I was on a job outside of Houston, and found a brick and mortar game store called Game Over. It was in a kinda swanky shopping center with salons, a spa, gym, clothing shops that's too out the way for any riff raff. The store? Just retro games, consoles and accessories neatly stocked. No collectibles or stupid trinkets, just games. I got myself a nice refurbished 360 controller, and the nice gent just rung my purchase. No upselling or any corporate nonsense from him,, it felt surreal.
I love that store. They used to have collectibles and even a museum. They were in a larger store a few doors down then moved. Haven’t visited the smaller store yet but love Game over. They are a small chain run outta Austin. There are actually 3 Houston locations. I have been to all 3.
This type of upper management is exactly what is killing America right now. It is creating an environment of mental angst and PTSD for employees that care about performing well.
It's the PROFIT over PEOPLE capitalism at it's finest! Notice how when republicans are in power they make tax cuts that help companies get richer while we little people suffer! Gamestop only cares about making their bottom dollar and they'll throw everyone under the bus to do so! You should sue Gamestop for defamation and how they are continuing to do it! I'm sure they have tired to go after you for defamation which is you were telling your truth and they just didn't like it! When they make up lies like you are sleeping in the back or committing fraud that's defamatory rhetoric! They want to make you look bad so they don't look bad! Gamestop is a bad company and people know it and I think as the video game market changes Gamestop will become irrelevant!
@@Magnarmis the company I started at a bit over a year ago had said that. They've been great for someone that doesn't miss work ever. A few weeks ago I left work with a fever. Missed 33 hours in a week. Got 9 hours of sick pay. Asked why... And they require 24 hours of missed time before sick pay kicks in. 4 raises in a year ( about 20% pay total) and $2k of bonuses don't make up for fudgetarded policy. I'm out and applying elsewhere. Raises have been great but still aren't enough to put someone out of paycheck to paycheck territory. That messed my finances up so hard my utility company is demanding back the deposit they returned a decade ago.
What Zombie describes here is serious violations of both OSHA, but the FLSA. They're not allowed to discriminate based on physical or mental disability, and they're legally required to accommodate those employees with disabilities. Nor can they legally fire a person for an injury on the job, nor are they legally allowed to fire someone for disabilities. Nor can they dictate what an employee does outside the store, including doing youtube channels and content creation. Everything described here is illegal on the part of Gamestop's actions and had I been in Zombie's shoes when this all went down I'd have sued them into the ground.
Good luck proving it and finding a lawyer willing to fight to do so. The "South" don't care. The "South" encourages this. In order to ... "own the libs" or something
@@iggyboo Well, actually, there are several law firms that handle this sort of thing, and proving it is easier than you might think. That's what discovery is for, sifting through emails, listening to recorded phone calls, subpoenaing witnesses. If it is their standard that they don't want to hire people with x disability, you can bet there's an internal memo somewhere, an email record of some sort, confirming it.
suing costs money..and if there are that many violations that you know of then make a call and get someone on gamestops ass. dont act like you know the law...prove it.
what was the thoughts in the back? i didnt work at gamestop but had a bad day and had to go to bathroom. i felt like the world is tougher on me , i see all my friends and relatives and coworkers who are still taken care of even as young adults, even tho they are making minimum wage their parents are helping them buy a house, and they have a nice car and the newest iphone. i get it some ppl have it like that, but when those ppl judge you who have never had to struggle, that can push you over the edge. even knowing that you have high skills and have achieved some completion of difficult feats. I couldnt handle that, plus managers at kaiser permente love to screw you over because they seriously get a 15k bonus each year if they can stay under budget, and they tell you not to call in sick and not to claim injury so they can get award at the end of the year for being injury free, another bonus for them. Them promising a full time position with benefits is a lie, they will keep you on call /per diem, they will give you full time hours for years but without benefits, this contributes to staying under budget so they can get that bonus. smh
I worked for gamestop years ago. The place was a wet dumpster fire. Between the intense pressure to upsell stupid magazine subscriptions and pre-orders, and the complete inability of management to understand their customer base. My store manager would just have random freakouts in front of customers (which was embarrassing) that looking back on it now, he was probably under a soul crushing amount of pressure from upper management. I ended up quitting because I was working two jobs and I got hired at a company that paid me well enough to not work two jobs, and it's not like it was enjoyable. So I quit on the spot and have never set foot in that store again. I was just out of high-school then. I'm honestly amazed gamestop still exists considering they've been run so astoundingly poorly for, fuck, decades now.
Dairy Queen Cumberland MD sucks too. DON’T WORK THERE! You will get treated like dirt no matter how long you work there and you will get blamed at for shit you didn’t do. It’s crap.
I worked at Gamestop for 5 years and was lucky to have (for the most part) outstanding managers and crew. We basically all split around the same time and within a month it was just another shitty Gamestop. Customers told us they drove past one, sometimes two stores to come to ours, and I took a lot of pride in that
I live in the North AL area. Athens, Huntsville, and Madison area, I've name dropped you just to see what their reactions were. EVERY time, I get the disgruntled looks and eye rolling, followed by a bunch of comments about how terrible of an employee you were etc, and this is just me as a customer going in. I'm glad you speak up against them so much.
Damn I just found this channel and can honestly say how grateful I am for my job now. 4 days on 3 days off,40 hours, quarterly bonuses, good healthcare, and holidays off w 6 weeks paid vacation. My heart goes out to anyone in retail/ fast food I was there. I would do everything to avoid going back to that.
If you do these former employee interviews, please ask trihex and his friend Joey if they want to interview. They did a whole ass 9 hour stream talking about their experiences at GameStop in Alabama. They might provide some insight.
I worked in retail for about 6 years and everything you guys talked about was almost identical to my experience working in Radioshack. It was the worst job I ever had. I got along well enough with my first manager, but he was scaping sales off of all of us. My second manager turned out to be way better, but the higher ups were no fun. I will also say that every retail store I ever worked at wound up going out of business.
