Gamestop Got Me Fired | My Response and Full Story
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So you can now put GameStop on a full BLAST. Leave nothing out
Right except the longer he does that then the longer that the channel will be a liability.
I don't think he did.
True.
@@jasonscottjenkins The entire channel is him blasting his old employer lol Heck in this video alone "robbing children and people who dont speak english". Which that is up to the employee themselves to do, that isnt in any of their employee training or manuals.
Not if he starts his own business out of this..... People need to get off the corporate hamster wheel. FUCK these companies. Make money for yourself WHILE exposing them! It's either that or suck up to the corporate dick. I paid off my bills and made the decision to work for myself. Fuck answering to someone else, that shits for the birds...If you have very little liability money wise, you can do, live and say as you see fit. It's beautiful and the way life SHOULD be lived!
Take solace in knowing you aren't $820 million dollars in debt. You will outlive Gamestop.
aged poorly
You: Gamestop got me fired. So now I have tons of free time and can make more videos to bring down Gamestop.
Gamestop: Well that move backfired on us....
But this guy means nothing to gamestop. See, they have much bigger woes. Of the financial variety. Stockholders jumping ship. Stores are closing. And it has NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS POSING PUCKERED ASSHOLE.
F!!! GS up their A!!!!!
@@normallyimnuts767 has GameStop threatened your job if you didn't make this comment... It's ok we'll defeat them, and we'll save you
@@normallyimnuts767 gamestop hacked him
@@normallyimnuts767 you must stupid as hell, of course he has nothing to do with there financial crisis, if they have been pursuing this man its because of the internal things he knows since he worked, i worked at gamestop for 1 year, and there shady as fuck. Sit down and enjoy the next video where you may learn something.
This dude is one kick in the nuts away from sounding exactly like Cleveland Brown...
Oooh nyoooooooo
Lmao I literally spit a little coffee out reading this
I literally started laughing out loud. That’s an awesome comment.
That's hilarious I was sitting next to my wife and she asked if that was Cleveland when the video started.
HAHA
GameStop is like the crazy ex girlfriend that’s stalking you, and won’t leave you alone.
I feel ya
Who's making videos of who?
*Alejandro Rodriguez* : : ::: Well I wouldn't go that far,but it might be one of those things comes close.
Wow gamestop picking on someone 30k and blaming him for everything gamestop should die
Thx for all the likes
Damn didn't think I'd start a flame war😂
Mystical Vaporeon that’s exactly what I was thinking
Mystical Vaporeon. They’re it’s just a matter of time now.
@Kent Drummond you mad, puppet? You think gamestop gives two shits about you?
They are a baby and throwing their toys out the pram. Other youtubers are doing the same kind of thing and their not getting hit?
GameStop just killed itself. Only the ignorant or desperate will shop there. Been digital only for at least a couple years now.
"Do you think this is funny?"
"You mean outting my employers for actively scamming people? You guys don't scam people. You are not in violation of the law. That is why I won't talk about you."
They scam the employees pretty good.
As a former GameStop employee myself everything Camelot has said about GameStop is 150% accurate
Is that 50% a lie but becomes true?
No what he says is true. As a former employee I can say that the DM has told us to do whatever it takes to get the customer to get all the other things like gpg warranty pro card and lie if we had to. Definitely shady practices
Mann most retailers are pretty shady it truly depends on the individual.
@@peterramirez001 As a current SL at my local Gamestop. I can definitely say, I was never told to lie or propose any shady methods to obtain gpgs, prps and subscriptions. All I was told to do is follow the behaviors and make sure the service is being offered to the guest at the registers or even on the sales floor.
XeroSenpai dude every DM is different and you may say that about your dm but is not the same for everyone especially the stores that are struggling
Is there a T-Shirt that says "Boycott Gamestop" ?
I'd buy one.
same!
Yeah, GameStop sells them. They'll do anything for a buck.
That’s the thing about going online and exposing a company, no other company will ever hire you in fear of you exposing them.
Bingo.
