GameStop Cancels Employee Challenge That Looks like Wage Theft

nootens Published 11/06/2020 in Funny

Before they go out of business completely, GameStop is vying for attention in the dumbest way possible.

This week they announced a competition meant to benefit employees who will be working during the Black Friday sales rush at the end of the month.

Here's an idea.. Fire that guy who thought this would be a good prize.. Now there are more hours to work for someone else.
— MoRings42 (@MoRings42) November 5, 2020

I used to work there. it means they'll get 10 extra hours they can assign to somebody to work. bc you can't go over your assigned hours. this is why often only one person is in the store and why managers work 50+ hours because they're salary

gamestop was always doing stuff like this when I worked there you'd be scheduled for like 4-5 hours per week and if you wanted more you had to really earn it with the hard sell on reserves and subscriptions. if you proved yourself your commission was just more hours to wkr

Employees were supposed to submit TikTok videos of themselves dancing, and GameStop corporate would pick the best videos and award those employees the option to work extra hours during Black Friday.

Pretty quickly, people started crapping on GameStop for straight up asking their employees to dance for them not even for a prize, but simply for the opportunity to work more. People called the idea exploitative and found it to be a depressing reminder of the way hourly workers are treated.

BREAKING: Gamestop now offering their employees a 13 cent raise and paid bathroom breaks if they get 100k views on TikTok
— ??????????? ?????? (@IceCreamMac10) November 5, 2020

and its not even like, everyone that does it gets more hours. it's everyone has to do it for a CHANCE at more hours.
— Raptor (@Raptornx01) November 5, 2020

this is socialism in practice

gamestop is the worst video game company of all time

they're literally making the working class dance for the right to put food on their table

so a dying company wants them to use a dying app?

it rules so hard that this company is dying

OK so you know the point when a werewolf is transforming when they still look sorta human, but you can definitely tell they’re just about to be a full on wolf
— Slimer’s Ghost (@CryptTrash) November 3, 2020

Plus you people are aware that they don't force them and they know the reward is more hours. So it's by choice and people can't say they played favorites.
— Keiotic (@KaoticKei) November 5, 2020

As a result of the hate GameStop seems to have closed the competition, although they haven't made any statements about why they thought people would actually like it to begin with.

There were also going to be some prizes attached to the competition, like an Amazon Alexa, but people suspected those goodies wouldn't have even gone to the employees working at the stores. Instead they would have just been a bonus for the store managers.

I showed this to my husband, who used to work at GameStop, and he says that's exactly what will happen. He says the SMs are always getting gifts from corporate. He admits SMs are paid terribly, but then so is everyone else at the store level.
— angetee (@LaughingManatee) November 3, 2020

Dear @GameStop employees. If you're any good at selling PowerUp subscriptions, or disc warranties..

Go apply at your local car dealerships. I can't guarantee you'll be treated better..

But if you're going to be treated like dirt you might as well make decent money for it.
— Mr.Meech (@mrmeech1707) November 4, 2020

Hopefully your company treats you better than GameStop seems to treat its employees. If not, here's some work memes to take the edge off.

gamestop employees released a statement as well. adam sandler. somebody kill me please