GameStop is struggling to remain in business the last few years. According to a leaked GameStop corporate memo, the company had plans to remain open during the Covid-19 outbreak. The memo posted contained the following.
“Due to the products we carry that enable and enhance our customers’ experience in working from home, we believe GameStop is classified as essential retail and therefore is able to remain open during this time. We have received reports of local authorities visiting stores in an attempt to enforce closure despite our classification. Store Managers are approved to provide the document linked below to law enforcement as needed”.
As you probably thought, this did not go so well. Several alleged managers and other staff have quit their jobs. According to Vice, five GameStop staff from all over US, have also confirmed they received the memo.
Shortly after the news, GameStop issued a tweet and a statement reassuring the public that they’re taking preventative measures. They will allow ten customers at a time, with a six foot parameter between checkout lines and customers. They will also reduce opening times to 12:00PM until 08:00PM.
If you want to find out more, you can read the whole article here.
Thanks NicheGamer.
UPDATE:
GameStop is finally closing its stores.
Here's the letter GameStop CEO George Sherman just sent to all of the retailer's staff, explaining the new "curbside delivery" system and promising extra pay and PTO for employees. pic.twitter.com/grOCgkjWPh
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“we believe GameStop is classified as essential retail”
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“According to VICE”
smh
Linked article by Patrick Klepek, Waypoint.
Double smh
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Well, stay safe.
videogames, so essential.
Do the math people. The more kids playing video games the more people staying inside and not going out. It’s just a slight risk to have any business open but it overall decreases the risk for everyone. Kids are going to be the ones that are taking this less serious to make keep them occupied.
The upper management that run GameStop will survive the possible closures just fine. The company will likely survive to reopen later on. It’s the employees that will be hurt from the possible closures. I’m certain that they won’t be on paid leave.
Here in the US there is being made an effort to beef up unemployment compensation but that’s not enough to get by on long term. The latest estimate is that unemployment could possibly rise to 20% here.
To put that in perspective the highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression was 25%. The unemployment rate during the recession of the late 2000s never went over 10%.
pc gamers buy games digitally, i couldn’t care less about console f4gs dying.
“we believe GameStop is classified as essential retail”
facepalm.jpg
“According to VICE”
smh
Linked article by Patrick Klepek, Waypoint.
Double smh
Essential ?! For who ? PS2 owners ??
Indeed, unnecessary stores should be closed immediately during the outbreak.
A GameStop is barely 18 feet wide out here … Wonder how the distancing will work
who cares
Don’t console gamers buy their games online also?
GameStop is about as essential right now as a screen door on a submarine.
they are doing this with a lot of “essential” jobs. example, you make something that belongs to something that makes something, etc, etc, you are considered “essential”, even if you are not actively making it, if you did in the past a lot of business owners say they are “essential” because of it. people will eventually stop showing up for work if it starts getting bad and they are forced to shut down or someone gets infected, that’s another way.
Gamestop employees, if gamestop tells you to come into work. Tell them to f*k off. Its a bulls**t minimum wage job for a company thats not going to be around in a few years
Update: GameStop closing all stores as of March 22 due to coronavirus
Source : https://nintendoeverything.com/gamestop-closing-all-stores-as-of-march-22-due-to-coronavirus/
They tried to pull some hilarious BS saying that because they sell ipads and phones that they are an essential store to get productivity tools. Be serious GameStop, no one has ever bought a tablet or phone from your store, ever. Not anyone with a job, for sure.