Go apply for unemployment. If they deny it, they have to give a reason for you leaving.
yea but is alabamas 1025 per month really going to do much
@@jaredturner2156 Better than nothing honestly.
jared turner shit I’d take 1025 a month for doing nothing while I’m looking for a job lmfao
@@jaredturner2156 This is to get a reason for release because you know they will try to deny the claim
While clever it's not going to work either they will find any reason but that 1 (I would not hold on to them disclosing the alleged reason of termination)
It probably could give you that unemployment but they will not give the real reason,forget about that they would actually be involved with a lawsuit.
The day GameStop announces they're going out of business do a live celebration video Cody. I will never set foot in a GameStop again and I'll tell other friends not to either.
Maybe they’d have a going out of business sale man. Get them games cheap
Yeah I won’t support them either
Add my name to the list of people no longer shopping at GameStop. What they did was very unethical. @camelot331 is telling the truth and they felt the need to burn him cause they're going belly up no fault of his, they were hemorrhaging money long before these videos went up. F*** GameStop
I am going to go in but only to ask them if they do this kinda shit at their store and see their reactions. Maybe it'll help some of em quit.
This is why companies continue to be involved in illegal and unethical behavior. If no one can tell the truth without the threat of major hardship, it will just continue.
Companies are like Privateers in a sense,sanctioned and protected by the royal assholes lol.
@@cyphaborg6598 Until the company doesn't pay up the tax money, then...yeah just like privateers lol.
I agree that employees should report, but most people are afraid to lose their jobs. There is a law to protect whistleblowers from retaliation but it doesn't seem to be effective at all. The right to work laws are one of the reasons that companies can keep doing this to people. When they can fire someone for anything, how can the law also protect whistle blowers?
@@nikis222 Its a good point. You cant have laws on the books that say "We can fire you for at any time for any reason, or no reason at all" and then continue on to say "Well except..." they are conflicting statements and those conflicts will typically resolve in the favor of the party in power (the employer)
@@PrettyGuardian And that's pretty screwed considering that there is some companies out there who are doing illegal things that violates their own rules and policies in the first place due to negligence and other avarice some people at the top do. For some companies that are doing this, there are supposed to do right by their employees, and yet it's fair when it's okay for employers breaching rules and policies in the first place to terminate others and even blackballing or blacklisting people from potential employers just for doing the right thing to bring this up like they're supposed to.
"We aren't required to tell you why you are fired" I've heard that before. Teachers are on contract every year and I remember my first year of teaching. I had some of the highest student achievement and they brought me in 2 weeks before the end of the school year and they said, "We aren't going to have you back next year" and I asked why, and they said, "Legally we aren't obligated to tell you." Being fired is one thing, but it's extra crappy when you have no idea why they come to that conclusion.
"Don't think of it as a termination, think of it as a separation" what the hell, man? It's like they just saw that meme "haha you've been promoted to customer" and said "yeah, that's how we'll fire people"
As an ex-ASM of a a GameStop, I support you 100%. A company threatening or firing someone for exposing wrongdoing of a company should be encouraged! And if you are needing a cooberating witness that GameStop did in fact do the things you’ve talked about, I will testify!
Just know your gunna have more subs then gamestop has stores in the next 2 years
Doesnt gamestop have like 6000 stores worldwide? Or am I mixing gamestop up with something else 🤔
@@jauua3494 6,000 seems low. I see gamestops everywhere.
@@jauua3494 yea but they are filing for bankruptcy.
@@roflrofl1234rofl 6000 is very high for a number of retail outlets for any store.
Kid goku he’s my second cousin
Fun fact: when you're on unemployment, you are considered a dislocated worker. You can be eligible for pell grants that will pay for a big part of college tuition. Never work retail again.
Where did you get this information from? I never heard of that.
yup, if it's due to no fault of your own. but you can get out of dislocated worker status if you apply for a job and don't accept it if the job gives you an offer of employment
@@seekertosecrets I did it. I also worked for Gamestop for many years. Fired for no good reason. When I went on unemployment, I looked into my local community college. I was able to get $5800 a year in Pell Grant money, which covered all my school. Also, since I was going to school full-time, I didn't have to search for a job. So all I had to worry about was school (since my wife worked). I went on to get 2 AAS degrees and a BS covered by Pell (except my last semester of my BS). 3 degrees, and I spent like $3k out of pocket. If Gamestop wasn't such a shitty company, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to go to school like that.
