Staff members were told of GAME’s impending change to force staff onto zero hours contracts, first reported yesterday by Eurogamer, via mass video calls held on Microsoft Teams.
The company’s various Area Managers - exempt from the change - held the calls yesterday, with local employees instructed to join. Multiple staff in the calls have told Eurogamer the meetings were brief, with the Area Managers reading from a script, and no oppurtunity given to ask questions.
At the end of the call, staff were told they would either be stepping down to the “Cast Member” zero hours contract or made redundant, following a meeting with their “Cluster Manager” - the firm’s next management level down from Area Manager.
Never heard of GAME before because I’m in North America but what an absolutely shitty thing to do.
Game used to huge here in the UK but have followed the same decline path as gamestop in the us. To the point I used to think they were the same company.
A couple yrs ago they were reduced to a corner of sports direct shop floorvwith most if not all of the stores shut.
This is not a supprise if I’m honest especially after they announced they were getting out of the pre owned market