And I just drove 29 miles to turn in my application, because I want a job at Gamestop and leave target. Well, mostly I want to leave Target, but Gamestop is a job I want. I'm hoping I get a response. If I don't hear anything in a few days, I'll probably call them and see if they got the application yet I gave at the job fair
No you're right, I'm not. My username says Androssi. But thank you for pointing out the obvious to everyone
No, I'm willing to drive 29 miles to go to a job fair that will send out my application to the area around where I want to work. That just happened to be the place they were doing the job fair at.
Because it's the kind of store that I like, I can talk about things I like and know there, and it's also small compared to someplace i currently work at *coughtargetishellcough*, and I've just always enjoyed going to it. Plus it's closer, and the people I've met there are nice. The pay may not be perfect, but just like a friend of mine, I'd rather substitute a lower pay and be at a job I enjoy than not.
Also depending on lots of other factors like advancement opportunities, the attitude of your boss and coworkers, the attitude of the company you're working for, and tons of other things. The job I had until just a few weeks ago was great not because I liked the work or had a good attitude about it, but because I was working for a good company that cares about its employees just as much as its customers as well the fact that my boss and coworkers had a decent amount of respect for my attitude of, "Go to work, clock in, do work, clock out, go home, repeat." From what I've seen, Gamestop leaves the "caring about its employees" to the store level and you'll be pretty lucky if you get hired at a store run by someone who really and truly cares about his team after all he's had to put up with on the corporate level.
I've never had a bad experience at Gamestop. They have always been really helpful and nice. Maybe...two of the six or so I've been at didn't really care, but the rest were staffed by really cool people.
You know what, it's late right now, I'm tired, and this may be the Spam Zone, but I'm going to be posting something serious right here, because some of these posts are starting to get on my nerves. And whether or not you guys know what I'm about to say, it needs to be said so it's fresh in your head. First off, I'm applying to Gamestop because I want to. I enjoy video games, and even if the other guy might enjoy them more or less than me, I still think that it would benefit me to work at a Gamestop. It might very well not be a terrific place to work for some people, but you know what, Target says it's a great place to work, and while I do enjoy some of the people that work there, I don't particularly enjoy it. And I didn't want to work at Target either. The reason I have a job there is because when we first moved to Texas, I started applying to every single place I could, and Target just ended up being the first place that gave me a job interview and hired me. And I remember posting about that back in August; and I'm sure some of you remember as well. If not, oh well. But even though I have a job there, that doesn't mean I want to stay there. It's not the kind of place I want to stay working at. Even if it means a lower pay, I would still want to work at a place that I feel comfortable and happy at than some place where I feel like shooting myself in the foot after every day. Secondly, I don't care if some of you hate Gamestop or not. Whether or not you're joking about it, don't go telling other people to look for another job somewhere or to rethink what they're doing just because you've had a bad experience with a store. Now, there may very well be some bad stores altogether out there, and it wouldn't be good to work at them, but some people might want to because it's what they like, or they just need a job. I know you guys are probably just posting it in a joking manner, but some people can take that offensively, and I'm not one to really talk either, but even I have my limits to jokes, and when you joke about something a person is completely serious about, it can get on their nerves, whether you mean it or not. I have a habit of joking about things too, and I might very well have hurt someone's feelings or annoyed them, but I don't mean to, and if I did, I stop. That's what you guys need to do right now. I don't care if you've had a bad experience and if you hate them and you think I should stay away; I personally like the place, I have never had a problem with a gamestop in my life, and I have also gotten to know that the people at the particular gamestop I'm applying to has a lot of cool people that have helped me out in a lot of things. And even if they can't do everything, the same can be said for most stores when it comes to one thing or another. No one is perfect, and it's what you get with companies that want to make money; some stuff just doesn't work for you and you find another way. Third, if someone is posting about something they're serious about, even if it's in the Spam Zone, just say something like "Good Luck" or "I hope things go okay". Don't go around posting "Gamestop is crap", "I hate gamestop", "It's terrible to work at", etc. If there's a place someone wants to work at, don't go hating on that place or whatever. It doesn't affect you whether or not they get the job at all, so you could try to show some support, even if it's just typing something silly. Once again, I know it's the spam zone, but it's not like there's stuff on here that's isn't serious sometimes. Not everything belongs in the Help With Life or Discussion section, so you should try to be a bit more careful sometimes. I can take a joke here and there most definitely, but when it happens to be against something I've tried for years to get, and finally might have the slightest chance, for people to just go and say "Oh wow, that's a terrible place to work at, why would you even try?"