Based on HR's response, it seems to me that if the told you the reason that they terminated you, it could be legally actionable. You may wish to confer with an attorney who is well versed in employment law for your state.
This is also worthy of bringing up to the attorney who may be representing you in the event your former coworker decides to follow through with the civil litigation he had threatened.
That’s what I was thinking cause unless Camelot had spoken directly about the company he was employed at this would be considered wrongful termination cause he spoke on GameStop not his current employer which means they fired him solely out of fear and it was illegal
Wal-Mart fired me because I told my manager I wouldn't go to his church.
Thats against the law
@@cocoabuttaflyy I know but no proof.
@@smartwatchonpluto If you kindly declind the offer you shouldn't have lost you job
+Lainie Bae they can fire you for anything and don't need to give a reason.
But they shouldn’t talk about religion at work. It should be illegal. The break room was ALWAYS playing christian movies and employees screaming church music. I believe everyone can have their own beliefs but it’s unprofessional
Get this guy on the front page of reddit
Edit:I'm worried about this guy after that outro
I hope the $40/month in AdSense revenue and props in Discord are worth being unemployable..
Erinn Shannon could easily start a business think bigger weirdo
@@UnsensoredGaming yeah, a business where he complains about everything and always plays the victim. Oh wait, he's already done that..
@@vanillatornado8390 Sure bud, hope your day is going good.
@@vanillatornado8390 found the GameStop shill
No he is not dumb sue game stop for slander! He told you that a former employer called up and actively slandered your name! That is 100% illegal! Contact a lawyer now!!!!
Slander is the hardest thing to prove. If anything GameStop can sue him for slander
The thing about slander is that it's not slander If its true
Not slander though unless you can prove they lied about him and usually it needs to be a public statement. A bad opinion of someone is not illegal
@@Mike-fo2uh yes slander can be hard to prove but the thing with slander is this. Its slander if you go forth with a false statement of fact with malicious intent to damage a person's reputation. It's the same as libel but libel is written. Now an employer can depending on the state share some information about the former employee like we fired him or her for being tardy too many times ect. Now directly contacting a former employee's new place of work an directly being the cause of there termination is grounds for more then just a defamation suit. Your also looking at harassment. And then you can also sue for any number of things such as emotional distress lost wadges ect. And in this case it can be proved by getting a subpoena for the phone records of the people in question you have multiple people saying they have been questioned about the person in question. All you have to do is prove to a judge that there is enough evidence to make the claim he was targeted and slandered costing him time and money.
@@willdta1 ok. Well they have basically called up an said he is lying. Witch falls under defamation witch is slander. Now had his current employer called up game stop and asked it's another story but if game stop contacted them they have screwed the pooch so to speak.
It’s called an exit interview. That’s usually used for an employee to criticize the organization before leaving.
Most retail companies use them. I know at the electronics retailer I work for the management is SUPPOSED to conduct an exit interview but only like 1% of the time do they. In my experience, the stores do not want the corporate people to know about the things going on there and why people criticize.
Exit interview : "Now that ur fired how can we make it a better place for ur replacement?"
A friend i had in a guild i joined demanded a phone exit interview when i told her i was leaving the guild. Lmao......
hmmm, for me the exit interview was conducted because I chose to leave a company and they wanted to know why. For the record I didn't hold back.
Chris halling that’s what internet reviews do to help the public. I’m graduating college in a couple of weeks, when I find a new employer I plan on asking for an exit interview.
Not that it would have prevented the "separation", but the right answer to their question about bad-mouthing them would have been, "I cannot bad-mouth a company that is doing nothing wrong. Are you admitting that the company is doing something wrong?" There would have been a whole lot of nervous hand-wringing over that.
I worked at Walmart back when I was 17 like 12 years ago and you hit the nail on the head as far as training is concerned. Was there for two weeks before my boss even realized I had started.