When I was hired at Game Stop, they delayed my hire date with no explanation why at the time. Then I realized it was because I mentioned my wife and I were about to have our first kid. They delayed it so it would be 2 weeks from the 90 days I would need to be working there to qualify for paternity leave. It was confirmed by my SM that was leaving soon after I started. The only time worse than that is when they fired a different SM, leaving me, a ASM, and my 3rd keyholder with no instructions on how to handle scheduling (SMs are salary, us ASM and 3rd Keys were hourly). The only call I got from the District Manager asking why we were so far over payroll. I laid into him.
Corporate for a lot of these retail stores so out of touch. I worked at Advance Auto Parts and they basically did a lot of the same crap. They wanted to fire me bc my mom had a heart attack. Gamestop is ridiculous. What a terrible place. Can't wait till they die off.
I've always said that higher ups need to work in a store at least once every few months to see how the systems work, to feel what it's like working with the general public, to see how managers and employees act, etc.
Posted with great timing. Former customer service employee, my pit bill husky decided to disappear himself today on a day where my city is forecasted with severe thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes. Great distraction. Thank you, Codemeister
The part about the security company calling all keyholders is so real. Any time another keyholder was early, late, stayed late, left early, etc you got a call and you HAD to respond no matter what you were doing including being on vacation.
Thank you for helping people know the Truth I take care of my disabled Brother an work full time an jobs are assholes when i have to take him to the drs or I cannot find someone to look over him or check on him. He cannot drive an cannot even hold his own money an company's do not seem to realize that Family comes 1st same with my babys thank you and have a great day.
You can see the PTSD on Zombie's face. The last time I saw you do a video that reminds me of this, was the girl you knew (who I think was a Manager & a single Mom) from Gamestop was fired. This video couldn't have been easy, but it was amazing content. If you can make more videos like this or stream with Zombie and other former Gamestop Employees that would be amazing. Thanks for another great video! So you're Voldemort are you?
Thank you for sharing both of your experiences with game stop. How they treat there people don't deserve my business. Thank you Cody for speaking truth about game stop, Walmart, Target,. Kroger, and Lowes.
Not surprised. I used to work with a guy who also worked at Gamestop. I mentioned your channel, and he clammed up and said "I can't talk about that". There was fear in his eyes. I've never worked and don't desire to work at Gamestop, but he was so afraid that if he told me. I'd go straight to his superiors and tell them he was talking about you.
To any GameStop employee apply to prime communications (att third party retailer)your life will improve instantly and they will hire u based off experience. I’m a store manager I love former g.s. Employees they tend to be some of the hardest working people once they realize that they don’t have to deal with gamestops bs. Plus too free college through a.s.u. Please consider this
Ho lee she it. I knew Camelot was from Alabama but I had no idea it was MY area. ZombiesGoNumb worked at my local GameStop for YEARS! I've had MANY of conversations with his guy! I can 100% vouch as an outsider that he is legit. Just wanna add this dude was ALWAYS one of the nicest employees at my local GameStop and last time I remember seeing him I felt bad because he had to price match the Doom 2016 collectors edition because the sticker on the box was $40 cheaper than what I wrang up and I could tell it crushed his soul when I mentioned, and working retail myself I know you get graded on these type of things.
Wow got the notification that someone like this comment after all this time while I was at Pizza Hut in the same shopping center as this GameStop. Great timing.
Just here to point out that the top corporate structure was purdged, CEO as well, by another group of invesrtors who actually have a moral compass and are aiming to tranform the company. So I hope these types of working conditions and experiences finally chaange in this god awful company
You think the billionaires that took over have a moral compass? They took over nearly 6 months ago. With 4 of them being a year ago. Employees are claiming it's getting worse and worse everyday. They don't have a moral compass. If you believe this. You're already lost.
@@CAMELOT331 I've always hated Gamestop, there's even one down the road from me in Ireland. Even here, Gamestop is sleazy, it's always been sleazy, but this is the first time I don't hate it, because of the take over. I think it will change but it will take time for the change in managment to filter down. I think Ryan Cohen is as good of a person a billionaire can get, and there's a lot of souless wallstreet people who target companies are hurting becauce the stock price is so high.
@@CAMELOT331 I don't think someone who bought into the company trying to change it would highlight that there's some shady people running stores and scare away customers. It's a problem for sure. Gamestop is essentially going to get restructured so it'll be interesting to see what happens to it. Have you seen the Syrmor video about the guy who worked at gamestop and got sent to jail for buying a PS4?
@@NanoNutrino why hasn't the new team that's been in place for months and months not restructured anything? Why are employees quiting in droves? Why are they still losing 100 million per quarter?
Fuck man, I'm glad I never worked for GameStop.. I almost did, but Camelot and others showed me I'd just be hurting myself. Good vibes being sent out to everyone still under their thumb.
My first job on one of the Newville Turnpike's service plazas, we would literally have a few people just fall asleep on the chairs or benches in the lobby area and that would last for at least two days, but I kid you not, every time someone would do that, they would have a bunch of luggage with them, and one even had a damn pile of luggage in the employee's parking lot, needless to say after the two days elapses the cops were called because management wanted to see if they were waiting for someone to come pick them up.
Dude. When i worked for gs during covid they would literally do a number by number callout before every single conference call to make sure you werent "listening" to our calls. If that number didn't answer they disconnected it. Corporate was scared as fuck that you were literally listening to the calls. Dude it was the absolute craziest shit.
Man, GS did Zombie dirty... just like they do for anyone worth their paycheck (or more). Shocking. Let's all sub his channel and get him some views... he seems like a good dude, and he deserves better than what he's gotten. Cody, thanks for having him come to your channel so he can tell his story.
