Gamestop Corporation is one of the leading and popular international retailers of entertainment software as well as video games. The company is based in Grapevine,
Texas but it operates numerous stores in other countries like Portugal, Canada, Ireland, Denmark, and Australia.
Some of the job opportunities offered by the companies include store operations management, game advisor, consumer service assistant, and keyholder positions.
To know how much Gamestop pays employees, let us look at the annual salary as well as benefits received by most of the employees of the company.
Salary
How much does Gamestop pay employees? Workers who have been employed in the firm for less than a year receive $6.15 an hour while those who worked for the company for a year get $7.20 an hour.
Employees who have been serving the firm for five years to 10 years get an annual salary of around $20,000 to $30,000.
Those who were promoted to managerial positions get an annual pay of $35,000 to $40,000. In addition to the salary, managers can get bonuses. Most of the time, they receive 10 percent of their annual salary.
Benefits
When it comes to benefits, the employees of Gamestop receive PPO medical insurance, dental insurance as well and vision drugs.
In addition to these benefits, they also have paid holidays, sick days, bereavement pay and jury duty leave.
Aside from these, the workers at the company also receive flexible spending accounts.
Other benefits that the workers receive include long and short-term disability benefits, 401k plans, and tuition reimbursement.
Additionally, the workers have a 15 percent discount at retail stores. Lastly, Gamestop employees get a 30 percent discount at B. Dalton Bookstore as well as Barnes and Noble Bookstore.
Additional Information and Other Important Details
Gamestop Corporation employed at least 33,000 employees worldwide in 2008. Based on the financial report posted by the firm in 2007, the company received an annual revenue of $7.093 billion.
To enhance its sales, the company is planning to open 600 stores worldwide in 2009. In addition, it will open new stores known as MovieStop. These stores will sell more movies than games.
To improve its performance, the company acquired other top-notch companies in the United States like Rhino Video Games as well as EB Games.
With the merger and acquisition of these companies, Gamestop was able to enhance its position in the commercial market.
It was able to broaden its consumer base and improve its annual revenues and profits.