....It just feels like someone's trying to tell me my career choice is horrible. It feels like someone is saying "So you want to be an animator and design video games? That's a terrible job, you should find something else". I don't care if someone thinks it's bad, if I like it and want to do it, I'll damn well try to make it happen. Once again, I know I'm not perfect, and I myself need to remember it at times, but if I'm the one having to type this down, that's saying something. I've been described by co-workers as the comic relief at work, but you have to remember, even comic-reliefs have feelings too. Just look at Sokka in Avatar: The Last Airbender. His character was a comic-relief but he still had series moments throughout the show. It's the same with me. I make jokes out of things, but I still have serious moments, and this is one of those. I know a lot of you are probably just going to read this and pass it right by thinking "This is pointless, we were just joking around. He doesn't have to take it so literally", but there are limits to my patience, and joking aside, everything tests that limit. Now I take pride in how much patience I do actually have, but I'm not going to sit quietly when people start being negative about something I'd really like to do. I don't want to hear any kind of apology post or anything, I just want to put this here because it seems like it needs to be said for some people right now. Right now I'm just doing what I believe is good for me. I may very well end up with a not-so-nice boss, but it's not like I have the greatest bosses at Target right now on some days. Plus I know it's not exactly the paradise a lot of people think it is, but it's work, nothing is exactly a paradise. But it's up to you whether or not you can make it better, even given the circumstances around you. Right now I try and joke at Target just to make things easier on myself because I don't enjoy it there. But if I can somehow make it seem better, that's all right. Even if I end up with a lower pay, I can take it, because all I'm trying to do right now is pay for car insurance, and school, plus any extra along the way. If I have to give up something along those lines, then I'm fine. I've managed to go by just fine so far with how I've done things, and I can manage later. I even know I might not get the job, but with the Job Fair, I've had a chance to get a job at gamestop that I haven't had before, and I really want this. I don't if any of you have some kind of argument or whatever to counter what I'm saying here, because I'm sure one of you will, but I'm just saying what I believe, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not saying anyone needs to post a giant, crazy post like this one, but I needed to say this because it was starting to tick me off and really hurt my feelings about what some of you were saying.
I said gamestop sucks because it's a company with a terrible reputation (inb4everycompanyhasthat). Nobody here was trying to make any of this personal. We were merely stating our own opinion based on the topic at hand, ya know...like a real conversation. If life is going not so well right now I am really sorry to hear that but you can't expect people to filter themselves especially without warning like "Ohey this is a serious convo". Plus by posting this in a non serious section that is just asking for replies like "GameStop sucks". Good luck with everything but you shouldn't take the stuff said in this thread so seriously. Also it's probably not the wisest choice to emotionally invest yourself into a thread about a retail store.
Just on the note of cons about Gamestop, my female friend who used to work for them said it was hard for her to work because well, to put it simply, probably because of her sex. She was still paid lower than her male employees even when she got promoted and the overall experience with her manager wasn't communicative or didn't seem to take her as seriously. So I mean, you might not encounter the same experience as my friend, but Gamestop does have a rep for bad inside work experience. But yeah, it doesn't hurt to apply. I mean, I like Gamestop (albeit also encountering some weird, maybe prejudice conversations .-. ) but just be a good worker (if you get hired) and give da people the good experience they need when they go to buy their video games.
I've stayed at my high school job for much longer than most would just because I like the people. It does not pay a lot, I could easily get much more elsewhere, but I agree that money < happiness. The way I see it is just give it a shot. If GameStop ends up treating you badly you can always find another job or even go back to Target. In 2012 I quit my job at the movie theater I currently work at because I was tired of a lot of the things going on there and I had just graduated high school and wanted a change. I got a job at Best Buy as a cashier (I wanted to work on the floor but they said you had to be 18). best Buy apparently has a great reputation for being good to its employees but I did not enjoy my experience there. The place was huge, no one gave a **** a out you or told you anything, there was absolutely no sense of friendship between the employees. I might have unrealistic expectations because I was coming from a theater with like 15 employees including the managers, all who have workeworked there for years, so we know each other quite well, but Best Buy was an extremely alienating experience. I quit after two months and returned to my old job where I now still work.