I really really hope GameStop burns in hell for this. Sorry man
Gamestop is a company. How do u expect a company to go to hell?
@@bobsaget3209 was thinking the same thing
Good luck on finding a new job brother. GameStop is like a bad stalker
You were destined to be famous
So sayeth the algorithm
Gamestop: We got him fired, surely he can take a hint now
The legendary Camelot: I'm about to end this man's whole career...
I was waiting for a EM reference.
Gamestops last dying breath: Take as many mofos down with us
As for Wal-Mart, I KNOW that is true, I have a good friend that is a manager in Electronics at a Wal-Mart, and he confirms it is a total shit show....
Electronics at our walmart is always understaffed and everyone wants to leave it lol.
@@Bug_Berry "wanting to leave" Isnt that everyone at walmart though(or pretty much every retail job)?
@@jaredturner2156 I meant the department and move to another one, but yes you are correct.
jared turner deli is kind of nice break when it’s dead. You’re getting paid to stand in one spot lol
@@Gokulosestoavirus to be fair that is similar to a lot of retail. I know gamestop is similar on certain days. I remember after price changes on wednesday my gamestop was super dead. " having 2 customer between 10am-4pm keeps the employees super busy" lol
I'm almost certain this is illegal. I think it's called Retaliation and you can and should sue them
V hard to prove though.
This was done anonymously,the company that fired him now is not going to (in their eyes) waste money on a liability.
Unfortunately he cant if his company did an investigation and deemed his videos are against the companies views. The thing people keep forgetting is that when you are working for a company on the clock or off you still represent the company. The crazy part is that we see this happen time and time again but in those cases people side with the companies decision but just because someone may have the same sentiment now all of the sudden the company is wrong. I'm sorry to say but this was his own doing. He probably wouldn't have gotten fired if his videos didn't contain any trackable information and events but they did and now it caught up to him. It's sad that he got fired for it but if you keep poking the perverbal wasp nest sooner or later you're gonna get stung.
My advice if you want to gripe about the places you worked alter the stories in such a way that any events described is not 1:1. Because companies can track these events and investigate them.
And to add one more thing. His Walmart video will only make matters worse for him in the long run. He might actually end up having a harder time finding a job.
He could work in a right to work state, which means that the employer doesn't need a reason to fire someone.
God forbid we use our first amendment, but this all cane down to your video about Walmart. Most companies have a policy of no talking trash about the company, customers, or vendors on social media. I had a similar situation happen to me at my last job.
It's this.. And if GameStop had anything to do with it at all, it was probably just a phone call like "Hey, watch this video of your new guy bagging on your biggest client."
Dont forget that when you work for a company you represent that company on clock or off. If they deem your public videos as not representative of the company's views and values they can see you as a liability and can fire you for that reason. We see this happen often. His mistake was making videos about events that actually happened and was documented thus he was easily tracked.
Unforunately, first amendment right is between state and citizen. It does not cover between employer and employee. Just covered this in a hr class.
1st amendment protects you from the government. Not from a company. You can bad mouth the government, hell even bad mouth Trump, and you are protected.
@@Booplesn00tgaming That's actually illegal, your former employers can't contact your current employer and say jackshit about you.
Dude, if you start a GoFundMe for legal representation I will absolutely donate.
SAME
He can't though. He 100% did this to himself. I don't know if you've ever had a job before but there's a reason managers ask about your prior boss and job. We don't want to hire people who are trouble, this dude went to the internet talked a bunch of shit and defaced a company he worked for. So his new company saw this and realized he was trouble, so they fired him. There are repercussions for your actions. He wants to point the blame at everyone but himself, he's a troll. Talks shit until he's confronted and then he back peddles.
Androidbrotherhood1 No you bootlicker, he’s not defacing a company, he’s exposing how corrupt their business practices were and still are. This new company he worked for is spineless and doesn’t like anyone that “rocks the shitty boat”. Go away you shill.
