite ends of the spectrum). When I first started out, it was at a low-volume store. With all that dead time we usually just ended up trying to beat each other's Road Rage scores in Burnout 3. The second store was the complete opposite and more like an actual job (go figure) where numbers mattered. That being said, we still had time to do stupid stuff like cutting Guy Fieri's face out of the manual for Minute to Win It on Wii and paste it over the faces of John Marston on Red Dead Redemption, or whoever graced the cover of NCAA Football that year. It was tough getting it to fit inside the helmet.

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tl;dr - the job is what you make of it. It can be fun or it can be hell. Just enjoy it before you get a REAL job (I'm a car salesman now and I want to stab my fucking eyes out).

I just got hired at one. Any tips?

I would never work for gamestop.