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Browse all Compensation Trends Articles. Cons Management. Yes There are 17 helpful reviews 17 No There are 4 unhelpful reviews 4. Running a shop can be a great introduction into a management role. Though in future interviews you will struggle when they ask how many staff you've lead as you won't have any in the current iteration of the business model. The pay was middling, but the benefits were excellent.

Years ago there was a strong culture of fear, and a huge disconnect with how to make money in the store. For example; I had a deal with a local movie theater during the opening weekend of "The Hobbit" years ago to set up in their lobby with a huge display table, and demo board to recruit customers, as GW had a licensed "The Hobbit" game. They were projecting having 5, people pass through that weekend, where as I was consistently getting 2 demo games from the low foot traffic of my store.

I had everything all set, including community volunteers and a huge display designed to promote the hobby and drive my sales. All I needed was to get clearance for my on-call staff member to cover the store Friday and Saturday night, or even close down early for this special, one time event. I was told "No. You need to focus on running demo games in your store.

I jumped our core set sales from 3 a month to 17 the next month. The favoritism was tragically open. Once I knew a manager who turned his store into the top performing standard store in the country.

When somebody else with an underperforming store won Manager of the - more Pros Great benefits, employee discount, and you work in a game store. Cons Middling to low pay for management, advancement requires relocation to hq and is rare, "Good Ole Boy" culture with blatantly obvious favoritism. Yes There are 4 helpful reviews 4 No. Pros vacation days, insurance benefits.

Great place to work. Day to day tasks are manageable and quite fun. Pay could be improved, but is fair. The stand-out compensation is the medical benefits, especially if you have a family. Good opportunity for pay bonuses, though little to no opportunity for advancement. Central management does it's best, but often times feels unorganized and reactionary. A great place to work. Great people, great culture, great office location in the DFW.

This is a wonderful place to work. Very minimal room for advancement. Pros Great Benefits , great management and staff. Yes There are 1 helpful reviews 1 No There are 3 unhelpful reviews 3. Jobs at Games Workshop. Account Manager. Sales Representative. Store Manager. I loved working for Games Workshop, the reason I left was because we had to move across the country.

As a Store Manager, you are kind of on your own, as long as your store is making money then they pretty much leave you alone. The one detractor is really there isn't much room for advancement, there really isn't a corporate ladder to climb.

Pros Great Job, awesome discounts, amazing benefits. Cons working weekends, no advancement. Amazing company to work for. Great benefits, can't stress that enough - UK based so extremely generous. Great atmosphere, super laid and easy going. But there's not growth, all of the higher level positions are in the UK. Yes There are 3 helpful reviews 3 No There are 1 unhelpful reviews 1. You will be running a store by yourself, with the nearest help hundreds of miles and a phone call or email away.

If you are not an aggressive sales person, you will not fare well at this job. They give you tips, but the more aggressive you are, the better you will do. Pros Good health benefits , paid time off. Cons Niche hobby, solo management work. Yes There are 6 helpful reviews 6 No There are 3 unhelpful reviews 3. Fun place to work if you're an enthusiast. Casual, but excellent benefits.

Perks are not too bad either. Limited advancement. Yes There are 5 helpful reviews 5 No There are 1 unhelpful reviews 1. A good place to work given some notable limitations. Even the most cursory research will probably paint a very mixed view of the working culture at Games Workshop. If this raises concern for you, then I can tell you right now that any pros or cons you will see stem from the company's unique business model.

The stores are, at time of writing, mostly one-man shows. The other significant aspect of the business model is the company's vision of the stores as "hobby centers. All of this alters the usual perspectives on work environment and management. You essentially have no coworkers, but you will see core groups of regulars on a weekly basis, so learning to "work" with them becomes a must since ideally, you want them to be customers on a regular basis as well.

Also, as mentioned, you are the management--at the local level. There is literally no one looking over your shoulder for months at a time.

So consider the pros and cons of that. Whether or not you can thrive in this culture will be entirely up to what you are suited for.

That being said, there are several straightforward pros and cons. See the separate fields for those. Pros Good compensation, excellent benefits , high level of autonomy. Yes There are 19 helpful reviews 19 No There are 1 unhelpful reviews 1.

In North America, the regional managers would summon the store managers to a meeting and select one at random to perform 'commissar's summary execution' on their lowest selling employee and some poor schmuck would find themselves sacked due to low sales for the month.

It's a strange bullying culture of blame and almost entirely the antithesis of modern corporate management thinking, which should be about team building and mutual support. But then the store and regional managers are a strange bunch, whilst I have no doubt there are some great ones, too many are the result of this very peculiar and almost religious love of the company some folks exhibit coupled with the furious attrition rate.

It leaves the company promoting fanatical yes men who seem to thrive on firing people and dishing out punishments as the gak cascades down from the Nottingham Reichstag. It is bad form to ask at the telephone interview as this is only a vetting stage.

However this should be covered in full by the interviewer during the interview and this is laid out in most good practice guidelines.

You should also know about the holiday blocking which will mean you cannot take time off during school holidays in the UK. I worked for GW for 6 years and to be fair the current managers pay they are offering is the same as they paid 10 years ago when i was made redundant. The cell manager pay i got was much better. In when i joined we got all new rule books free of charge. I will say that manager on your CV only works if you have a proper headcount reporting to you. A one man store operation really means nothing, they are currently paying sales assistant money for sales assistant responsibility levels.

I would not employ an ex manager at this level in any level of responsibility i'm afraid to say. Dakka 5. Member List. Recent Topics. Top Rated Topics. Forum Tools Forum Tools Search. Games Workshop pay and benefits. Forum Index » Dakka Discussions. Subject: Advert. You do know using your discount for your friends is an instant dismissal right? With GW 's Gestapo esq. So they're going to follow you home, and watch you personally open, build and paint your stuff, then make sure only you use it in games?

Um, yes. His area manager wanted to go through his stuff and make sure it matched with the order forms to make sure nothing was sold on. He has been my friend for many years and I was there when he was confronted about this at work.

Their Inquisition yes, they really call themselves that has been known in the past for "virus bombing" problem stores and getting rid of all of the staff in one fell swoop. From your profile, I see that your Running a store is a big responsibility, and something you can put on your resume later.

If your title is store manager, it isn't disingenuous to say so, despite what other posters may have said. Living with the folks for now? Roomates in an apartment? Using this to help pay your way through school? Make sure you're thinking everything through. Best of luck, either way! Agreed, definitely sounds like a good resume builder, especially if you're only no disrespect intended It's possible to live on your own on 25k, but it's hard.