“Today I cut my pay to $0. I'm committed to laying off 0 of our employees.”

Re:“Today I cut my pay to $0. I'm committed to laying off 0 ... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @12:42PM (#22720359)

It kinda happened with Gamestop here. They tried to classify themselves as essential business first ( I kinda bought the argument btw. - there are people who don't handle isolation well; entertainment helps ), but after backlash all of a sudden delivery @door came into being.

I will add that all of a sudden, I have way more respect for Amazon ( not for their employee practices ; it is a separate can of worms ). Their website just works. I tried to do similar things yesterday on BestBuy I did on Amazon and it was just made purposefully difficult.

In my darker moments, I want some of those companies to fail hard now so that something better may be ushered in. But then I remember people don't behave in a civilized manner then.

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Re:“Today I cut my pay to $0. I'm committed to laying off 0 ... by coding123 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:16PM (#22720663)

I'm kinda curious what role Gamestop would be considered essential when you have alternative ways to purchase games such as Steam, XBox/Playstation stores and just simply Amazon.

At this point it wouldn't be worth the risk to allow people to get games at a slightly better price because it is used at Gamestop.

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Re:“Today I cut my pay to $0. I'm committed to laying off 0 ... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @03:01PM (#22721588)

They carry a lot of portable systems ( psp, various nintendos ). Some people also want physical copies ( me ).I get that internet as a gaming portal is here to stay ( I have Steam and GOG ), but I don't believe single ecommerce site should be the answer.

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