You all should really Sue that company both you get together with your stories that are proven you should get back at them that's a horrible place to work and nobody should have to put up with that
I am also a former gamestop employee so I can feel their pain. However I left long before it got really bad apparently. I dipped around the time that they started to really push the circle of life thing and the GPG's
Circle of life? In a game store wtf can you please elaborate cause growing up as a kid getting games with my chore money they fucking robbed me for thousands of dollars when I sold my games and systems there
That's crazy, there's a Gamestop in my local mall, I've always toyed with idea of going in there and being like, "Heard of Camelot331? Shoutout to the famelot!" and then leave. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in to the store lmao
They were discriminating against me because of my back disability even to the point my manager threw out my doctor approved chair , I threatened to have my lawyer get involved , it has gotten a little better . I totally can relate to both of you
Does GameStop realize they are dying and they need to be better. Hearing this makes me not want to go there again. It’s like these upper people want GameStop to close.
Man the fact that nothing has changed, no matter what district is scary. When i was 16 ALL i wanted to do was work at Gamestop (then it was EB) and when i finally got the in i was so excited like "Man im in the industry i love" Oh how wrong i was. They dont care about anything but powerup and pre-order. I left after 5 years and it still hurts to this day to have the veil torn wide open back for me. It is so gross how they treat the employees.
The manager at my store acknowledged he’d heard of you, but hadn’t seen videos. But yeah...this was back after some of your store closing predictions and the Covid mess in the beginning. But I’m the longest standing customer they have, I was there on their grand opening in October 08. Surprised they’ve stayed open, I’m in a small town, but they get best numbers in all stores for hundreds of miles around, tho there is only a couple left within 2 hours of here, so... but they’ve had renovations and upgrading done to store. My buddy is manager, he took over last year after about 6 years there be at he previous manager who opened the store finally moved to take over a different one. So I’ve known ever employee they’ve ever had, I’ve spent more money than any other customer...I’m a physical buyer, always will be. So they tell me much that otherwise doesn’t get out to most people. They know I don’t run around saying stuff to get them in trouble. But, unlike a lot of stores, I like mine and they’ve always taken care of me. The previous manager did a lot of stuff for me...getting me console preorders just days before launch and such, back for PS4/XBO era. And yes, again...they know about you. Gamestop absolutely does...the Execs.
I have a brother with a neurological disorder and that sounds very par for the course. I am not surprised, one bit, Gamestop (or big companies in general) would give to Autism speaks, but won't allow an autistic person to work to earn their keep. I am always skeptical of big companies who give to charitable organizations and wonder if they're just doing it for good PR or if they're doing it because they legit care (I highly doubt it's the latter).
I had a guy who worked under me years ago who was on the spectrum. I put him in a position that he was comfortable with. He did an amazing job. He was never late never called in sick or complained about anything. I knew he would not adjust well to change so I made sure he was paid the top of the scale for that position. It was sad to know that he was so good of an employee but wouldn't be able to really move up due to his disability.
I used to be a key holder, sga, and we were so short staffed because we lost our manager and assistant manager. One day during this time between managers, the only other sga called out sick so I called my district manager to ask if someone could come to close the store and he told me that no one else could come in so I had to stay the whole day with only one G.A coming in at the end of the night. Sometimes I would have to eat in front of customers because I couldnt close the store to take a lunch. I worked at GameStop on and off for 5 years. I will always have some fond memories but there were days were it was absolutely a horror show.
I have always had a love/hate relationship with GameStop… overtaxed prices, garbage trade-in value, never enough employees… however.. I have so many fond memories of the midnight releases..
I was in the same kind of situation as you guys. Work at a job for 8 years and I decided to leave it. It got worse in 2020 when the pandemic hit and the company made bad decisions during that time and 2021 was the breaking point and left when the operating season was done. Never been back since
This is why i don't shop at gamestop anymore. I walked into a store in North Illinois and when i was paying i asked the manager "hey, is what camelot saying true?"......everyone working around him stopped they what they were doing....they all looked at me and said "every. Single. Word." I said im sorry and left. I honestly felt bad.
my best friend was a manager. They fired him because he gave a vet a police discount. His DM found out and told him not to do it, reported him to security. Security termed him.
I remember back in 2018 when I applied for gamestop (didn't get the position thank god) and the manager who I was interviewed by said they looked at my youtube channel and thought my channel was interesting because I had unity projects and stuff on there. They do check your damn youtube channel, what this dude says is accurate lol.
Damn, this cuts pretty deep having worked similar jobs before. Longest run I had was 4 years at a pharmacy. Towards the end I was just so beat down and depressed.
I went to Gamestop in South Miami and they were talking about some youtuber who was spilling the beans on gamestop. I did not watch this channel at the time but I am pretty sure they were talking about you.
Walmart threatened to put me on a Performance Improvement Plan within the week. They never did, but my main job gave me a big raise so I was able to quit Walmart. I made sure I stayed long enough to get the Quarterly Bonus, and then said Bye!
Man, the autism statement hit home. When I worked at GameStop in 2019-2020, we had a guy with autism employed. They kept taking him off the schedule because he was slower at doing some things but told him to keep calling in to check the schedule. He wasn’t making enough money so he ended up coming in to sell his games and his consoles, etc. back to the store.
I am also a Crps warrior. I don't know how you worked at all.. 2 years after diagnosis it put me permanently out of work I spent 4 years on my back in the hospital. I almost died many times.. So I know it is an evil disease. They call it the susd disease for good reason! I'm always hoping fir a cure! My heart breaks for you.. Blessed be!
