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.

  • rmuk@feddit.uk
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    7 months ago

    GAME is owned by Frasers Group, chaired by Mike Ashlee who is probably the most sinister, self-indulgent asshole you’ve never heard of. This is all very, very on-brand for him. I worked for his company’s head office for a month and that was enough to make me realise I couldn’t stand him or his practices.