+Androidbrotherhood1 He exposed a company that clearly mistreats their employees as well as promotes shitty business practices that scam their own customer base. I'd say he did a good job. If your company isn't an actual pile of shit and treat both their employees and customers with reasonable respect, you don't have anything to worry about.
He hasn't even back peddled at all nor is he a troll. Please take your one single brain cell and go somewhere else.
@@Androidbrotherhood1 hahahaha....ur knowledge is funny.
Tell me...did u know that there is a law that protects whistleblowers?
U could be an hr is disguise for all i know.....but u aint even topnotch...ur medocre......no wonders everyone else surpassed you.
If the company that just fired you over the GameStop videos was not hiding any illegal practices within their company, then maybe they wouldn't have been so nervous about having you work for them. If they had nothing to hide, then they would have had nothing to worry about. There's nothing wrong with blowing the whistle on companies committing rip-off crimes like GameStop. You did the right thing by exposing them. Your moral stance will echo into eternity. I would hire as a guy like you, just because you are a hard worker and you have a moral center.
From that companies perspective, they can't be sure if he is telling the truth or not though. Or, if he got fired for another reason, or anything rubbed him the wrong way, he could potentially hurt the company. Thats the catch-22 with being a whistle blower, to do the right thing, you kind of have to fuck yourself.
This is why most people keep quiet about all this kind of shit. It puts their current/future jobs at risk. Companies do not trust someone who can't keep their mouths shut. I hope it works out and that you keep fighting the good fight.
thats almost more of a problem with companies if a company is scared of someone exposing down right wrong practices that borderline on illegal things they should not be companies but ya know the world is a corrupt place
@@Demon09-_- well people make shit up. Look at the woman who got a guy convicted for rape because she dreamt he raped her. Then when he finally gets out because someone else confessed she testified in court to send him back too because her dreams are never wrong. After he spent 20 years in prison for being falsely accused.
If someone is willing to lie for 20 years about rape then they're easily willing to lie about work. Which can then hurt their business
@@backlogbuddies What happens if the guy has a dream that he didn't rape her? Then what? Oh right, the judge and jury would still believe the woman no matter what.
This is the reason I don't talk bad about walmart or target online. My current employment would probably not like it if they found it.
The first amendment allows Camelot to speak freely. If the things he was saying were false, Gamestop would be suing him. It is also illegal for companies to lie and slander an ex employee. Which is why when potential employers contact former employers they can simply answer yes or no to the question of hiring. They cannot go into detail about anything. So Camelot should start a gofundme or ask for donations from Patreon to sue Gamestop for slander and libel.
This dude got fired and divorced all in 3 months holy shit tough break ma
Hes starting an awesome new life chapter. Fuck his old jobs, but I do hope he finds love again.
Terran
Bitch first off he is exposing the dirty shit these underpaying Jobs do
I thought according to tiny badger. His right hand woman that the divorce was 2 years ago
@Terran not everyone enjoys dragging a carriage while wearing blinders.
@Terran, you are right, listen to no one, what you said is 100% correct and I gurantee no one follow's Camelot's lead with their own job.
Hey, I'm that grandpa!
I feel for ya though man. That is a rough break. If ya was here in Oklahoma, I'd do my best to put ya to work. Seems like you have a good work Ethic to me.
Breaking the GameStop NDA and employee handbook also means a disregard of integrity.Responsible ethics would be to internally report the things he saw, not go public years later after he was fired FTFW
@@jordannovak9545 gamestop has no NDA or non compete agreement nice try bud
@@ash99jcw Not to mention, he's been no longer employed with them for a long while now. There's no lifelong NDA that's enforceable from a job. Not like working at Gamestop is a matter of national security.
What kinda work ya got? I’m lookin rn
@@hfc9991 It'll be this fall, but got to get the old farm set up for winter. Then again , come spring, I'll need help as I buy those Mustangs from the Feds, break em, and re sale them as best as I can. The new place is a PITA, as it is mostly Clay out here in Central Oklahoma. Wellston, to be exact.
I got trained at Walmart their training and bosses suck.
The training... you watch videos, cbl they called it.
My bosses yell at my existence and breathing.