I don't know if you remember but I think it was in 2015 there was a woman who got murdered at a Gamestop in Houston! Hey had NO cameras in the area where she was killed the cameras they did have only showed them entering! Gamestop isn't even a safe environment as they don't care about your safety! Your employer should protect you while you are working for them! Then again as I have said with Gamestop it's profit over people! To this day they still haven't solved this murder!! They do believe it was someone she knew and possible a customer of the store but other than that there is no information as the perps knew the store quite well!
my boyfriend's sister got fired right after black friday because was watching two whole stores by herself as a SM. they fired her for the dumbest reason..one of her stored decline in performance for one wk. the way they fired her and escorted her out was uncalled for. they just didnt wanna pay her or anybody for what they deserved. theyre ultra cheap, they dont care about their own people and literally think everyones disposable. i feel so bad for the timeframe she got fired and she did everything she could for both of her teams.
I can relate to this so much right now. I love your channel and I subbed to Zombie, too. And they wonder why they can’t find good people and the great resignation is a real thing. I applied at GS a couple of time and I’m glad now they never hired me 😂😂
I worked there for 4 years and my job was to push subscriptions on customers. Only people that benefit was management, they received a good bonus. Thank God the Postal Service hired me and I quit GameStop in 2005!!!
Why does all this not surprise me? Lol. I am going to the mall today and I'm kind of tempted to ask them if they know you Cody 🤣🤣 the only reason I want to ever go to GameStop. Which sucks cause years ago I use to love the store and been there so much the employees knew me
I stopped going to GameStop for ever and literally just go to retro game stores, I always am there for an hour or two just having a chat. This is crazy 😭
I used to shop at the gamestop that zombie worked at, ive known the guy for 15 or so years now. I can attest, that store was really bad lol. I've seen the employees open up new merch, play with it, then try to sell it as new still, to me, personally. Then they got super upset when I told them that it's used and they can't do that. I never went back.
Im an older gamer from way back when, back then, those managers would have caught hands something fierce. Running mouth and threats from company.. yeah, not after a few beatings.. but times are different now. Ya cant do that stuff anymore.
I have severe, chronic, debilitating migraines with a host of bizarre stroke like symptoms. As soon as marijuana became legal, my doc put me on it (because I'd tried everything else) and it has been a miracle. One of the onset symptoms of a migraine is usually I dump 50 IQ points or so. My supervisor is so cool they will actually send me out to smoke if I don't stay on top of it. A couple of puffs and I'm pretty much back on all cylinders. If I lose that or have to drug test at any point in the future- I'm unemployable and will have to get on disability instead. I SOOOO identify with those jackasses not being tolerant of disabled people. Evil craphounds.
I've boycotted gamestop for over seven years now, never look back. In capitalism your money is a vote for a corporation, and I wasn't giving gamestop another cent
That's about the type of situation you get working at most electronics stores, I used to work at Canadian retailer Future Shop (now owned by BestBuy) it was this horrible but a bit worse since we had to scam customers with service plans we knew were overpriced and useless 99% of the time...
Camelot, it sounds like GameStop is going through a few phases. The first one is normally denial, then anger, bargaining, depression, & finally acceptance.
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I was on a job outside of Houston, and found a brick and mortar game store called Game Over. It was in a kinda swanky shopping center with salons, a spa, gym, clothing shops that's too out the way for any riff raff. The store? Just retro games, consoles and accessories neatly stocked. No collectibles or stupid trinkets, just games. I got myself a nice refurbished 360 controller, and the nice gent just rung my purchase. No upselling or any corporate nonsense from him,, it felt surreal.
Imagine getting fired from an employer, who named their store "Game Over"?🤣
there's a few Game Overs in Austin. idk if theyre affiliated, but great store. never going to gamestop again
I love that store. They used to have collectibles and even a museum. They were in a larger store a few doors down then moved. Haven’t visited the smaller store yet but love Game over. They are a small chain run outta Austin. There are actually 3 Houston locations. I have been to all 3.
this is how Play-N-Trade used to be
Welcome to mexico
This type of upper management is exactly what is killing America right now. It is creating an environment of mental angst and PTSD for employees that care about performing well.
Then when people leave their company for greener pastures: "nobody wants to work anymore"
It's the PROFIT over PEOPLE capitalism at it's finest! Notice how when republicans are in power they make tax cuts that help companies get richer while we little people suffer! Gamestop only cares about making their bottom dollar and they'll throw everyone under the bus to do so! You should sue Gamestop for defamation and how they are continuing to do it! I'm sure they have tired to go after you for defamation which is you were telling your truth and they just didn't like it! When they make up lies like you are sleeping in the back or committing fraud that's defamatory rhetoric! They want to make you look bad so they don't look bad! Gamestop is a bad company and people know it and I think as the video game market changes Gamestop will become irrelevant!
Capitalism baby they create this division for class purposes ; they use you’re passion for games and convert it to draining metric game
@@Magnarmis the company I started at a bit over a year ago had said that. They've been great for someone that doesn't miss work ever.
A few weeks ago I left work with a fever. Missed 33 hours in a week. Got 9 hours of sick pay. Asked why... And they require 24 hours of missed time before sick pay kicks in.
4 raises in a year ( about 20% pay total) and $2k of bonuses don't make up for fudgetarded policy. I'm out and applying elsewhere. Raises have been great but still aren't enough to put someone out of paycheck to paycheck territory. That messed my finances up so hard my utility company is demanding back the deposit they returned a decade ago.
The corporations represent the people. Things are better now than under the evil white male patriarchy, right?
What Zombie describes here is serious violations of both OSHA, but the FLSA. They're not allowed to discriminate based on physical or mental disability, and they're legally required to accommodate those employees with disabilities. Nor can they legally fire a person for an injury on the job, nor are they legally allowed to fire someone for disabilities. Nor can they dictate what an employee does outside the store, including doing youtube channels and content creation. Everything described here is illegal on the part of Gamestop's actions and had I been in Zombie's shoes when this all went down I'd have sued them into the ground.
