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Title: Confessions of A GameStop Employee
Post by: pokeplayer984 on March 03, 2012, 11:53:58 AM

Let me just say that, those of you who have never worked in retail, a few surprises might come to you in this 4-part article series of what it's like to work at GameStop.

For confidential reasons, the names of the people involved in this story have been altered.

Part 1 (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_273/8145-Confessions-of-a-GameStop-Employee-Part-One)

Part 2 (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_274/8174-Confessions-of-a-GameStop-Employee-Part-Two)

Part 3 (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_275/8176-Confessions-of-a-GameStop-Employee-Part-Three)

Part 4 (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_276/8177-Confessions-of-a-GameStop-Employee-Part-Four)

Having worked in retail myself, let's just say that I understand a number of the things this person went through.  Also, yes, I've been thrown under the bus by my manger a few times just to appease the customer when I was only doing what's called "my job".

Title: Confessions of A GameStop Employee
Post by: Campion1 on March 03, 2012, 03:05:19 PM

These articles have a serious habit of generalizing issues to a large majority of gamers and the very gamestop employees themselves based on his isolated, individual experiences. It comes off more as ignorant and assumptious than entertaining to read.