This video got flagged. Gamestop is trying to get the video removed. The timestamp said the entire video. If it were an individual then it would have been a 30 second time stamp. But no.. The whole video. Meaning that it is Gamestop or a Gamestop Executive. Share this video everywhere before it's gone everyone. They will not silence their associates and continue to put them in danger.
CAMELOT331 This is what happens when a company goes full greed mode, turns their stores into a tech trade shop (because they sell it in bulk to China to make the most profit), and threaten their staff with their own jobs when percentages aren’t met or exceeded daily. This video will be seen and heard across the world. This hammers another nail into the companies coffin. Another reason why I’m glad I left 3 weeks ago.
They’re watching their asses at this point. They know they’re wrong and they’re trying to suppress you because people at the grass roots of the company are truly enlightened and beginning to waiver their corporate support in favor of what you’ve exposed and the egregious actions. Camelot, thank you for everything you do and giving these employees a voice publicly! Stay safe brother 👌🏻💯
@@omg_its_tequila hey, hun! I'm having daily discussions with other women. We are taking this VERY seriously and are aware of your concerns. Please contact us by e-mail and we will address your needs on a case by case basis. Have a good day, and stay safe!
My friend just walked out of her store. She was an ASL and she walked out after calling HR with concern about the virus and they told her "you cant live your life in fear." It pissed her off enough to walk right out. I dont blame her. Gamestop is shit.
R Parker Having done the same, it really shows how corrupt this industry truly is and how willing they are to do just about whatever it takes to profit no matter how immoral. Therefore in order to emphasize, it is now getting the spotlight it rightfully deserves.
Bro, you could single handedly be responsible for saving so many people's lives by sharing this video and phone call. Forget about all the backlash, you are without a doubt doing the right thing. Really the best thing you can do, tell the truth. Thank you brother.
"You're their boss not me" Okay so everyone go home for two weeks. Corporate told me I'm your boss not them, so I'm closing the store until it's safe to open.
This is why I was stopped from climbing the ladder any higher in retail. They knew if I was in charge I would run it the way I wanted to, not the way corporate would want.
What's funny is that I take that statement literally and I "may" record this for quality assurance. Yet every company I've been on the phone with that found out I actually was recording said to stop recording or the call will end, then they hang up on me if I don't stop. Especially the bank when I was trying to get to the bottom of why someone was able to claim a lean on my account without verification and take all my money.
@@MrTwisted003 I don't have to tell anyone I'm recording. One Party Recording laws are awesome. As long as 1 party of the conversation knows the call is being recorded, then it's legal... and I know it's recording. :D
@@Dakarn unfortunately I don't live in a "One Party" state, although I think it's stupid that you would have to tell anyone. I mean the whole point is to catch them saying something they normally wouldn't want anyone else hearing, so the courts are retarded. They need to think forwards.
@UnLTDGamingHD come on everybody, sing along "We're takeing it day by day One step at a time We don't care About our employees, yea" The new album by gamestop, now available on disc, for only $9,99, in the store, please break your quarantine in order to purchase this wonderful new product before it goes off sale.
Devin there are only 11 two party consent states. As long as you’re part of the call you can in every other state. That being said, him being in the call unknown to the others might be a legal problem. UNLESS whomever he worked with recorded the call and gave it to him. I’m not a lawyer of course but that’s what I understand from the law and I’ve had to dig into it in the past. I also wanted to note that he has been dealing with lawyers and has been very careful so far. I’m not saying he is immune to mistakes but I’m sure Cody talked to his lawyers before he pulled something like this.
Honestly would have had more respect for Gamestop if they said, "We don't care about you. You are disposable and will work till you drop." Instead of the corporate speak that doesn't actually say anything.
they cant tell them that directly though thats why its in corperate speakl if they directly told them that with everything going on they would loose all their store employees and go bankrupt by closing bell on wall street then sued for every dime they have so they have to say hey we dont care without actually saying it but i feel ya id have more respect for them if they did it that way too
Store manager: So what is our plan if someone gets sick? HR: We have a plan for that. We quarantine everyone in the store for 2 weeks until everyone's dead, then we send a clean up crew, and finally we hire a new team to replace the dead one.
I recognize those voices and can confirm that, yes, that's Tim O'Reilly, Director of Stores (a token position), but not sure if anyone else has made the connection: that female executive "Janine" on the call can only be Janine Tadier, the Director of HR for EB Games Canada. Makes this whole thing even better now doesn't it?
Guessing they been plaguing the system for years? I'm not surprised of how most corporate act upon selfishness and greed over the workers and people's livelyhood
@@fireandmugs6712 Knowing some people in office positions of EB in Canada , the executives are so backwards and behind as well as corporate shills. So unwilling to evolve or adapt.
As a former Gamestop manager, I'm glad I got let go when I did. All the company cares about is numbers. They don't give a rat's ass about their employees and customers anymore. This right here is more proof of that. How they are handling this pandemic is beyond belief.
I got fired like 4 or 5 months ago. So thankful for it. I would had quit. The store i worked. No1 cleaned shit. I was the only person that wiped stuff down. They currently have zero supplies at the storw i was at
I literally had to pause the video when that one guy asked if there was gonna be a point where they put people's safety over profit, dude is saaaaaaavage
Also, the apathy in the voices of the executives still comes thru despite their best attempts to cover it up. I swear, I could HEAR that lady’s sideways posturing and finger waggle as she was saying corporate “already did that and doesn’t need to do any more.” You can tell she just wanted that call to be over with so she could get back to whatever was actually important to her..
@Jaegar Ultima This recording is about the Canadian stores. The virus isn't as bad here yet, regardless EBGames shouldn't be open during a time like this.
@@kidwajagstang The valleygirl accent REALLY doesn't help. "Err, I think we already did that? I think we sent you some information? So really it's up to you to tell your workers?"
@@ClintTheriault Agreed man! We have a 150 or so cases i think in BC Canada right now and probably 10 or so on Vancouver Island that they know of... not as bad but still a fucking issue for sure!!
After hearing this, I have every intention of going to the 4 locations within a short drive of me on Monday. New York state is shut down for everyone except essential personnel. If there's a game stop store open on Monday, I will call the health department and the sheriff.
It doesn't help that people keep coming out of their house during a pandemic. It literally gives owners a reason to keep these stores open unless forced by The Government. If you aren't going out for the grocery store, job essential, Emergency or daycare. Then please, please stay home. I can't stress how you can slow how fast a virus spreads. By staying home. It sucks but we don't have to watch as our health care system completely fall apart.
@The Catmother SJWs are as much of a problem as the far right. Both sides are awful and you're only looking at one side of it just like he is. Take a look at yourself before you criticize someone else of doing the exact thing you're doing.
@@homingice6444 While this is true its not human nature to be held up indoors like the cdc wants. People are going to get bored and stressed about doing nothing at home and there going to want to go out. This especially is damaging cuss millions are going jobless because of the pandemic and if i were to also guess there will be more domestic abuse as rage starts to build (especially from the infected)
Yknow massive shout out to those store managers who are, at risk to their livelihoods, defending their staff. All of them with valid questions, well-spoken.
Amen on that, most of the people and managers at my local Gamestops are good people who care about the customers and their employees..the fact corporate has been screwing over the brand for awhile now is super depressing since honest to goodness it's pretty much the ONLY place within less than an hour I can drive to pick up a game and shoot the breeze with people who know about anime and actual have knowledge about games. My area is mostly full of older people...like no joke there are about..4 to 5 assisted living centers or straight up nursing homes each with in minutes of each other..and apparently they were working on ANOTHER one before all this hit. The amount of people I can talk to with similar hobbies in person that I don't already know? SUPER limited where I live so I enjoy talking to the employees at my local Gamestop for that reason.
Except there are tons of retailers still open. At least in colorado. BestBuy, Verizon, there are arcades here still open, malls refusing to close. They're no worse than they, and the Government can only do something if they mandate all retail stores close.
I wonder if anyone noticed that one of the execs contradicted himself. When that one store leader asked about GameStop being held liable if someone got sick at the store. He said that you can’t control it and said that he could go to the gas station and touch a pump that someone infected touched and catch it. Literally several minutes ago this same exec told the other girl asking about trades that there’s no proof that you can contract the virus off of a controller...
Would be hard to prove trough, they could have catches them any number of place, how you prove you catch it in a single store. There would always be reasonable doubt
Very definitive proof it can transmit by surfaces, especially non-pliable, non-absorbent, non-porous surfaces.That seems very similar to the surface of a controller...
The thing is, you get paid to be a doc. Would you volunteer if you dont get paid? Would you forgo overtime pay? GameStop isnt making any money, and if everyone in the store gets paid while not working, they would go bankrupt. Corporate employees arent the same because they are still working, just remotely. I am in finance, and I still work my regular hours, sometimes even more while at home. This is why I still get paid, while those in the retail stores dont.