Good luck proving it and finding a lawyer willing to fight to do so. The "South" don't care. The "South" encourages this. In order to ... "own the libs" or something
@@iggyboo Well, actually, there are several law firms that handle this sort of thing, and proving it is easier than you might think. That's what discovery is for, sifting through emails, listening to recorded phone calls, subpoenaing witnesses. If it is their standard that they don't want to hire people with x disability, you can bet there's an internal memo somewhere, an email record of some sort, confirming it.
Walmart does the same thing, they just call it anything but what would get them sued.
suing costs money..and if there are that many violations that you know of then make a call and get someone on gamestops ass. dont act like you know the law...prove it.
He have get fired and proved its because of disability
Typical corporate company playing politics. They are all like that but GameStop is one of the worst.
This makes me appreciative of working for a small company that treats it's employees with respect and like we're humans.
Are y'all hiring?
Dude, I can 100% confirm the name “camelot331” is like saying Voldemort in game stop. My friends that I used to talk to knew all about you Cody lol.
Not far into the video. I’m a former employee…we’ve all cried alone in the back room before. 🤣
So true
Been there.
Corporations are a cancer in America.
what was the thoughts in the back? i didnt work at gamestop but had a bad day and had to go to bathroom. i felt like the world is tougher on me , i see all my friends and relatives and coworkers who are still taken care of even as young adults, even tho they are making minimum wage their parents are helping them buy a house, and they have a nice car and the newest iphone. i get it some ppl have it like that, but when those ppl judge you who have never had to struggle, that can push you over the edge. even knowing that you have high skills and have achieved some completion of difficult feats. I couldnt handle that, plus managers at kaiser permente love to screw you over because they seriously get a 15k bonus each year if they can stay under budget, and they tell you not to call in sick and not to claim injury so they can get award at the end of the year for being injury free, another bonus for them. Them promising a full time position with benefits is a lie, they will keep you on call /per diem, they will give you full time hours for years but without benefits, this contributes to staying under budget so they can get that bonus. smh
The dude got fired for stealing. Many of the tales on this channel heavily fabricated. a lot of truth but he exaggerates to make it more interesting
I worked for gamestop years ago. The place was a wet dumpster fire. Between the intense pressure to upsell stupid magazine subscriptions and pre-orders, and the complete inability of management to understand their customer base. My store manager would just have random freakouts in front of customers (which was embarrassing) that looking back on it now, he was probably under a soul crushing amount of pressure from upper management. I ended up quitting because I was working two jobs and I got hired at a company that paid me well enough to not work two jobs, and it's not like it was enjoyable. So I quit on the spot and have never set foot in that store again. I was just out of high-school then.
I'm honestly amazed gamestop still exists considering they've been run so astoundingly poorly for, fuck, decades now.
Dairy Queen Cumberland MD sucks too.
DON’T WORK THERE!
You will get treated like dirt no matter how long you work there and you will get blamed at for shit you didn’t do. It’s crap.
I worked at Gamestop for 5 years and was lucky to have (for the most part) outstanding managers and crew. We basically all split around the same time and within a month it was just another shitty Gamestop. Customers told us they drove past one, sometimes two stores to come to ours, and I took a lot of pride in that
I live in the North AL area. Athens, Huntsville, and Madison area, I've name dropped you just to see what their reactions were. EVERY time, I get the disgruntled looks and eye rolling, followed by a bunch of comments about how terrible of an employee you were etc, and this is just me as a customer going in. I'm glad you speak up against them so much.
In just outside Decatur we went in GameStop the employee looked traumatized and just over the job
Damn I just found this channel and can honestly say how grateful I am for my job now. 4 days on 3 days off,40 hours, quarterly bonuses, good healthcare, and holidays off w 6 weeks paid vacation. My heart goes out to anyone in retail/ fast food I was there. I would do everything to avoid going back to that.
Congrats on finding a good job!
I worked for a pizza chain whose mascot likes to repeat their product. The franchise owner wouldn't let me run register because of my bipolar disorder
If you do these former employee interviews, please ask trihex and his friend Joey if they want to interview. They did a whole ass 9 hour stream talking about their experiences at GameStop in Alabama. They might provide some insight.
Can you provide a link to that video/stream?
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I hope you have 9 hours to spare
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I worked in retail for about 6 years and everything you guys talked about was almost identical to my experience working in Radioshack. It was the worst job I ever had. I got along well enough with my first manager, but he was scaping sales off of all of us. My second manager turned out to be way better, but the higher ups were no fun. I will also say that every retail store I ever worked at wound up going out of business.
I was there for the raid of his channel a few nights ago. ZombieGoNumb is the most humble RUclipsr around. I hope you do more videos with him.
Absolutely followed ZombiesGoNomb! He deserves more than 3k subs!!!
When I was hired at Game Stop, they delayed my hire date with no explanation why at the time. Then I realized it was because I mentioned my wife and I were about to have our first kid. They delayed it so it would be 2 weeks from the 90 days I would need to be working there to qualify for paternity leave. It was confirmed by my SM that was leaving soon after I started. The only time worse than that is when they fired a different SM, leaving me, a ASM, and my 3rd keyholder with no instructions on how to handle scheduling (SMs are salary, us ASM and 3rd Keys were hourly). The only call I got from the District Manager asking why we were so far over payroll. I laid into him.
Corporate for a lot of these retail stores so out of touch. I worked at Advance Auto Parts and they basically did a lot of the same crap. They wanted to fire me bc my mom had a heart attack. Gamestop is ridiculous. What a terrible place. Can't wait till they die off.
All corporations work this way they see numbers at the top they don’t see the faces
I've always said that higher ups need to work in a store at least once every few months to see how the systems work, to feel what it's like working with the general public, to see how managers and employees act, etc.
Posted with great timing. Former customer service employee, my pit bill husky decided to disappear himself today on a day where my city is forecasted with severe thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes. Great distraction. Thank you, Codemeister
T shirt or Thunder Shirt. The compression comforts them against the storm noise.