But the one redeeming quality is the friends I made.
God I forget how basic storefront training is. It's like two days max lmao. Plus the way people acted was a complete culture shock when coming from the DC. Went from having a week long onboarding to working with people who have never called in unless they were in the hospital and a two week training period that was hands on to a place that "training" was two days and no hands on and a place with so much drama. Take it from me, if you're still in Walmart go to logistics. Much better pay and a much better culture
I'm honestly worried about this fellow.
Don't expose yourself on social media and blasting your former employers. Do it annonymously
James Gentry looks like he is doing fine...
It’s ok Cody we’re gonna make sure you get that TH-cam money soon!
Who else clicked this as fast as you got the notification ?
I waited about 39 minutes
Me
I had to pull over !
Everytime this dude make a GameStop video it reminds me of Bethesda re releasing Skyrim
Nah, he's bizarro Valve... he actually releases new episodes.
Gamestop has certainly lost my business over everything I've been hearing about them the past few months. This just futher solidifies that.
Maybe you should be less of a sheep and do your own research
I'm 99.9% sure that forcing employees to do desk work while clocked out is, like, the definition of wage theft.
Hope everything works out for you. Pretty f*cked up situation. I’m counting the days til GameStop fails 😡
Came here because of cleanprince, I'm subscribing too. Keep doing what you do man!
I remember a manager yelled and threaten to fire me because I didn’t know how to zone it was my first day and no one taught me anything
So what is zone?
That's true employers don't have to give a reason for termination.
That's why you should never go on an social media websites bashing a previous employer and at your new job they're gonna see if you have any social media websites bashing a company, you'll never get hired.
If Gamestop wasn’t guilty of doing what they’re doing they wouldn’t be telling their employees not to talk about their experiences. Which is insane considering you weren’t even working for them when this channel blew up!
That's not really logical. If an employee who gets 800k views on a video even deters 10 percent of the views from buying from gamestop. That's 4.8 million in losses. And you're assuming everything he's saying is truthful which I go by the 60-40 policy. 60 percent true 40 percent exaggerated.
Sneasel007 I worked at GameStop for 4-5 years, I’ve seen the stuff he’s talked about first hand so maybe I’m biased to his side cuz...been there lol
@@SavvyNitro I'm just saying that not allowing employees to talk about your company is smart and doesn't necessarily mean you're not up to shady practices. Never worked at gamestop wouldn't know.
My point is a company is trying to protect its image. If an employee gets 500k views on a video talking smack on them (justified or not), even if 10 percent of people who viewed that video stop shopping there, that's 50k sales there. So it's understandable for companies like gamestop to go after videos like this. Not saying they're not guilty but I understand completely.
@@Darkersneasel It's also illegal. Your former employer can't say shit about you outside of hire dates and would you hire them again.
Copy this video onto your clipboard and post it in the comments of GameStops Facebook page. Some of us have started already.
They're actively trying to bury him, and you're poking a hornet's nest. When this first started, I thought, "nah, they won't sue him", but now I genuinely believe they would waste the money to try and drag him into court in order to bankrupt him, even if it's with legal fees. Don't post these videos on their Facebook.
Do you really think that GameStop hasn't seen this video? If anyone can sue over it it's Cody. What kind of a former company goes to your current employer to get you fired? I'll tell you a morally bankrupt one.
Which means the company that just let you go has some shady practices and they don't want to take the chance of exposure. Blessing in disguise if you ask me.
If you think a 100% honest company exists... you're kidding yourself. People don't want complete honesty, they want to be served.
Sure, they might be shady -- but even if they aren't shady, no business is going to want to have employees known to tell-all after being let go. It's basic legal risk management even for companies that behave ethically.
All I’m saying is people don’t publicly talk crap about a company you still work for the internet is a powerful thing your bosses may find out
He got fired from his new job because of what he said about game stop. If you're going to make a video about it do it annonymously or else you're going to have a hard time sticking around any other company when they eventually find out
James Gentry you see he gets it
The whole "It's very unprofessional of you" is forever ingrained into my mind as an excuse companies use to avoid accountability. Any time a manage uses the word I hear "shield to protect us from being called out on our B.S."