"We could get sick and possibly die" "Daily discussion is daily discussion is daily discussion.. did you make your quota selling used games this week!?!!??"
Tell that to everyone who keep running into my store. Odd I know but they come in to get a bag of chips. Like go to the grocery store or by in bulk. I don't recommend it because its almost two bucks a bag. That way you don't have to come back out relatively soon. Getting things you need later on will help as well.
I quit after 6 years, that happened roughly 6 months ago. It was literally the best decision I've ever made. It sounds hokey, but it changed my life and made me realize how much I neglected myself as a person. I was terrified, I thought I wouldn't find another job, but I did. You will too. To anyone working there, please don't accept this, you're worth more than that. You have customer service experience, and that means a lot more than you think in this world of cold computers and automation. If you can afford to walk out now, do it. If you can't, use your free time to apply online through a job portal. There's so much out there, I was blind to it for many years, but there's absolutely no reason you should work for this company. You deserve better than this.
I had worked for GS for almost 8 years when I quit (which was 5 years ago now) and I felt the exact same way that you're describing. I was a store manager and I walked off the job -- something I'd never done before -- and it was the most liberating feeling. I had nothing lined up and it hurt financially for a while, but it was so worth it in every way. The reason people stay at jobs they hate for a long time (other than the money) is because their jobs make them feel like they'll never do any better. If you constantly have the threat of termination thrown at you for the most minor and insignificant things, you internalize the belief that you're a fuckup and not good enough for anything else. Now might not be the best time to leave from a financial standpoint, but it is certainly the best time from a self-worth standpoint, because the message GS is sending to its employees right now is that their lives and their health are worth less than preowned video game trade-ins. If that's not a wakeup call, I don't know what is.
I also quit about six months ago. Back when they fired all those middle managers and shuffled the districts around. I could see the writing on the wall then, but this... I don't even have words to describe it.
@Big Mike Exactly. We're talking about a company that used to practically print money and now it's reached such a poor condition that closing for even a week would probably send it into freefall. If a massive international company has so little cash on hand that it couldn't even close for seven days without collapsing, it deserves to collapse.
Okay so when I worked there, a man had a seizure and busted his head on our carpet. My boss told us to sop it up and keep working. No cleaning crew, no hazmat. I promise that they do not care to clean properly
You guys take youtube comments way too serious. Did you fail to see the joke in the comment? I was semi-srs at best with the flirt while trolling. Trinity.
@@Tridd666 No. Depending on the state he is in, he may only need 1 party consent. If the person who let him in on the call recorded it in a 1 party consent state, there is no issue. Way to be so sure of something you're not necessarily right about, though. The hubris is strong with you my friend.
@@richarddobson5035 he was entirely unauthorized. He was not party to the conversation at all. Period. Your smug arrogance while being so obviously wrong is sickening.
That one guy in the conference is a hero. Saying the things that risk his job out of concern for everyone's health. Make that guy CEO, fire the other assholes and tell them it isn't a perfect world and their wages won't be paid.
@@SneakiestChameleon You maybe right. I don't hate Reggie, but I personally don't like him that much, let alone really care...Only to make a quick buck with GameStop. I swear, they bought him with stocks that are probably gonna be worthless. Sad, he's just a face, a puppet and that's it. He should ha e just retured and be with his family as he said. I don't believe things will change with him.
Maybe the ‘Executive’ leaders should roll up their sleeves and come into work and serve the customers. The executive should start showing up at the various locations, lead by example. Taking daily calls from the safety of your homes, isn’t showing leadership.
I fully agree. On this you wanna insure your employees things are fine then higher ups should be traveling and spending time in every store your making them do it
The head of store guy essentially only said "it's everyday bro." I also feel bad for the poor woman who was panicking over him saying that they will take all trade-ins, basically saying they don't give a fuck if they spread the virus that way.
They lost me when he said, "We're taking it day by day." I would have quit right there. By the way Camelot, you should give this to a news outlet. More people should know about this, and I don't just mean RUclips viewers.
@@johnnycaralta People are so bad at banding together :/ Everyone has a strong opinion and absolutely refuses to hear anyone else. Now would be a good time for all the employees to resist but people can't even agree to take this virus seriously! It's a crazy time.
@@shiivainu9442 As far as I'm concerned, that call with corporate is all that's needed for every individual to quit. If not, then they deserve what they're dealing with because they chose to deal with it.
Manager- “Are we allowed to make a judgement call and close to protect our people and put them above profit?” Corporate- “No, we’ll take this day by day.” Manager- “My people are scared... can you send an email to reassure them?” Corporate- “YOU reassure them. That’s YOUR job.” Manager- “I’m not allowed to make a judgement call to keep them safe... how am I able to reassure them?!”
This right here. This is so accurate. This is what got me. As a former employee of this company I wish nothing but the worst for them. As a current manager of another company this is a very honest question that I can see myself asking my superiors on a conference call. I hope I never get that response.
Alright, Gamestop is now on my blacklist - when things settle and we're allowed to go out and inject money into the economy again, this company will not be getting anything from me.
I'm actually shocked that no one on the call actually asked to see/hear what those protocols actually are, if nothing else just to hear their voice crack as they try to deflect that.
No one asked because they all have a copy of those protocols. It’s simply a blank piece of paper with the heading “Protow calls” written in grape scented magic marker or orange crayon...
You can definitely see the lack of care in this conference call on so many levels. It's genuinely disturbing! On another note, I can definitely see the passion that Cody has for the people that actually work in the stores. I have no doubt he was an awesome manager.
That one guy on the call deserves to be a C.E.O. He's the only one with a soul and balls. Props to him for risking his job to try and protect his co-workers, including ones he has probably never met. Guaranteed all of those uppers are working/doing the call from home.
Same reason for me being here. If if wasn't for that fact that the shop workers would be the ones to suffer (as they are now), I'd say that Gamestop deserves to close for this - permanently.
"We're not liable - it's out of our control." Not at all. If someone says they're sick and you force them to work anyway, and then someone else gets sick down the road due to a store visit, guess what? You're liable. The buck stops with you, and it's your fault.
If they're in a state like Indiana they'll have work arounds and loop hopes they can abuse to get away from liabilities. Ive seen people get illegally fired based legit medical conditions aka they "lacked motivation, enthusiasm and teamwork skills" or "They weren't pulling their own weight". A lot of places can be as vague as they want on why they fire people. So if they wanna fire you for something they arent allowed to fire you over, they can make up some bullshit that would legally fit.
If I were a store manager, I would lock down the store and mail the keys to the district manager and let them man the front lines. What a terrible company. I will never shop there.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I think this is going to accelerate the demise of GameStop. They have already been struggling and this is going to hurt them more than some other businesses that have had healthier balance sheets the last few years. I wish they would say THAT. We don't know if we can afford to close our stores for a month and continue to exist. We WANT to have a better response but we just are worried that we CAN'T. That might help store managers and associates being able to stomach this situation a bit better. They might lose their jobs ANYWAY because the company will fold. But the double-speak angers everyone and makes them WANT to have the company fail for mistreating their employees.
@@spinningchurro congratulations on writing the stupidest thing I'll read today. Nice one, McCarthy. Guess what? Corporate insanity like this is the opposite of Marxism. But I'm sure you meant civil rights and feminism.
This is a business, all the executives know this. The business exists to make money, nothing more. They have to convince the employees that people are a concern, but it's profits or nothing. The general public isn't supposed to see this side of company interaction, ever. Remember this call the next time you all see a gamestop ad.
Geo Gio It is indeed an eternally flawed system we all know as capitalism as you stated and it seems that part of the problem is that aside from monopolies not allowed by law, what we’re also seeing is that the flaws aren’t getting dealt with by introducing regulations that executives need to abide by in order to do away with loopholes that they’ll exploit on a regular basis. That’s what also makes this system in particular quite as flawed as it is, the fact that it has it’s share of exploits. I think the real challenge would be tackling those loopholes.
He was one of the better people I met while working for Gamestop. I wont say his name, I believe it was mentioned on the call but he was a good guy and did always look out for his employees.
Okay, how are we gonna handle this Corona thing, IDEAS! Move releases forward! Promise hand sanitizer! Send people home with sick pay. >_> O_o *CRASH!*
Odds are they found an email in their inbox informing them they have been termed and their personal items and final paycheck would be released when they return thir company property, right before they were kicked out of the telework network.
What happens if an associate tests positive for COVID-19? "We will immediately fire them for insubordination or time card fraud so that we can be sure we will have no obligation to help them financially or with any health benefits."