@@maschwab63 he was out and lost but we found him after my sad ass cried for a couple of hours lol
The part about the security company calling all keyholders is so real. Any time another keyholder was early, late, stayed late, left early, etc you got a call and you HAD to respond no matter what you were doing including being on vacation.
Thank you for helping people know the Truth I take care of my disabled Brother an work full time an jobs are assholes when i have to take him to the drs or I cannot find someone to look over him or check on him. He cannot drive an cannot even hold his own money an company's do not seem to realize that Family comes 1st same with my babys thank you and have a great day.
You can see the PTSD on Zombie's face. The last time I saw you do a video that reminds me of this, was the girl you knew (who I think was a Manager & a single Mom) from Gamestop was fired. This video couldn't have been easy, but it was amazing content. If you can make more videos like this or stream with Zombie and other former Gamestop Employees that would be amazing. Thanks for another great video! So you're Voldemort are you?
Thank you for sharing both of your experiences with game stop. How they treat there people don't deserve my business. Thank you Cody for speaking truth about game stop, Walmart, Target,. Kroger, and Lowes.
And Best Buy...don't forget the purgatory that is the Buy
I'm a walmart employee. The company is good. Camelot is a liar. I wish I didn't have to say this.
Not surprised. I used to work with a guy who also worked at Gamestop. I mentioned your channel, and he clammed up and said "I can't talk about that". There was fear in his eyes. I've never worked and don't desire to work at Gamestop, but he was so afraid that if he told me. I'd go straight to his superiors and tell them he was talking about you.
To any GameStop employee apply to prime communications (att third party retailer)your life will improve instantly and they will hire u based off experience. I’m a store manager I love former g.s. Employees they tend to be some of the hardest working people once they realize that they don’t have to deal with gamestops bs. Plus too free college through a.s.u. Please consider this
You can't even spell. lol
It's good to see you talk with someone you knew and can reminisce old memories together, whether good or bad, you guys had a bond 👍
Right...i remember his I have no friends video...i think now he has friends now
Ho lee she it. I knew Camelot was from Alabama but I had no idea it was MY area. ZombiesGoNumb worked at my local GameStop for YEARS! I've had MANY of conversations with his guy! I can 100% vouch as an outsider that he is legit. Just wanna add this dude was ALWAYS one of the nicest employees at my local GameStop and last time I remember seeing him I felt bad because he had to price match the Doom 2016 collectors edition because the sticker on the box was $40 cheaper than what I wrang up and I could tell it crushed his soul when I mentioned, and working retail myself I know you get graded on these type of things.
Wow got the notification that someone like this comment after all this time while I was at Pizza Hut in the same shopping center as this GameStop. Great timing.
Just here to point out that the top corporate structure was purdged, CEO as well, by another group of invesrtors who actually have a moral compass and are aiming to tranform the company. So I hope these types of working conditions and experiences finally chaange in this god awful company
You think the billionaires that took over have a moral compass? They took over nearly 6 months ago. With 4 of them being a year ago. Employees are claiming it's getting worse and worse everyday.
They don't have a moral compass. If you believe this. You're already lost.
@@CAMELOT331 I've always hated Gamestop, there's even one down the road from me in Ireland. Even here, Gamestop is sleazy, it's always been sleazy, but this is the first time I don't hate it, because of the take over. I think it will change but it will take time for the change in managment to filter down. I think Ryan Cohen is as good of a person a billionaire can get, and there's a lot of souless wallstreet people who target companies are hurting becauce the stock price is so high.
@@NanoNutrino Ryan Cohen literally said that Gamestops biggest issue is inventory. He couldn't give two shits about the employees. It's over.
@@CAMELOT331 I don't think someone who bought into the company trying to change it would highlight that there's some shady people running stores and scare away customers. It's a problem for sure. Gamestop is essentially going to get restructured so it'll be interesting to see what happens to it.
Have you seen the Syrmor video about the guy who worked at gamestop and got sent to jail for buying a PS4?
@@NanoNutrino why hasn't the new team that's been in place for months and months not restructured anything? Why are employees quiting in droves? Why are they still losing 100 million per quarter?
The worst places will always talk random Bs about you after you leave. Weird and toxic
Fuck man, I'm glad I never worked for GameStop.. I almost did, but Camelot and others showed me I'd just be hurting myself.
Good vibes being sent out to everyone still under their thumb.
My first job on one of the Newville Turnpike's service plazas, we would literally have a few people just fall asleep on the chairs or benches in the lobby area and that would last for at least two days, but I kid you not, every time someone would do that, they would have a bunch of luggage with them, and one even had a damn pile of luggage in the employee's parking lot, needless to say after the two days elapses the cops were called because management wanted to see if they were waiting for someone to come pick them up.
Dude. When i worked for gs during covid they would literally do a number by number callout before every single conference call to make sure you werent "listening" to our calls. If that number didn't answer they disconnected it. Corporate was scared as fuck that you were literally listening to the calls. Dude it was the absolute craziest shit.
Man, GS did Zombie dirty... just like they do for anyone worth their paycheck (or more). Shocking. Let's all sub his channel and get him some views... he seems like a good dude, and he deserves better than what he's gotten. Cody, thanks for having him come to your channel so he can tell his story.
You all should really Sue that company both you get together with your stories that are proven you should get back at them that's a horrible place to work and nobody should have to put up with that
Lmao 191k subs and like 20k-40k views on his vids. This channel is a bot farm and a joke.
I am also a former gamestop employee so I can feel their pain. However I left long before it got really bad apparently. I dipped around the time that they started to really push the circle of life thing and the GPG's
Circle of life? In a game store wtf can you please elaborate cause growing up as a kid getting games with my chore money they fucking robbed me for thousands of dollars when I sold my games and systems there
That's crazy, there's a Gamestop in my local mall, I've always toyed with idea of going in there and being like, "Heard of Camelot331? Shoutout to the famelot!" and then leave. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in to the store lmao
The parrot in the background 🦜 : YUP! YUP! That happened! I worked there!