I think your Wal-Mart video did you in. You never talk about a current contract
Amen
I'm pretty sure he made it because he knew he was done.
So you're saying he sabotaged himself? He wasn't fired when he put the Walmart video up. But he didn't mention that in the video. He blamed it all on GameStop. Could you say he would've been able to keep his job had GameStop not been involved. You can't trash a business account with Walmart, that's a huge contract for the company he worked for. Forget GameStop for half a second. Jump off the bandwagon and look at what's going on. He's a great dude but he hasn't made the best decisions
@@LucefieD I've been in that boat before too. I didn't go around talking bad about my company online to 20k fans
awesome dude and I back him on pulling the veil off of gamestop but I have to agree with you. Everyone knows walmart sucks but he should have know better than to have trashed talked his employers source of income. I also think the guy at gamestop who blew this whistle to his last employer is definitely is giving a higher up at gamestop a mouth to south resuscitation.....
So Sorry to they decided to go after you like that man, but I have faith that this is possibly a blessing in disguise. You have a great personality and I can't believe you're still under 100k subs. Keep up the hard work and I'm sure you'll thrive in your own right :)
I think it’s down to the video you put up about walmart and the third party that helped contribute to it camelot. Plus gamestop. But you should get legal action as well.
I'm thinking the same. As soon as I saw the Walmart video I thought he might get in trouble for that.
He said past couple days I'm sure that video was done after the fact that he got fired 👍
I believe he got fired before the Walmart video. I think I remember seeing his post about it before the video.
Yup. Walmart LOVES to go after people for libel.
That Walmart video alone was grounds for termination.
If you had proof that GameStop contacted your employer, you would have a lawsuit against both companies because that's illegal. It violates labor and privacy laws designed to prevent blacklists.
“We wasn’t datin’! I don’t even know you that much!” 😂
Pursue legal action!! That’s seriously effed up!
Depending on where he lives he might not be able to. Right to work states can do this crap.
@@yokaidigital3033 not a lawyer or anything but i saw a video on here about a guy with a similar situation who was able to sue an ex employer that got them fired from their new job by spreading rumors to his new boss.. i think it was called Tortious interference or some such.. if it was me i'd find a scummy lawyer and go after gamestop for slander, emotional distress, loss of income, pretty much just use the spaghetti method the same way cops do against people they arrest.. just throw everything they can at them and see what sticks..
Steven Bakos yeah
@@yokaidigital3033, wouldn't matter. He said the regional manager and DM of Gamestop were traveling stores to basically get dirt on him and get him in trouble.
It's clear they couldn't get any dirt on him legally so made contact with his employer instead. Could easily sue Gamestop over it. The right Lawyer wouldn't even charge money while they did deep diving investigation because they would know the payout at the end of the tunnel should he win the case.
Definitely talk to a lawyer. The employer is probably safe, but Gamestop is probably civilly liable for deliberately getting you fired.
I came here after watching Cleanprincegaming to show my support. Where's the War Chest
I'm willing to bet that they would have been okay with the Gamestop stuff if that was all there was. However if Walmart is their client and one of their employees is bad mouthing Walmart, its their best move to fire the employee and keep the client. Protecting one employee is never going to be as important as good relations with a huge company like Walmart. As soon as that video came out it sealed the deal. That said, it might be a great step forward. Throw yourself into your youtube channel and turn it into a career. You'll probably end up much happier in the end! Good luck, I'll be watching.... >:)
This. He trashed Walmart (how original..) who is paying his company, who is paying him. Very naive to think there would be no blowback. Watching this channel is like watching a goddamn train wreck.
Agreed. The Wal-Mart video with job status in purgatory was not the best of moves :/
Ailpein Lachlann Nobody is making you watch.
the gods of youtube have blessed this channel. i havent been subscribed until just now but all of your videos have been popping up on my feed for months. i remember being a teenager and dreaming of working at gamestop. i ended up working at walmart electronics in my early 20s and it was a lot of fun. being a tech enthusiast i was light years ahead of everyone else. i would usually get drunk on my lunch break (around 8pm) and just walk back and organize the department for 3 hours until it was time to go. ahh, good times.