@Paul Moorehead this I quite a few corporate jobs. This is showing the true greed. Profit over even peoples lives. So long as the elites get their money and are safe from the peasant's disease. Their entire staff under them could die. They will just liquidate the company and make it out like bandits. Crap like this is why the soft headed morons think socialism is the answer.
I passed by GS headquarters yesterday morning and the parking lot was almost completely empty. So to answer your question, yes they are staying home, and pob only haveing cleaning staff come in...
OMFG. I work at a supermarket. i get why we're open, we have food and other necessities like infants and stuff. Gamestop has nothing of vital importance, they should close.
And that's criminal negligence, and the execs can't hide behind an LLC for it. They will be arrested and do time for it. They seem to think this is just some civil liability bullshit their LLC protects them from when it is in fact criminal negligence which they will be directly held accountable for via arrest, criminal court and jail time.
Sadly, it’s not that simple bud. You’d have to get every single person on board because people have to pay bills and some live paycheck to paycheck. Them losing their jobs and losing their paychecks is just not viable for them and corporate as fucked up as they are, can just as soon kick them to the curb and never look back.
Gamestop human resources already said employees can stay home if they dont feel safe at work and they will not be at fault and can continue work after the epidemic
I work at an outpatient clinic and if one of us gets the corona, EVERYONE in the clinic has to be quarantined for 14 days and the clinic gets a cleaning. These guys are crazy!
These guys will literally f*cking kill someone's parents or grandparents who've never even *been* to gamestop when they bring the virus home, because this isn't a drill, and we're not just asking places to close to be nice to their employees. It's because they'll just keep infecting people all over their communities just so they can sell a few more copies of non-digital doom or whatever the f*ck.
Just drove by a GameStop in Southern California: County Health Department had signs all over stating it had been “closed”. Gotta assume it was involuntary 😂😂😂
EDIT: Signs have been removed from storefront! Pretty impressive considering everyone is either using personal time off or unemployment to do the bidding of GameStop. Will advise county health of removal Monday
Omega Zero Hopefully until they’re allowed to open up. I know that GameStop corporate is evil, but if they open up again they’re clearly forcing their employees to do it. It’s really a shame to see so many hard workers get treated like garbage over and over again.
This reminds me of a time I worked retail and we had a blizzard coming through. The District Manager had a conference call, telling us how we must stay open, and we can not close under any circumstances, it doesn't matter that you have no customers, I made it to work, there's plenty of customers in my store. And... just at that line his daughter enters the room asking about school. Oh.. the fallout on that call was hilarious.. and then he actually told everyone that they could close up and go home.
@@alcatonelover Well, I said retail, not gamestop. It was actually rite aid. But yeah, I know gamestop does that too. I've seen them open in blizzards, and I bet dollars to donuts a DM at home issued the threats to open.
A lot of people are doing the whole "Well, people need to work" routine. When you point out that Gamestop could afford to send everyone home with sick pay, or that the people giving the orders aren't the ones exposing themselves, or that Hot Topic is sending people home with pay despite having far less revenue, they usually don't respond.
The problem is gov't hasn't stepped up and given wage slaves like this alternate options. The folks working at GameStop would probably be more then happy to quit if the gov't allowed them to file for unemployment even though they quit. But, since they don't know how they'll live without their job, they just keep doing as their told hoping they dont' come in the next day and get fired. Gov't's are creating situations like this by not giving the workers an alternative to self-shutdown a company being negligent.
Can they afford sending everyone on sick leave seriously? GameStop being on the edge of bankruptcy for years now, their business are not doing well at all, they just got a new CEO trying to reverse that but he just arrived no time to stir the bar at all And looking how things are going for in Canada, it's mass layoff not sick leaves, everyone forced on the gouvernement mercy
Ryan Eft how do you know that GS could afford to pay everyone for long with lost revenue from reduced business and closed stores? And what does hot topic have to do with it? Sounds like HT has good cash reserves, but why should game stop? They have been hurting for years.
They can't afford anything they dug themselves so deep down the rabbit hole that they can't get out of it they are hundreds of millions in debt possibly coming into the billions zone they have no money they are making that hole deeper and deeper the longer they keep the doors open
justin garner Actually, thinking about the future by itself seems to make sense until it is combined with the second phrase. Once they’re put together, rather than seeing how it’s an oxymoron to me especially the second phrase just sounds moronic.
Tired of companies and "daily conversations " and "day by day " that translates to WE DONT CARE MAKE THE MONEY ! Goes for a lot of job essential places like the same place I work for. And when you choose to invoke you're right to not work you feel pressured and guilty and will I have a job to come back to ? Picking jobs over health its ridiculous! Shameful THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US
Isn't it funny how corporate is always fleeing first while telling their employees to keep the ship running. I thought captains were suppose to bail the ship last and sink with it. There should be law that makes sure corporate CEO's can be arrested and locked up for 10 years at least for endangering their employees like that. This is inhumane and not trying to solve the problem we are all in right now.
I will NEVER set foot in a game stop ever again after hearing this. I hope these people get what they deserve but I somehow doubt it. I feel truly sorry for employees who have invested years into this company.
Lucas i have failed you. 😔I should of said, “YOUR STORY IS ON...” idk it was hella early in the morning that day and I was in a rush to find his channel and tell him.
Of Course! This Business School was Expensive so they use the "Knowledge" they have learned "Day by Day" and "at the End of the Day, they are a optimistic to overcome this great Challenge with an positive End". God, my last Boss was a specialist in kicking in BWL, ehh, Business School Younglings, that tried to fuck him up about "The IT costs are too damn high".
I hope this entire COVID-19 situation opens the door to discussions about worker cooperatives. There are many different ways they can be arranged, but the workers fundamentally own and democratically operate their work place.
The dude was probably pushing brown and sending pics to the other execs in the conference pointing at it smiling while he scraped his ass with the last batch of name tags of employee’s taken out in the last purge. (Whew!)
"Follow the Direction of the Government" You're literally ignoring the direction and attempting to hide behind it, while constantly saying "day by day" to avoid answering the question.
@@arthurnarinyan8477 Unless the government mandates all retailers to close, they can't be held liable for staying open. There are arcades and phone retailers around my town still open also
I mean people keep coming into 'my' convience store in hordes. I use my loosely because I run the store aside from management work. I'm alone so we(my team) refer to it is 'my' store because a person in the team works by themselves. So even if gamestop closes its doors. I will have tons of people in the store. As a result other people will get sick because the touch the same products, countertop, door handle and etc. Hence why you need to stay home and if you choose to come out then its your fault at that point. I'm not saying GameStop decision is a good one but I'm stating that even if they close their doors. The Virus will still spread because people simply don't care to actually stay home. Unless you are essential then you have no choice. I can understand if you have to go out. However, I countlessly see other non essential workers that come into the store. They bring their kids. Expect not to get infected but surprised they are catching it. Gamestop could help but it wouldn't amount to do anything. The actual individual needs to stay inside their home unless for Groceries, Emergency and or need to go because they work a Essential Job. It is still a horrible decision from GameStop any way you look at it but its mainly up to the individual.
@@toniklocc what if it's a gas station company or a grocery store. We don't get that luxury because we need to provide you with actual needs not wants. Hence, Essential.
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This video got flagged. Gamestop is trying to get the video removed. The timestamp said the entire video. If it were an individual then it would have been a 30 second time stamp. But no.. The whole video. Meaning that it is Gamestop or a Gamestop Executive. Share this video everywhere before it's gone everyone. They will not silence their associates and continue to put them in danger.
Oh shit...downloading it now..these scumbags won't get away with this..
CAMELOT331 This is what happens when a company goes full greed mode, turns their stores into a tech trade shop (because they sell it in bulk to China to make the most profit), and threaten their staff with their own jobs when percentages aren’t met or exceeded daily. This video will be seen and heard across the world. This hammers another nail into the companies coffin. Another reason why I’m glad I left 3 weeks ago.
Of course they'll do whatever they can to make sure people don't hear this.
They’re watching their asses at this point. They know they’re wrong and they’re trying to suppress you because people at the grass roots of the company are truly enlightened and beginning to waiver their corporate support in favor of what you’ve exposed and the egregious actions. Camelot, thank you for everything you do and giving these employees a voice publicly! Stay safe brother 👌🏻💯
Saved a 320p backup here. Might even upload it to FB.
Wife: "Do you love me?"
Husband: "It's day by day on a daily basis, I'm having daily discussions about it."
lol this is gold
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Mr HunterF λ Lmao! There is not going to be a next day after that.
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@@omg_its_tequila hey, hun! I'm having daily discussions with other women. We are taking this VERY seriously and are aware of your concerns. Please contact us by e-mail and we will address your needs on a case by case basis. Have a good day, and stay safe!
