For a lot of film screenplays, the project is passed through many writers. They will each make small changes here and there, but only the last person (or team of people) who lay their hands on the screenplay will get the credit. I guess the video game industry is finally starting to catch up.
From what I understood, Barnes and Noble had at one time had a decent chunk of GameStop's stock. They sold it off, but the employee benefits continued. At GameStop, employees get 15% off of everything but new systems. At B&N, it's 40% off of everything. Not a lot of people in either company knew that you got a discount at both places. In a couple of years, I had one B&N employee come in. I was in B&N every other week.
I spent a couple of years managing a GameStop, and had a friend at B&N. He had decent things to say about them. For me, though, above the store manager positions, everyone is completely inept at GameStop. Most of their retail people are inept, too. They say they are structured from the bottom up. Maybe that's how it looks to someone who has their head up their ass. There was immense pressure to sell reservations and subscriptions, and if you didn't meet certain percentages your hours were cut, and eventually you were let go. How sad. The worst part is these idiots don't get commission on any of it, yet they still act like belligerent assholes! Working minimum wage with zero bonuses while being forced to meet quotas. What a joke.
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For a lot of film screenplays, the project is passed through many writers. They will each make small changes here and there, but only the last person (or team of people) who lay their hands on the screenplay will get the credit. I guess the video game industry is finally starting to catch up.
From what I understood, Barnes and Noble had at one time had a decent chunk of GameStop's stock. They sold it off, but the employee benefits continued. At GameStop, employees get 15% off of everything but new systems. At B&N, it's 40% off of everything. Not a lot of people in either company knew that you got a discount at both places. In a couple of years, I had one B&N employee come in. I was in B&N every other week.
I spent a couple of years managing a GameStop, and had a friend at B&N. He had decent things to say about them. For me, though, above the store manager positions, everyone is completely inept at GameStop. Most of their retail people are inept, too. They say they are structured from the bottom up. Maybe that's how it looks to someone who has their head up their ass. There was immense pressure to sell reservations and subscriptions, and if you didn't meet certain percentages your hours were cut, and eventually you were let go. How sad. The worst part is these idiots don't get commission on any of it, yet they still act like belligerent assholes! Working minimum wage with zero bonuses while being forced to meet quotas. What a joke.