GAME no longer stocking EA Games..

[Regia]

Apparently GAME could be out of administration by as early as tomorrow.

[Cactus Drags]

It's soul-destroying seeing all these pictures pop up on Twitter of all these emptied stores. They get a lot of gip for being robots and not knowing what they're talking about (which I've generally found to be bullshit on both counts), but no one can question their heart or dedication. I hope they all find work soon.

[Colly]

It's soul-destroying seeing all these pictures pop up on Twitter of all these emptied stores. They get a lot of gip for being robots and not knowing what they're talking about (which I've generally found to be bullshit on both counts), but no one can question their heart or dedication. I hope they all find work soon.

Come on, I've all sympathy for people at risk of job losses, I went through it myself recently, but 'no one can question their heart and dedication?' They aren't exactly being carried home through Wootton Bassett, they might be losing their very low paid shop jobs. Worse things have happened.

[Frederick Jameson]

It's soul-destroying seeing all these pictures pop up on Twitter of all these emptied stores. They get a lot of gip for being robots and not knowing what they're talking about (which I've generally found to be bullshit on both counts), but no one can question their heart or dedication. I hope they all find work soon.

Come on, I've all sympathy for people at risk of job losses, I went through it myself recently, but 'no one can question their heart and dedication?' They aren't exactly being carried home through Wootton Bassett, they might be losing their very low paid shop jobs. Worse things have happened.

One of the staff members at my local one got home the day she was fired only to have her boyfriend walk out on her taking pretty much everything they owned

[Colly]

Which is horrible, but I hardly think you can blame his actions on the board of Game.

[Frederick Jameson]

Which is horrible, but I hardly think you can blame his actions on the board of Game.

I didn't

[Liam]

Which is horrible, but I hardly think you can blame his actions on the board of Game.

I didn't

But you did quote his post, which suggested some link.

It was a fairly random reply, take it that way.

[Frederick Jameson]

Which is horrible, but I hardly think you can blame his actions on the board of Game.

I didn't

But you did quote his post, which suggested some link.

It was a fairly random reply, take it that way.

I was more trying to point out even some staff members have got it even worse off.

[Colly]

Bad things occasionally happen to people is hardly postworthy surely. With a workforce that large I'd already assumed that not everyone's life is perfect, because that's life.

[deli]

Game is still alive!

[Hobo]

Nearly two thousand former GAME and Gamestation staff in the UK have only discovered today that they will not receive either payment for their notice periods or redundancy.

Staff at GAME's Northern Irish stores were given the same bad news earlier this week.

What has irked most for those who received confirmation in the UK, however, is that their letters from PwC confirming the situation have arrived exactly one day after the vast majority of them have finished their last day of work.

GAME went into administration last Monday.

“PwC sent out forms to all staff, got mine today,” former GAME worker Russell Adams told MCV. “Conveniently the day AFTER we finished work saying we've to claim wages. Absolute joke, could take seven weeks!”

Another reader added: “We were told we could claim back what they didn't pay, not really true, statutory notice pay lot less than in my contract!”

Although existing staff are unsurprisingly relieved that it seems what remains of The GAME Group will exit administration early next week, those without a shop to return to have also expressed annoyance that they will go unpaid while the business continues to trade.

This all occurs on the backdrop of ongoing protest in Ireland, where some sacked workers continue their sit-in protest at closed stores.

“We have yet to receive formal written communication from GAME or PricewaterhouseCooper, their appointed administrator in the United Kingdom,” the latest statement from the Irish group, released today, claims.

“GAME or PricewaterhouseCooper did not give GAME Employees statutory notice of these events, which is required in Ireland, and further to this, we have been told that we will not be paid any of our statutory entitlements by GAME or PricewaterhouseCooper and we should apply directly to the Irish Government in order to receive them.

“In fact they said to apply to the government and gave us a UK government web link because they could not be bothered to remember that the Republic of Ireland is a different jurisdiction. Currently, our people are actively engaged in sit-in protests in 11 of our stores as an objection to the treatment we have received.

“GAME employees risk losing their homes and the security they provide for their families. As you can imagine, staff are frightened and anxious for their futures. We are also worried for the futures of the next Irish workers that will be put into this same situation.

“The Irish economy cannot sustain itself as it currently stands, never mind having to pay what is legally due to Irish workers of foreign businesses and branches of such who leave the country rather than fulfil their obligations.”

Source.

[Cactus Drags]

It's soul-destroying seeing all these pictures pop up on Twitter of all these emptied stores. They get a lot of gip for being robots and not knowing what they're talking about (which I've generally found to be bullshit on both counts), but no one can question their heart or dedication. I hope they all find work soon.

Come on, I've all sympathy for people at risk of job losses, I went through it myself recently, but 'no one can question their heart and dedication?' They aren't exactly being carried home through Wootton Bassett, they might be losing their very low paid shop jobs. Worse things have happened.

Fuck off.

The amount of shit I see GAME/GS staff get online for being robotic, trying to upsell too much, not caring and generally not knowing what they're talking about is ridiculous. I generally find that not to be the case at all. Sure, it's gotten a little bit phoneshoppy over the past couple of years, but that's the fault of the guys upstairs, not us on the shop floor. And the guys I've come to work with and known from other stores the past 5 years have been knowledgeable, friendly and dedicated to their jobs. Retail staff in general get dumped on pretty hard, and getting messed around and made redundant flat out sucks. And yet they still turned up every day last week to help pack everything off and sent to other stores, despite getting further messed around with missing administrators and late delivery drivers.

Just fuck off.

[Bobfoc]

EA games are now available at GAME, meaning that this thread has (sort of) gone full-circle.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I've always liked Gamestation employees, after all I was one for a while and I thought we were friendly and went out of our way to help people out.

Always hated the higher powers after the GAME takeover though. They're terrible.

[DavidMarrio]

The people in Gamestation and Game always seem helpful and friendly whenever I have been, never went out thinking anything bad of them or the service they have given. So I can't really say anything bad about the people working in the shops.

[Cactus Drags]

I've always liked Gamestation employees, after all I was one for a while and I thought we were friendly and went out of our way to help people out.

Always hated the higher powers after the GAME takeover though. They're terrible.

New guy at the top is the guy who was in charge of Gamestation before getting forced out during the GAME takeover.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

He was alright. I always remember that a lot of people were disappointed to hear he was going to be kicked out and that the Game lady was in charge.

[EWB's Best Poster.]

Game australia is now in administration. 500 employees.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/game-australia-enters-voluntary-administration/

[Plubby]

Voluntary administration =/= bankruptcy. Sigh.

[OctoberRaven]

The amount of shit I see GAME/GS staff get online for being robotic, trying to upsell too much, not caring and generally not knowing what they're talking about is ridiculous. I generally find that not to be the case at all.

I don't know about those places, but GameStop gets the same shit that you just described and I've never had those issues in any GameStop I've ever been in. They have great salespeople personalities, very knowledgable even about JRPGS and shit, and apart from being asked if I want to preorder anything (which is really no different from a restuarant mentioning the specials), never had someone try to upsell me.

No shit, I've walked into a store, asked if they had a certain RPG, and before I can even finish saying the title of that game, they bring it up from behind the counter. That's fucking awesome service there. And if one store doesn't have a certain game, they'll look for nearby places that show they have it in stock for you.

Some people just want to bitch for the sake of bitching, I guess.