My friend just walked out of her store. She was an ASL and she walked out after calling HR with concern about the virus and they told her "you cant live your life in fear." It pissed her off enough to walk right out. I dont blame her. Gamestop is shit.
That's a damn shame. That's some cult leader shit right there.
That HR personal must be at home and safe. Lol
Well I agree " you can't live in fear" but with that you calm to take care of yourself.
@@switchreality6773 You just know the HR staff has been told to work from home.
The virus is a scam. 1357 cases in UK and 35 dead. It’s no worse than the flu. Suck it up
I could not have foreseen this level of escalation in a million years. This is what journalism used to be. 👏
R Parker Having done the same, it really shows how corrupt this industry truly is and how willing they are to do just about whatever it takes to profit no matter how immoral. Therefore in order to emphasize, it is now getting the spotlight it rightfully deserves.
Sadly journalism was silenced. Everything that jfk said on that speech all of it turn out to be true as time went by.
Long live the true and just muck-rakers!
ik im 3 years late but current day journos dont like cody cause they know hes better then them
Next time a bill collector calls, I’m gonna tell them “I’m aware of your concerns and I’m having discussions everyday.”
That's already a thing anytime someone talks to a person from india on phone
I might use that if I get pulled over for speeding or any other traffic violation
don't forget to mention how your taking it day by day.
Guillermo Gonzalez day by day
Make sure to circle back. Then we can get the ball rolling. These concerns are moving the needle but don’t panic, the juice won’t be worth the squeeze
Bro, you could single handedly be responsible for saving so many people's lives by sharing this video and phone call. Forget about all the backlash, you are without a doubt doing the right thing. Really the best thing you can do, tell the truth. Thank you brother.
@RaineTCG yikes
@RaineTCG found the corporate shill
@RaineTCG Should have sold those shares when you had the chance, bruh.
Employee: "Being open makes us a hot spot for transmission."
Corporate: "No...it makes you a hot spot for TRANSACTION!!!"
🤦🏾♂️ at GameStop
These are gonna get so fucked in court. Cant wait for the fingerpointing and blame game to start
no it makes them a hotspot for contagious environment.
"You're their boss not me" Okay so everyone go home for two weeks. Corporate told me I'm your boss not them, so I'm closing the store until it's safe to open.
"Two weeks". Famous last words
This is why I was stopped from climbing the ladder any higher in retail. They knew if I was in charge I would run it the way I wanted to, not the way corporate would want.
@@TheHerrMan "Two weeks" enough time to rip the copper wire from the walls and find those hidden catches.
"For Quality assurance, This call may be monitored or recorded"....
billybro1999 That may be the funniest comment I’ve ever read
Fits the situation perfect
What's funny is that I take that statement literally and I "may" record this for quality assurance. Yet every company I've been on the phone with that found out I actually was recording said to stop recording or the call will end, then they hang up on me if I don't stop. Especially the bank when I was trying to get to the bottom of why someone was able to claim a lean on my account without verification and take all my money.
@@MrTwisted003 I don't have to tell anyone I'm recording. One Party Recording laws are awesome. As long as 1 party of the conversation knows the call is being recorded, then it's legal... and I know it's recording. :D
@@Dakarn unfortunately I don't live in a "One Party" state, although I think it's stupid that you would have to tell anyone. I mean the whole point is to catch them saying something they normally wouldn't want anyone else hearing, so the courts are retarded. They need to think forwards.
GameStop gonna show up to funerals of employees who got sick at work and ask “what kind of phone did they have?”
More like show up and fire them.
And what kind of phone their relatives have!
Time card fraud lol
You must be joking! They’re ransacking their homes and taking all the electronics WHILE everyone is at the funerals!
@@K9Iyce you beat me to it. I wanted to say the same thing.
Fire them for time card fraud.
"We understand the concern"
Press X to Doubt.
X
Oh, they understand. They just don't care.
X
X
LA Noire.
"It's a daily conversation".
"It's a daily conversation".
"It's a daily conversation".
"It's a daily conversation".
"It's a day by day conversation".
@UnLTDGamingHD come on everybody, sing along
"We're takeing it day by day
One step at a time
We don't care
About our employees, yea"
The new album by gamestop, now available on disc, for only $9,99, in the store, please break your quarantine in order to purchase this wonderful new product before it goes off sale.
I heard this as I read this... smh 😂
And yet they claim that they are being “transparent”.
I hope the corporate office is pissed off about how Cody has exposed their bullshit yet again!
Stephen Powell I hope they all watch this video on their teams meeting with screen share
I'm pretty sure recording phone calls without consent is illegal..
I’m not sure. It depends on the state
I hope they run out of tp because of how much they’re shitting themselves right now
Devin there are only 11 two party consent states. As long as you’re part of the call you can in every other state.
That being said, him being in the call unknown to the others might be a legal problem. UNLESS whomever he worked with recorded the call and gave it to him.
I’m not a lawyer of course but that’s what I understand from the law and I’ve had to dig into it in the past.
I also wanted to note that he has been dealing with lawyers and has been very careful so far. I’m not saying he is immune to mistakes but I’m sure Cody talked to his lawyers before he pulled something like this.
The guy who was asking the tough questions has some balls. He should be running the damn company and maybe GameStop wouldn't be headed down the drain.
Finesse God he was probably fed up,crazy shit.
@George Costanza Sadly, yes.
What an awesome guy I hope he continues to be fantastic in his next job
Finesse God he sounds like the manager that works at the GameStop near where I live, he’s a super good person but I’m not sure if it’s the same guy.
He’s probably dude who let YT guy listen in
Honestly would have had more respect for Gamestop if they said, "We don't care about you. You are disposable and will work till you drop." Instead of the corporate speak that doesn't actually say anything.
Nah. That's the warehouses at Amazon
Ehh no you wouldn’t. If they’d have said that you’d be twice as mad.
And so would I
They dont call them grubs for nothing
they cant tell them that directly though thats why its in corperate speakl if they directly told them that with everything going on they would loose all their store employees and go bankrupt by closing bell on wall street then sued for every dime they have so they have to say hey we dont care without actually saying it but i feel ya id have more respect for them if they did it that way too
After listening to this I'll honestly never go to GameStop again. I would urge all employees to quit , you deserve better
Easier said than done. Are YOU going to give them a job if they quit? Not everyone is in such a situation where they have other options.
@@A1phaz0ne they are going to lose their jobs as soon as every store is forced to close anyway ....
@@A1phaz0ne They can't even be given a straightforward answer on being paid even if the company /has/ to close its locations.
I only use digital purchases
Unil someone else hire me and it’s not as annoying as GameStop customers I’ll suffer 😂💀
Store manager: So what is our plan if someone gets sick?
HR: We have a plan for that. We quarantine everyone in the store for 2 weeks until everyone's dead, then we send a clean up crew, and finally we hire a new team to replace the dead one.
I guarantee this is their thinking, not even joking!
HR: also it's a daily discussion
Thomas Uniat and the Clean Up crew they’ll hire will just be other stores GameStop associates 😭
Just taking it day by day
Don’t be silly they will have replacements hired within a day of them being quarantined
I recognize those voices and can confirm that, yes, that's Tim O'Reilly, Director of Stores (a token position), but not sure if anyone else has made the connection: that female executive "Janine" on the call can only be Janine Tadier, the Director of HR for EB Games Canada. Makes this whole thing even better now doesn't it?
Guessing they been plaguing the system for years? I'm not surprised of how most corporate act upon selfishness and greed over the workers and people's livelyhood
Well now.
That Janine moron is the living embodiment of the saying that "HR isn't there to protect the employees, it's there to protect the company".
@@fireandmugs6712 Knowing some people in office positions of EB in Canada , the executives are so backwards and behind as well as corporate shills. So unwilling to evolve or adapt.
Any twitter @‘s?
As a former Gamestop manager, I'm glad I got let go when I did. All the company cares about is numbers. They don't give a rat's ass about their employees and customers anymore. This right here is more proof of that. How they are handling this pandemic is beyond belief.
I hope tons of people up and quit.
@@rebeccarodrigues2540 Going by the reddit, quite a few have.
I got fired like 4 or 5 months ago. So thankful for it. I would had quit. The store i worked. No1 cleaned shit. I was the only person that wiped stuff down. They currently have zero supplies at the storw i was at
Frosty you should just steal games, fuck it. GS is probably too busy to even deal with it
Which branch
Respect to the associates actually standing up to the executives and caring about their employees and the public
GameStop probably had them assassinated quietly over time and blamed it on the pandemic.
@@gothimaya2776i wouldve closed anyway
I literally had to pause the video when that one guy asked if there was gonna be a point where they put people's safety over profit, dude is saaaaaaavage
No wonder gamestop is dying. They have horrible business practices.