They were discriminating against me because of my back disability even to the point my manager threw out my doctor approved chair , I threatened to have my lawyer get involved , it has gotten a little better . I totally can relate to both of you
Respect to you Zombie for working with your issues. I've got a daughter with many current medical issues, and she's trying to get thru it.
Working for gamestop was like stories from Walmart. The amount of odd things I've seen in the 2 years I've worked there is nuts .
man i missed your channel, it's been a while!
Well you bess share this on your community tab then. YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME SC6UT? jk kinda
Does GameStop realize they are dying and they need to be better. Hearing this makes me not want to go there again. It’s like these upper people want GameStop to close.
Man the fact that nothing has changed, no matter what district is scary. When i was 16 ALL i wanted to do was work at Gamestop (then it was EB) and when i finally got the in i was so excited like "Man im in the industry i love" Oh how wrong i was. They dont care about anything but powerup and pre-order. I left after 5 years and it still hurts to this day to have the veil torn wide open back for me. It is so gross how they treat the employees.
In my GS, we have HORROR stories about the back room, and I mean horror stories. But I have never heard of anyone sleeping in the backroom. 🤣
The manager at my store acknowledged he’d heard of you, but hadn’t seen videos. But yeah...this was back after some of your store closing predictions and the Covid mess in the beginning. But I’m the longest standing customer they have, I was there on their grand opening in October 08. Surprised they’ve stayed open, I’m in a small town, but they get best numbers in all stores for hundreds of miles around, tho there is only a couple left within 2 hours of here, so... but they’ve had renovations and upgrading done to store. My buddy is manager, he took over last year after about 6 years there be at he previous manager who opened the store finally moved to take over a different one. So I’ve known ever employee they’ve ever had, I’ve spent more money than any other customer...I’m a physical buyer, always will be. So they tell me much that otherwise doesn’t get out to most people. They know I don’t run around saying stuff to get them in trouble. But, unlike a lot of stores, I like mine and they’ve always taken care of me. The previous manager did a lot of stuff for me...getting me console preorders just days before launch and such, back for PS4/XBO era.
And yes, again...they know about you. Gamestop absolutely does...the Execs.
I have a brother with a neurological disorder and that sounds very par for the course. I am not surprised, one bit, Gamestop (or big companies in general) would give to Autism speaks, but won't allow an autistic person to work to earn their keep.
I am always skeptical of big companies who give to charitable organizations and wonder if they're just doing it for good PR or if they're doing it because they legit care (I highly doubt it's the latter).
Salary is partially or fully paid by the govt. They won't do it, b/c they can't push upsells.
I had a guy who worked under me years ago who was on the spectrum. I put him in a position that he was comfortable with. He did an amazing job. He was never late never called in sick or complained about anything. I knew he would not adjust well to change so I made sure he was paid the top of the scale for that position. It was sad to know that he was so good of an employee but wouldn't be able to really move up due to his disability.
Nah, donations are primarily used to legally dodge taxes. Big companies don't give a damn about people.
That guys room is suspiciously similar to Cody's.
I pooped after I watched this video.
10/10 for content.
0/10 for expectations.
I used to be a key holder, sga, and we were so short staffed because we lost our manager and assistant manager. One day during this time between managers, the only other sga called out sick so I called my district manager to ask if someone could come to close the store and he told me that no one else could come in so I had to stay the whole day with only one G.A coming in at the end of the night. Sometimes I would have to eat in front of customers because I couldnt close the store to take a lunch. I worked at GameStop on and off for 5 years. I will always have some fond memories but there were days were it was absolutely a horror show.
😄 GameStop is like "everybody stay calm" because Camelot got a new Ally lol
I worked at GameStop when it was called Electronics Boutique. My manager, Scott, got fired for literally stealing deposits.
I have always had a love/hate relationship with GameStop… overtaxed prices, garbage trade-in value, never enough employees… however.. I have so many fond memories of the midnight releases..
I was in the same kind of situation as you guys. Work at a job for 8 years and I decided to leave it. It got worse in 2020 when the pandemic hit and the company made bad decisions during that time and 2021 was the breaking point and left when the operating season was done. Never been back since
This is why i don't shop at gamestop anymore. I walked into a store in North Illinois and when i was paying i asked the manager "hey, is what camelot saying true?"......everyone working around him stopped they what they were doing....they all looked at me and said "every. Single. Word." I said im sorry and left. I honestly felt bad.
"...And he worked the same amount of time there as me. Why? I don't know. We'll ask him!"
I died lol
Lmfao!!! Going in late at night and sleeping in the back room?! Wtf kinda accusation? Wow!
my best friend was a manager. They fired him because he gave a vet a police discount. His DM found out and told him not to do it, reported him to security. Security termed him.
I remember back in 2018 when I applied for gamestop (didn't get the position thank god) and the manager who I was interviewed by said they looked at my youtube channel and thought my channel was interesting because I had unity projects and stuff on there. They do check your damn youtube channel, what this dude says is accurate lol.
Corporations will find literally anything they have entire departments for this
Damn, this cuts pretty deep having worked similar jobs before. Longest run I had was 4 years at a pharmacy. Towards the end I was just so beat down and depressed.
Thanks!
I went to Gamestop in South Miami and they were talking about some youtuber who was spilling the beans on gamestop. I did not watch this channel at the time but I am pretty sure they were talking about you.
I was in management back in 2012 at a GameStop in Texas and was fired under similar circumstances.
Never give someone an ultimatum like that if you're not sure which option they're going to pick. "Do stuff for us for free, or leave." "OK, bye!"
Walmart threatened to put me on a Performance Improvement Plan within the week. They never did, but my main job gave me a big raise so I was able to quit Walmart. I made sure I stayed long enough to get the Quarterly Bonus, and then said Bye!
