GameStop To Hire Tons Of Seasonal Staff
I'm not sure there are many people that actually look forward to shopping around the holiday season. The crowds are just mean, you can never find what you're looking for, and the stores are packed. This year at GameStop they may be a little fuller than they have been in years past, but at least it'll be for the best reasons possible. According to the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the biggest game retailer around is looking to increase its seasonal staff by approximately 15,000 people nationwide. That's an average of 3.5 more people helping operate the each of the chain's 4,300 stores and is set to bump up the companies staff by 46 percent.
Side note: Jebus bless all you brave souls that work there during this time of year. Nobody wants to be the person to tell an angered parent that they're all out of Wiis on Christmas Eve. I'm just glad that it's not me.
[GameStop to hire 15,000 for holidays] Tampa Bay Business Journal
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Posted to Miscellany, Video Games on 30 October 2009
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As someone who spent 3 years working at a GameStop through high school, this doesn't sound out of the ordinary at all. Every year GameStop stores hire 3-4 seasonal people, and then the GameStop corporate office cuts back on how many hours a store can have to compensate for paying more employees.
I am so glad I am no longer working in retail.