I genuinely hope that this kills them off once and for all.
Companies rot from the top down.
They have had* you mean.
@@Tallestdwarf They still do.*
I HOPE THEY DONT DIE, BUT THEY REALLY NEED TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER. I HOPE REGGIE CAN DO THAT.
Hearing how terrified some of these people are is heartbreaking.
Also, the apathy in the voices of the executives still comes thru despite their best attempts to cover it up. I swear, I could HEAR that lady’s sideways posturing and finger waggle as she was saying corporate “already did that and doesn’t need to do any more.” You can tell she just wanted that call to be over with so she could get back to whatever was actually important to her..
@Jaegar Ultima This recording is about the Canadian stores. The virus isn't as bad here yet, regardless EBGames shouldn't be open during a time like this.
Honestly.... it’s sorrowful
@@kidwajagstang The valleygirl accent REALLY doesn't help. "Err, I think we already did that? I think we sent you some information? So really it's up to you to tell your workers?"
@@ClintTheriault Agreed man! We have a 150 or so cases i think in BC Canada right now and probably 10 or so on Vancouver Island that they know of... not as bad but still a fucking issue for sure!!
After hearing this, I have every intention of going to the 4 locations within a short drive of me on Monday. New York state is shut down for everyone except essential personnel. If there's a game stop store open on Monday, I will call the health department and the sheriff.
Update please?
@@SaneMillennial they have all been closed since NYS shut everything down.
@@bogart286 ok good to know
This was in Canada. And yes they were all closed the day after this was released.
Okay Karen
They ask perfectly legitimate questions, and they get some of the biggest non-answers I've ever heard.
C. Dawg Knight almost every answer just screamed “we have no idea what we’re doing”
C. Dawg Knight oh just follow protocols and procedures. Bitch those are shit compared to this virus
Jesus fucking Christ they said they were having daily discussions about this what more do you want
/s
Like that fine fellow Jim Sterling said: "leave it to a pandemic to bring out the absolute worst in a corporation".
"It's only when the tide goes out you see who's been swimming naked."
--Warren Buffett
It doesn't help that people keep coming out of their house during a pandemic. It literally gives owners a reason to keep these stores open unless forced by The Government. If you aren't going out for the grocery store, job essential, Emergency or daycare. Then please, please stay home. I can't stress how you can slow how fast a virus spreads. By staying home. It sucks but we don't have to watch as our health care system completely fall apart.
@The Catmother SJWs are as much of a problem as the far right. Both sides are awful and you're only looking at one side of it just like he is. Take a look at yourself before you criticize someone else of doing the exact thing you're doing.
Worst in people in general tbh
@@homingice6444 While this is true its not human nature to be held up indoors like the cdc wants. People are going to get bored and stressed about doing nothing at home and there going to want to go out. This especially is damaging cuss millions are going jobless because of the pandemic and if i were to also guess there will be more domestic abuse as rage starts to build (especially from the infected)
Yknow massive shout out to those store managers who are, at risk to their livelihoods, defending their staff. All of them with valid questions, well-spoken.
Fuuuuuuuuck corporate
That's because those people asking the hard questions are real leaders unlike the snakes in the grass..
Amen on that, most of the people and managers at my local Gamestops are good people who care about the customers and their employees..the fact corporate has been screwing over the brand for awhile now is super depressing since honest to goodness it's pretty much the ONLY place within less than an hour I can drive to pick up a game and shoot the breeze with people who know about anime and actual have knowledge about games. My area is mostly full of older people...like no joke there are about..4 to 5 assisted living centers or straight up nursing homes each with in minutes of each other..and apparently they were working on ANOTHER one before all this hit. The amount of people I can talk to with similar hobbies in person that I don't already know? SUPER limited where I live so I enjoy talking to the employees at my local Gamestop for that reason.
The call is so painfull to hear the corporate folks dont even sound like they believe what there saying on the call
They dont. They know it's wrong but just dont care.
This was kind of hard to listen to especially after the 22 to 23 minute mark.
Store associates: We are afraid that we will get sick.
Corporate Executive: Look at the flowers Lizzy, just look at the flowers
Vaelen nahh.. jangly keys or something sparkly works better...
Vaelen lol love the Walking dead reference XD
You made my day with that reference, thank you. I needed a good laugh.
This makes me miss when the walling dead was good. This is a quality comment.
Reggie Fils-Aimé It’s rare to see someone refer to seasons 4-8 as “quality”
You should forward this call to the CDC, FTC, FDA, all government agencies that are dealing with the virus and investigating GameStop.
Except there are tons of retailers still open. At least in colorado. BestBuy, Verizon, there are arcades here still open, malls refusing to close. They're no worse than they, and the Government can only do something if they mandate all retail stores close.
@@tokinokusabi GameStop is staying open in states where they're mandated to close. That's the entire problem.
Christopher Blair i stopped by my local mall and they were one of only like 5 stores open. The rest were coffee shops and small food places
@@tokinokusabi here in tamworth too, they don't care about the virus lulz
Hell send it to the full alphabet soup i am pretty sure they all would like to know
I wonder if anyone noticed that one of the execs contradicted himself. When that one store leader asked about GameStop being held liable if someone got sick at the store. He said that you can’t control it and said that he could go to the gas station and touch a pump that someone infected touched and catch it. Literally several minutes ago this same exec told the other girl asking about trades that there’s no proof that you can contract the virus off of a controller...
Sure there is. It's like 3 days it lives on plastic.
Fuck gamestop
Would be hard to prove trough, they could have catches them any number of place, how you prove you catch it in a single store. There would always be reasonable doubt
Very definitive proof it can transmit by surfaces, especially non-pliable, non-absorbent, non-porous surfaces.That seems very similar to the surface of a controller...
Didn't he say something stupid like - no government has said you could get it that way or something? Typical
I’m a doc in the middle of all this. This is insane. I shared it on facebook and twitter, this needs to get out.
there is not enough news coverage of how workers are being sacrificed to the virus to appease corporate overlords.
The thing is, you get paid to be a doc. Would you volunteer if you dont get paid? Would you forgo overtime pay? GameStop isnt making any money, and if everyone in the store gets paid while not working, they would go bankrupt. Corporate employees arent the same because they are still working, just remotely. I am in finance, and I still work my regular hours, sometimes even more while at home. This is why I still get paid, while those in the retail stores dont.
@@blitzforce uh..if the stores closed the employees wouldn't be paid. They'd be put on the pandemic unemployment and be paid by the government
Wow. There's "insider info" and then there's getting direct access to their conference call. This is peak "GameStop Exposed" haha
What's up fanta
Cant wait for your video on this!
I greatly enjoy your Content Fanta... thank you for everything that you do!!
Fantavision boutta drop a video discussing this topic tho 😳🤔🤔
"We could get sick and possibly die"
"Daily discussion is daily discussion is daily discussion.. did you make your quota selling used games this week!?!!??"
Tell that to everyone who keep running into my store. Odd I know but they come in to get a bag of chips. Like go to the grocery store or by in bulk. I don't recommend it because its almost two bucks a bag. That way you don't have to come back out relatively soon. Getting things you need later on will help as well.
@@jgfjgfify don't get me wrong still a shit move from gamestop.
Sadly people have that mentality.
I quit after 6 years, that happened roughly 6 months ago. It was literally the best decision I've ever made. It sounds hokey, but it changed my life and made me realize how much I neglected myself as a person. I was terrified, I thought I wouldn't find another job, but I did. You will too. To anyone working there, please don't accept this, you're worth more than that. You have customer service experience, and that means a lot more than you think in this world of cold computers and automation. If you can afford to walk out now, do it. If you can't, use your free time to apply online through a job portal. There's so much out there, I was blind to it for many years, but there's absolutely no reason you should work for this company. You deserve better than this.
RenegadePandaZ I found a job a week after quitting and make way more working less hours
I had worked for GS for almost 8 years when I quit (which was 5 years ago now) and I felt the exact same way that you're describing. I was a store manager and I walked off the job -- something I'd never done before -- and it was the most liberating feeling. I had nothing lined up and it hurt financially for a while, but it was so worth it in every way. The reason people stay at jobs they hate for a long time (other than the money) is because their jobs make them feel like they'll never do any better. If you constantly have the threat of termination thrown at you for the most minor and insignificant things, you internalize the belief that you're a fuckup and not good enough for anything else. Now might not be the best time to leave from a financial standpoint, but it is certainly the best time from a self-worth standpoint, because the message GS is sending to its employees right now is that their lives and their health are worth less than preowned video game trade-ins. If that's not a wakeup call, I don't know what is.
