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GameStop allegedly fired a gay employee after he reported a coworker’s threats (www.lgbtqnation.com)
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When Blade later texted Watson to ask why he was being fired when she knew Espinoza’s allegations were false, she allegedly responded, “you people are always so problematic and dramatic. Move on and live with your sin. You are no longer part of GameStop, so I don’t care. Just go away and get right with God.”

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[–] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sounds like this is only a GameStop issue if they don't hold that psychotic manager accountable. Title is pretty disingenuous. I'll be watching to see what kind of action GameStop takes against the manager and how they make the fired employee whole though.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Title is pretty disingenuous.

    Eh, management represents the company, even more so than standard employees do. What management does, they do in GameStop's name.

    Now, that doesn't mean corporate can't step in and try to correct this. They can redeem themselves pretty easily by firing the shit manager and trying to appease and bring back the fired employee. But as it stands, the action was taken in their name, and they have not yet course corrected.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Yeah you're not wrong. I just want to hold my judgement and not trash GS as a whole until I see the response. I like their business but will stop patronizing if they don't handle this.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    In my opinion, it's not a good look that the manager felt comfortable doing this, not just that they did it. It's suggestive of culture or climate in management. Maybe just regionally instead of corporate wide, but they apparently weren't worried about it getting back to their boss.

    That said, no hiring process is perfect, and sometimes, people do genuinely wild stuff and are shocked when the obvious consequences happen. GameStop as a whole still has every opportunity to redeem themselves, and I wouldn't be very surprised if they do, but this does kind of put them on the back foot.

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