I am so loving this because of how crooked corporations are and you’re calling out ALL their shit!
Why didn’t you link his channel in the description??? Does anybody know how to find his channel?? I searched his name but it wasn’t showing him
Even in Maryland where I live im a well known youtuber and I still have issuses going into gamestop because I know Camlot331 smh
To note, the stuff they say about you is defamation. So ineffective that you can't prove damages though.
Man, the autism statement hit home. When I worked at GameStop in 2019-2020, we had a guy with autism employed. They kept taking him off the schedule because he was slower at doing some things but told him to keep calling in to check the schedule. He wasn’t making enough money so he ended up coming in to sell his games and his consoles, etc. back to the store.
I am also a Crps warrior. I don't know how you worked at all.. 2 years after diagnosis it put me permanently out of work I spent 4 years on my back in the hospital. I almost died many times.. So I know it is an evil disease. They call it the susd disease for good reason! I'm always hoping fir a cure! My heart breaks for you.. Blessed be!
I worked for them back in 2006 and the week of 2017. They waited til i got a key to the store to let me go saying that i lied on my application
Haha. I always ask Gamestop employees if they've heard of Camelot 331.
Yo ZombiesGoNomb, respect to you for following your dreams. And even more respect for making some money of it, it's so hard. good job man!
I don't know if you remember but I think it was in 2015 there was a woman who got murdered at a Gamestop in Houston! Hey had NO cameras in the area where she was killed the cameras they did have only showed them entering! Gamestop isn't even a safe environment as they don't care about your safety! Your employer should protect you while you are working for them! Then again as I have said with Gamestop it's profit over people! To this day they still haven't solved this murder!! They do believe it was someone she knew and possible a customer of the store but other than that there is no information as the perps knew the store quite well!
i spit my food out listening to this when he said “it blew my ass out thr water” 😂
Now is GameStop America different than GameStop Canada. Kind of like how Toyota America is different than Toyota Canada
my boyfriend's sister got fired right after black friday because was watching two whole stores by herself as a SM. they fired her for the dumbest reason..one of her stored decline in performance for one wk. the way they fired her and escorted her out was uncalled for. they just didnt wanna pay her or anybody for what they deserved. theyre ultra cheap, they dont care about their own
people and literally think everyones disposable. i feel so bad for the timeframe she got fired and she did everything she could for both of her teams.
I can relate to this so much right now. I love your channel and I subbed to Zombie, too. And they wonder why they can’t find good people and the great resignation is a real thing.
I applied at GS a couple of time and I’m glad now they never hired me 😂😂
I worked there for 4 years and my job was to push subscriptions on customers. Only people that benefit was management, they received a good bonus. Thank God the Postal Service hired me and I quit GameStop in 2005!!!
Why does all this not surprise me? Lol. I am going to the mall today and I'm kind of tempted to ask them if they know you Cody 🤣🤣 the only reason I want to ever go to GameStop. Which sucks cause years ago I use to love the store and been there so much the employees knew me
Crime after crime after crime, conspiracies, the works...yet not a single investigation....
Future former GameStop Alabama manager collab stream incoming?!?!?
I stopped going to GameStop for ever and literally just go to retro game stores, I always am there for an hour or two just having a chat. This is crazy 😭
Im autistic and I drive a 18 wheeler best job ever and have been since was 24 screw gamestop
I used to shop at the gamestop that zombie worked at, ive known the guy for 15 or so years now. I can attest, that store was really bad lol. I've seen the employees open up new merch, play with it, then try to sell it as new still, to me, personally. Then they got super upset when I told them that it's used and they can't do that. I never went back.
"Not gonna be able to poop for a week"
Is that a new way of saying "I shit you not"
Just came over from the Rekieta Law stream, thought I would check out your channel
You guys should make a documentary, full length.
I haven't stepped foot in a GameStop since 2012.
I have mentioned this channel a few times at local GameStop locations and they absolutely knew of this channel
Game stop did me wrong as management as well and fired me and I no longer shop with them any more!
Im an older gamer from way back when, back then, those managers would have caught hands something fierce. Running mouth and threats from company.. yeah, not after a few beatings.. but times are different now. Ya cant do that stuff anymore.
I have severe, chronic, debilitating migraines with a host of bizarre stroke like symptoms. As soon as marijuana became legal, my doc put me on it (because I'd tried everything else) and it has been a miracle. One of the onset symptoms of a migraine is usually I dump 50 IQ points or so. My supervisor is so cool they will actually send me out to smoke if I don't stay on top of it. A couple of puffs and I'm pretty much back on all cylinders. If I lose that or have to drug test at any point in the future- I'm unemployable and will have to get on disability instead. I SOOOO identify with those jackasses not being tolerant of disabled people. Evil craphounds.
I've boycotted gamestop for over seven years now, never look back. In capitalism your money is a vote for a corporation, and I wasn't giving gamestop another cent
Well, I better poop now before watching this! Well I pooped, and I think you two should do a weekly GameStop Hell channel. It would be great.
Gamestop Exec room: damn it, they are multiplying!!! what do we do now? hahahahaha
That's about the type of situation you get working at most electronics stores, I used to work at Canadian retailer Future Shop (now owned by BestBuy) it was this horrible but a bit worse since we had to scam customers with service plans we knew were overpriced and useless 99% of the time...
Excellent to have a video with somebody that can relate lol glad he got away from that store too lol
Camelot, it sounds like GameStop is going through a few phases. The first one is normally denial, then anger, bargaining, depression, & finally acceptance.
Target, Walmart, The Home Depot... all been sued for less. Why hasn't Game Stop been sued yet?
Doesn’t surprise me that GameStop wants to try and bury your videos from existence. But that’s not going to happen. Lol
Still can't believe gamestop still alive