I also quit about six months ago. Back when they fired all those middle managers and shuffled the districts around. I could see the writing on the wall then, but this... I don't even have words to describe it.
@Big Mike Exactly. We're talking about a company that used to practically print money and now it's reached such a poor condition that closing for even a week would probably send it into freefall. If a massive international company has so little cash on hand that it couldn't even close for seven days without collapsing, it deserves to collapse.
Camelot331 pin this comment, please?!
Okay so when I worked there, a man had a seizure and busted his head on our carpet.
My boss told us to sop it up and keep working.
No cleaning crew, no hazmat.
I promise that they do not care to clean properly
@@madyegrey94 lol damn he thristy
@@madyegrey94 Hmm well I have bad news 🤣 it won't go away
@@victorn6646 Wow, you're a loser.
You guys take youtube comments way too serious. Did you fail to see the joke in the comment? I was semi-srs at best with the flirt while trolling. Trinity.
@@victorn6646 cringing
New company slogan:
“GameStop: Might As Well Catch it Here!”
GameStop: Gotta Catch 'em All!* *includes contagions
"Power to the virus!"
@@lizard09le wish I could upvote this twice. Lol
Gamestop: Life goes on even if you're dead.
gamestop: come for the games stay in the icu.
GameStop: only communicate via phone calls because you can't distribute phone calls.
Famelot: hold my beer
"can't" as in Cody committed a felony and the only way he escapes this is by settling hard or not being worth suing
@@Tridd666 Not necessarily
@@freya_andolini7423 yes necessarily
@@Tridd666 No. Depending on the state he is in, he may only need 1 party consent. If the person who let him in on the call recorded it in a 1 party consent state, there is no issue. Way to be so sure of something you're not necessarily right about, though. The hubris is strong with you my friend.
@@richarddobson5035 he was entirely unauthorized. He was not party to the conversation at all. Period.
Your smug arrogance while being so obviously wrong is sickening.
Manager: Can you reassure our worried team members?
GameStop: You do it.
Prophis this
That one guy in the conference is a hero. Saying the things that risk his job out of concern for everyone's health. Make that guy CEO, fire the other assholes and tell them it isn't a perfect world and their wages won't be paid.
It's a shame Reggie attached himself to such an inhumane company and will likely do nothing about it.
💯
He is just a face, that's it. I do agree with you. Also, GameStop sucks and hope employees find something WAY better!
I understand Reggie's plight, but the board of directors hardly directs anything.
Who is Reggie?
@@SneakiestChameleon You maybe right. I don't hate Reggie, but I personally don't like him that much, let alone really care...Only to make a quick buck with GameStop. I swear, they bought him with stocks that are probably gonna be worthless. Sad, he's just a face, a puppet and that's it. He should ha e just retured and be with his family as he said. I don't believe things will change with him.
"Choose not to work"
Wow, just wow
I will never spend another dime at gamestop.
Maybe the ‘Executive’ leaders should roll up their sleeves and come into work and serve the customers.
The executive should start showing up at the various locations, lead by example. Taking daily calls from the safety of your homes, isn’t showing leadership.
"It's not a perfect world"
I fully agree. On this you wanna insure your employees things are fine then higher ups should be traveling and spending time in every store your making them do it
Fucking preach! So true
“Day by day.”
Me: “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Day by day. Just take it day by day.”
@@human47134 just because companies are doing it, doesn't mean that's its ethical or that these opinions of them are incorrect.
The head of store guy essentially only said "it's everyday bro."
I also feel bad for the poor woman who was panicking over him saying that they will take all trade-ins, basically saying they don't give a fuck if they spread the virus that way.
They lost me when he said, "We're taking it day by day." I would have quit right there.
By the way Camelot, you should give this to a news outlet. More people should know about this, and I don't just mean RUclips viewers.
I sent it to the Orlando Sentinel since I have a point of contact there :)
David Erwin it’s going viral on GameStop fb page. Lots of comments linking to this vid
Reddit too.
@@ShiNoUsagi_Creative - Any updates? Did they respond?
Are they gonna talk about this?
How about sharing the video to a lot of people you know? Instead of bringing it to the news. Bring the news to the people.
As a former higher up at Gamestop, I've been on a ton of these conference calls. This is exactly how EVERY. SINGLE. CALL. SOUNDS.
GameStop is not fun for the costumer. It is an awful experience.
Then why hasn't it been stopped? Why do people still work here? Why haven't all the managers quit and fucked corporate over?
@@johnnycaralta People are so bad at banding together :/ Everyone has a strong opinion and absolutely refuses to hear anyone else. Now would be a good time for all the employees to resist but people can't even agree to take this virus seriously! It's a crazy time.
@@shiivainu9442 As far as I'm concerned, that call with corporate is all that's needed for every individual to quit. If not, then they deserve what they're dealing with because they chose to deal with it.
You weren't a higher up at Gamestop. You're not interesting by making up lies, you're just a liar.
Manager- “Are we allowed to make a judgement call and close to protect our people and put them above profit?”
Corporate- “No, we’ll take this day by day.”
Manager- “My people are scared... can you send an email to reassure them?”
Corporate- “YOU reassure them. That’s YOUR job.”
Manager- “I’m not allowed to make a judgement call to keep them safe... how am I able to reassure them?!”
We’ll take it day by day
I heard that day by day bs so many times during the video made me wish I was next to that guy and slapped him everytime he said that..
This right here. This is so accurate. This is what got me. As a former employee of this company I wish nothing but the worst for them. As a current manager of another company this is a very honest question that I can see myself asking my superiors on a conference call. I hope I never get that response.
Alright, Gamestop is now on my blacklist - when things settle and we're allowed to go out and inject money into the economy again, this company will not be getting anything from me.
I doubt they would be getting any money after tgis. I smell a future blockbuster happening to gamestop.
I just want shit on super clearance Haha
Cody just officially lit the dumpster on fire.
He should be careful... lighting up that much bullshit all at once could be explosive!
He is now in the hall of mad lads.
Nah, It was already on fire. He just pushed it down the hill for all to see.
Chris Lowdermilk He also attached a loud horn that plays “La Cucaracha” the whole way down...
Cody in sunglasses, doing the no look slow mo tossing the match behind him into the dumpster.
"protocols in place" " course of action" just typical corporate jargon.
"Choose not to work" good Lord.
I'm actually shocked that no one on the call actually asked to see/hear what those protocols actually are, if nothing else just to hear their voice crack as they try to deflect that.
No one asked because they all have a copy of those protocols. It’s simply a blank piece of paper with the heading “Protow calls” written in grape scented magic marker or orange crayon...
I'd reply, "ok Ill tell them your gonna do what they think your gonna do"
She probably doesn't even know what the word protocol means, but it sounds smart and business-y, therefore it must be the right thing to say.
@@kidwajagstang LOL
You can definitely see the lack of care in this conference call on so many levels. It's genuinely disturbing!
On another note, I can definitely see the passion that Cody has for the people that actually work in the stores. I have no doubt he was an awesome manager.
Everyone: "The end is nigh!"
Gamestop: "Come on in for our End Is Nigh Sale! Pay regular price after a 30% discount in stores today!"
"DOOM is Eternal!" 😂😂😈
And subscribe to our End is Nigh monthly magazine.
30% discount only applicable on products that no one wants, otherwise we'll raise our prices 50% and then discount them...
I've got this downloaded so it'll keep going up on fake accounts until they stop
You are the best
Rock on!!!
I downloaded it to, fuck Shitstop
Doing God's work right here
Hell Yeah
That one guy on the call deserves to be a C.E.O. He's the only one with a soul and balls. Props to him for risking his job to try and protect his co-workers, including ones he has probably never met. Guaranteed all of those uppers are working/doing the call from home.
Being a CEO requires you not to have a soul, and be a sociopath.
That one guy is sitting on the bottom of the Hudson River by now.
@@MCL198027 thats how it is, but that doesn't make it right.
@@MCL198027 thats how it is, but that doesn't make it right.
ACG sent me here.
Also: this is really bad. This make gamestop look even worse than ever
Same reason for me being here. If if wasn't for that fact that the shop workers would be the ones to suffer (as they are now), I'd say that Gamestop deserves to close for this - permanently.
Me too
Same
Wanna know the REAL kicker? People will still buy there, alot, as they always have been.
@@Eldenbruh yeah... True ...
"We're not liable - it's out of our control."
Not at all. If someone says they're sick and you force them to work anyway, and then someone else gets sick down the road due to a store visit, guess what? You're liable. The buck stops with you, and it's your fault.
When they say "we're not liable" what they mean is "It'll be impossible/very difficult to connect any deaths to us, so who cares?"
If they're in a state like Indiana they'll have work arounds and loop hopes they can abuse to get away from liabilities. Ive seen people get illegally fired based legit medical conditions aka they "lacked motivation, enthusiasm and teamwork skills" or "They weren't pulling their own weight". A lot of places can be as vague as they want on why they fire people. So if they wanna fire you for something they arent allowed to fire you over, they can make up some bullshit that would legally fit.
“We’re sorry you feel that way.”
Gamestop just updated their policies for the pandemic on their twitter acount because of this video. Good job G
Really?
That ain't gonna help them now...all actions they take now is to "save face" and try to be the "good guy" but they need to be boycotted and shut down.
Wal mart is doing the same shit....like a month too late
“When are we going to put people over profit?”
I think I found the informant. 🤣
DesireRee shhh you gon get him fired
😂🤣
I hope he finds a better job that treats employees better. He sounds like a good manager.
If I were a store manager, I would lock down the store and mail the keys to the district manager and let them man the front lines. What a terrible company. I will never shop there.
They can't fire the whole company if EVERYONE WALKS. ORGANIZE
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I think this is going to accelerate the demise of GameStop. They have already been struggling and this is going to hurt them more than some other businesses that have had healthier balance sheets the last few years. I wish they would say THAT. We don't know if we can afford to close our stores for a month and continue to exist. We WANT to have a better response but we just are worried that we CAN'T. That might help store managers and associates being able to stomach this situation a bit better. They might lose their jobs ANYWAY because the company will fold. But the double-speak angers everyone and makes them WANT to have the company fail for mistreating their employees.
"don't listen to anyone but our team" why does corporate America sound like the USSR....
Because America has been infiltrated by communists and marxists for 70 years.
Because authoritarian dictatorships are all the same.
@@spinningchurro congratulations on writing the stupidest thing I'll read today. Nice one, McCarthy. Guess what? Corporate insanity like this is the opposite of Marxism. But I'm sure you meant civil rights and feminism.
Wendy Nerd : shut up.
@@spinningchurro No, sorry. You're still stupid.
This is a business, all the executives know this. The business exists to make money, nothing more.
They have to convince the employees that people are a concern, but it's profits or nothing. The general public isn't supposed to see this side of company interaction, ever. Remember this call the next time you all see a gamestop ad.
Karrus It is also a business that had it all coming.
People are a concern, ads aren't.
The eternal flaw of capitalism. Those at the top don't live in the same world the rest of us do. They live in a game of unlimited everything.
Geo Gio It is indeed an eternally flawed system we all know as capitalism as you stated and it seems that part of the problem is that aside from monopolies not allowed by law, what we’re also seeing is that the flaws aren’t getting dealt with by introducing regulations that executives need to abide by in order to do away with loopholes that they’ll exploit on a regular basis. That’s what also makes this system in particular quite as flawed as it is, the fact that it has it’s share of exploits. I think the real challenge would be tackling those loopholes.
The field managers are asking all the right questions and the executives are giving all the wrong answers.
OMG that guy asking the hard questions is a hero. Get this guy a better job.
And the sad thing is people like this get labeled as troublemakers and lose their jobs.
How long until all those people that asked hard questions are let go for "Time Card Fraud" ? I'll give it a week tops.
He was one of the better people I met while working for Gamestop. I wont say his name, I believe it was mentioned on the call but he was a good guy and did always look out for his employees.
Nurse: "Doctor, the patient is worried they might die and are asking to hear reassurance from you."
Doctor: "They need to hear it from YOU!"
That poor guy with the common sense reminds of the guy in the business meeting memes that gets thrown out the window for making the most sense.
That is the audio definition of that meme.
Definitely the best picture representation of this discussion.
Okay, how are we gonna handle this Corona thing, IDEAS!
Move releases forward!
Promise hand sanitizer!
Send people home with sick pay.
>_>
O_o
*CRASH!*
Odds are they found an email in their inbox informing them they have been termed and their personal items and final paycheck would be released when they return thir company property, right before they were kicked out of the telework network.
What happens if an associate tests positive for COVID-19?
"We will immediately fire them for insubordination or time card fraud so that we can be sure we will have no obligation to help them financially or with any health benefits."
Make the employee pay for clean up and Sue them if they don't pay.
@Paul Moorehead this I quite a few corporate jobs.
This is showing the true greed.
Profit over even peoples lives.
So long as the elites get their money and are safe from the peasant's disease.
Their entire staff under them could die.
They will just liquidate the company and make it out like bandits.
Crap like this is why the soft headed morons think socialism is the answer.
I passed by GS headquarters yesterday morning and the parking lot was almost completely empty. So to answer your question, yes they are staying home, and pob only haveing cleaning staff come in...
Get a vid and send it to him
Heck, get a vid and sent it to Katoku, Polygon and every publication you can think of.
What scumbags
Hell yeah
Welcome to everyday gamestop. Nothing will change
"Today's not your day
Tomorrow doesn't look good either"
I think that T-shirt should be the official GameStop uniform.
Lol, 'we dont wanna come off as fake by reassuring the employees that we give a crap'
That part was hilarious
If you have to say you don’t wanna come off as fake, you’re certainly coming off as fake
OMFG. I work at a supermarket. i get why we're open, we have food and other necessities like infants and stuff. Gamestop has nothing of vital importance, they should close.
Stay safe. Think twice about touching everything and anything.
You sell infants wtf that's not needed and illegal im sure. Shame.
@@Ftfwjdndfjw LOL.
@@Ftfwjdndfjw Democrats need to eat, too.
Boss makes a Dollar I barely make a Dime that's why I cough on company time
Lmfao
F ☹
Just to be super pedantic, it's actually closer to 30 dollars per dime these days. :P
@@smallcutepuppy is it really?
@@jeffshackleford3152 for the bigger businesses, yup. It's disgusting.
This is literally the same conversation that all "essential" companies are having. It's insane
Its funny that before this minimum wage jobs were jobs that nobody wanted but now they are considered essential
Thats right. Im working in telecom company in canada and its the same bullcrap
My wife to me: “we will be together forever right?”
Me: it’s day by day
XD
Its a daily discussion we are having
Lmao
Not a perfect world
“There will be deaths attached to Game Stop’s decision making here”
They're being forced to shut down in a good amount of places thankfully.
And Game Stop will be one of them!!!
And that's criminal negligence, and the execs can't hide behind an LLC for it. They will be arrested and do time for it. They seem to think this is just some civil liability bullshit their LLC protects them from when it is in fact criminal negligence which they will be directly held accountable for via arrest, criminal court and jail time.
"We're looking into that, it's a day by day discussion and this is *so* complex. Realistically, people could die anywhere."
Atn Gamestop employees:
STAGE A WALKOUT. GAMESTOP DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR WELLBEING. SHOW THEM THAT THEY CANT TREAT HUMAN BEINGS LIKE THIS.
This isnt new. It's been this way for years. Stage a walkout, they'll replace everyone easily.
This wouldn't do anything
Sadly, it’s not that simple bud. You’d have to get every single person on board because people have to pay bills and some live paycheck to paycheck. Them losing their jobs and losing their paychecks is just not viable for them and corporate as fucked up as they are, can just as soon kick them to the curb and never look back.
Gamestop human resources already said employees can stay home if they dont feel safe at work and they will not be at fault and can continue work after the epidemic
That's funny. Believing something that came from HR... xD
“Hey, what are you gonna do about x,y, and z?” “we are discussing this day by day.”
spoken like a true politician
GameStop execs: any other questions?
"Camelot331 here"
*Click*
That...would have been EPIC!!! DEAR GOD YES!
If they would've stayed on the line, just hit em with a "get on it, doggone it"
Thier call has been recorded and should be used against them. Call osha's
@@default9033 I think that would be better business bureau
i "lol"d so hard when i read this. hahaha
I work at an outpatient clinic and if one of us gets the corona, EVERYONE in the clinic has to be quarantined for 14 days and the clinic gets a cleaning. These guys are crazy!
Please look at New York and Italy. That ain't gonna be the case much longer.
Make sure you have a backup plan.
Day by day.
These guys will literally f*cking kill someone's parents or grandparents who've never even *been* to gamestop when they bring the virus home, because this isn't a drill, and we're not just asking places to close to be nice to their employees. It's because they'll just keep infecting people all over their communities just so they can sell a few more copies of non-digital doom or whatever the f*ck.
this is genuinely a public service. you’ve definitely earned my sub
Literally. I didnt know about this, granted there arent many gamestops around me. But know I know not to do anything w/ them
Just drove by a GameStop in Southern California: County Health Department had signs all over stating it had been “closed”. Gotta assume it was involuntary 😂😂😂
EDIT: Signs have been removed from storefront! Pretty impressive considering everyone is either using personal time off or unemployment to do the bidding of GameStop. Will advise county health of removal Monday
Omega Zero Closed.
Omega Zero Hopefully until they’re allowed to open up. I know that GameStop corporate is evil, but if they open up again they’re clearly forcing their employees to do it. It’s really a shame to see so many hard workers get treated like garbage over and over again.
Non-essential services are closed in CA and other states now. A video game store is not an essential service.
Didn't GameStop got their business licenses removed?
*Lifestop:* "if you've got symptoms you've got to self isolate."
*Also Lifestop:* "if you don't come to work it's your choice."
This reminds me of a time I worked retail and we had a blizzard coming through. The District Manager had a conference call, telling us how we must stay open, and we can not close under any circumstances, it doesn't matter that you have no customers, I made it to work, there's plenty of customers in my store. And... just at that line his daughter enters the room asking about school. Oh.. the fallout on that call was hilarious.. and then he actually told everyone that they could close up and go home.
Yepp gamestop to a T. This is NOT new!!
@@alcatonelover Well, I said retail, not gamestop. It was actually rite aid. But yeah, I know gamestop does that too. I've seen them open in blizzards, and I bet dollars to donuts a DM at home issued the threats to open.
As a fellow former blizzard manager, I confirm this as true and sad.
A lot of people are doing the whole "Well, people need to work" routine. When you point out that Gamestop could afford to send everyone home with sick pay, or that the people giving the orders aren't the ones exposing themselves, or that Hot Topic is sending people home with pay despite having far less revenue, they usually don't respond.
The problem is gov't hasn't stepped up and given wage slaves like this alternate options. The folks working at GameStop would probably be more then happy to quit if the gov't allowed them to file for unemployment even though they quit. But, since they don't know how they'll live without their job, they just keep doing as their told hoping they dont' come in the next day and get fired. Gov't's are creating situations like this by not giving the workers an alternative to self-shutdown a company being negligent.
Can they afford sending everyone on sick leave seriously? GameStop being on the edge of bankruptcy for years now, their business are not doing well at all, they just got a new CEO trying to reverse that but he just arrived no time to stir the bar at all
And looking how things are going for in Canada, it's mass layoff not sick leaves, everyone forced on the gouvernement mercy
Ryan Eft how do you know that GS could afford to pay everyone for long with lost revenue from reduced business and closed stores?
And what does hot topic have to do with it?
Sounds like HT has good cash reserves, but why should game stop?
They have been hurting for years.
They can't afford anything they dug themselves so deep down the rabbit hole that they can't get out of it they are hundreds of millions in debt possibly coming into the billions zone they have no money they are making that hole deeper and deeper the longer they keep the doors open
Companies don't last for years if they were bankrupt. They'll (GameStop) be fine, make em pay.
"We are thinking about the future and taking it day by day" thats an oxymoron.
No, its actually not
"That's a -n- -oxy- moron."
There we go.
These are the dumbest people
justin garner Actually, thinking about the future by itself seems to make sense until it is combined with the second phrase. Once they’re put together, rather than seeing how it’s an oxymoron to me especially the second phrase just sounds moronic.
It's actually a paradox. It would have to be two words next to each other to be an oxymoron (for example: jumbo shrimp, government intelligence, etc).
4:01 the amount of "uhms", "yeahs" and "sooo"'s I've already heard in just 4 minutes is so disgusting for a conference call.
Not to mention "Right?"
Agreed. One of the most unprofessional meetings I have heard involving high level execs....
Tired of companies and "daily conversations " and "day by day " that translates to WE DONT CARE MAKE THE MONEY ! Goes for a lot of job essential places like the same place I work for. And when you choose to invoke you're right to not work you feel pressured and guilty and will I have a job to come back to ? Picking jobs over health its ridiculous! Shameful THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US
Mydnyte19772 .0 ‘We’ll talk about it but we’re not gonna do anything.’
get on twitter and send this video to their twitter. its time to stop sitting on the sides. we need to call them out massively.
They simply don't have the money. This company is about to be busted.
Isn't it funny how corporate is always fleeing first while telling their employees to keep the ship running. I thought captains were suppose to bail the ship last and sink with it.
There should be law that makes sure corporate CEO's can be arrested and locked up for 10 years at least for endangering their employees like that. This is inhumane and not trying to solve the problem we are all in right now.
@@Jorendo you would be surprised at how many captains abandon ship when shit hits the fan. Inside the military and in Cruise lines.
I will NEVER set foot in a game stop ever again after hearing this. I hope these people get what they deserve but I somehow doubt it. I feel truly sorry for employees who have invested years into this company.
nicksimpson88 this is how literally every single corporate “higher up” sounds. I work for T-mobile and can confirm. ALL they care about is $$
DUDE YOUR ON THE NEWS! Your story is on fox business!! It’s on at 5:30 am in Vegas right now!
you're
@@flappy7373 you're a virgin who care about spelling you are the true loser
@@ogFaTaL You are a good man F8L
Lucas who the fuck cares
Lucas i have failed you. 😔I should of said, “YOUR STORY IS ON...” idk it was hella early in the morning that day and I was in a rush to find his channel and tell him.
they are literally just dodging EVERY SINGLE question by using "corperate speak"
Of Course! This Business School was Expensive so they use the "Knowledge" they have learned "Day by Day" and "at the End of the Day, they are a optimistic to overcome this great Challenge with an positive End". God, my last Boss was a specialist in kicking in BWL, ehh, Business School Younglings, that tried to fuck him up about "The IT costs are too damn high".
I hate to laugh at this but, "No! You're gonna get fired, dude! What are you doing???" cracked me up.
Me too
@The October Mandalorian 10:32
I can see a bunch of those folks are getting fired for making the executives feel uncomfortable.
Yup
If they find out who leaked it they are def fucked, possibly sued depending on the state
Good thing evidence of employer retaliation exists now
@@RuckusRugs unless there was no signed contract
GameStop: We're not going to close. We want to make that extra $10 of profit.
Sorry GameStop your total income profit is only worth $1.30
GameStop: Still a profit.
This will hopefully be the salted nail in the coffin
I hope this entire COVID-19 situation opens the door to discussions about worker cooperatives. There are many different ways they can be arranged, but the workers fundamentally own and democratically operate their work place.
The echo on Mr. Executive's voice tells me he's sitting at his kitchen table in his nice cushy house...
Well, he classifies himself as “non-expendable”
Haha
To me it sounded like he was in the bathroom.
The dude was probably pushing brown and sending pics to the other execs in the conference pointing at it smiling while he scraped his ass with the last batch of name tags of employee’s taken out in the last purge. (Whew!)
"Follow the Direction of the Government" You're literally ignoring the direction and attempting to hide behind it, while constantly saying "day by day" to avoid answering the question.
I was waiting for that one sorta ballsy dude to just be like “ what you guys are doing is super illegal”
I worked for GameStop for 6 years..
They haven't changed a bit. I hope they close forever..
Wont be long they are losing mad money
I sent a link to this video to the CDC, hopefully they see it before Gamestop has this taken down
Smart hopefully they get a DOJ investigation for putting people at risk during national emergency
@@arthurnarinyan8477 sadly it's outside of the DOJ jurisdiction as this recording is regarding the Canadian stores.
@@arthurnarinyan8477 Unless the government mandates all retailers to close, they can't be held liable for staying open. There are arcades and phone retailers around my town still open also
GameStop's' s answer to the employees is, "We don't care about you only profits." This is a terrible company.
Silver Moonshine unfortunately all companies are like this
I mean people keep coming into 'my' convience store in hordes. I use my loosely because I run the store aside from management work. I'm alone so we(my team) refer to it is 'my' store because a person in the team works by themselves. So even if gamestop closes its doors. I will have tons of people in the store. As a result other people will get sick because the touch the same products, countertop, door handle and etc. Hence why you need to stay home and if you choose to come out then its your fault at that point.
I'm not saying GameStop decision is a good one but I'm stating that even if they close their doors. The Virus will still spread because people simply don't care to actually stay home. Unless you are essential then you have no choice. I can understand if you have to go out. However, I countlessly see other non essential workers that come into the store. They bring their kids. Expect not to get infected but surprised they are catching it. Gamestop could help but it wouldn't amount to do anything. The actual individual needs to stay inside their home unless for Groceries, Emergency and or need to go because they work a Essential Job.
It is still a horrible decision from GameStop any way you look at it but its mainly up to the individual.
@@toniklocc what if it's a gas station company or a grocery store. We don't get that luxury because we need to provide you with actual needs not wants. Hence, Essential.
Why are executives so good at "sounding smart" but they dont ever say anything. Ever.
You just answered your own question.
The only reason half of them have cushy jobs is because they blew somebody for it.
Because essentially a majority of executive are actually politicians.
Because it is their job
Because they are "committed".