Here in the Netherlands, when they fire you without a reason, you can actually take legal steps to sue the company who fired you. In our country, you need a solid reason as to why an employee is fired.
I can relate, Walmart did something similar to me because I posted on my Facebook about work.
What happened.
Welcome to the real world bud. Don’t do stupid shit and you won’t get fired.
Unless you're posting positive things that couldn't be misconstrued in anyway... it's generally best to avoid posting about your current job.
@@albundy7459 what's "stupid shit" exactly?
Read your contract before you sign it. Almost every work contract has sections where it specifically says you can’t talk bad about the company. Welcome to reality
GameStop just needs to go out of business already they don’t have to ruin people’s livelihoods just because of their shady business practices. There are some good lawyers out there especially on Twitter that could help
DUDE! you always upload just in time for my lunch breaks. Lunch is awesome with you around
Dude... you went up something like 20k subs in a month. I dip my teabag in your honor, Sir.
I was 100% expecting this when you put out your video about Walmart. Talking about your previous place of work is one thing. Talking about your current is a completely different story
Gamestop is trap I perfer going to mom and pop shops to buy games or just get a real damn good emulator
Did you read the exact contract you signed for the job? Some small print may prevent you from speaking bad about a company or any of their associated companies. Gamestop may have been associated with your current/ex company.
It's doubtful they were affiliated. They got in contact with his HR and probably made him out to be some kind of trouble maker, or worse. Then they probably followed it up with, "He could easily talk about your company in his videos", which seems to be exactly what happened from the questions he was asked in his HR meeting.
@@Helvetica_Scenario
I have to disagree. I don't think gamestop got in contact with his HR. I believe and actually makes more sense that due to the garnered attention we know people also posted and shared his videos everywhere and because he doesn't try to conceal his identity, someone in his company came across his videos contacted HR and they investigated found that his videos went against the company's core values and let him go due to him become a liability for them. of course he would blame gamestop everyone has a extreme distain for gamestop that they will believe that they got him fired. One big red flag that makes him not believable is that after he was let go he made a video about Walmart. that is his company's client.
For everyone that is so quick to say sue his current employer. Non of you are asking if he was a contracted employee with a clause stating they need a reason for dismissal or if he was a at will employee. Like the majority of people are.
If he was an at will employee then he can be terminated for no reason at all. I honestly don't think he should try to go after his employer, because they are just trying to stay out of the situation tbh. I think its time to take on gamestop.
No one is also asking for any actual proof, they are just listening to what he’s saying no actual proof anyone can tell stories like these. Do you honestly think gamestop wouldn’t have gone after the 1000s of other youtubers that have bashed them? But this one guy is special for some reason lmao
Judge lol... What are you a 1L taking contract law lol?
Sue for punative damages, violating the whistleblower act.
He also talked bad about Wal-Mart that companies biggest contract per his admission
Dude I hope you get back on your feet soon. It sounds like you'll be able to get another job super quick.
I am genuinely convinced that big companies are garbage, and the "corporate life" is just a waste of time.
What you expressed when you left Gamestop is EXACTLY how I felt when I walked out of the building at the Dell Campus where I worked. I have had a nagging biased attitude towards big companies since then (and I don't like generalizing). You just validated (along with some other stories I heard) my feelings are not off the mark.
Husband and I stopped shopping there a while ago, but we still had a few pre-orders that were waiting on. Consider that shit canceled. You are GREAT. We love your videos. Keep doing what you're doing!
As soon as they told me I was fired I would have said "okay see you in court." you can sue gamestop and your employer for wrongful termination
Not in his state
@@Djayze He CAN sue gamestop for harassment and retaliation though.
@@NekoYuki
Not if his company did an investigation and found his videos not representative of the company's values and views. Because believe it or not when you work for a company you represent that company regardless if you're on the clock or not.
exactly, these people don't understand the law nor do they have money for a lawyer to begin with. Any real lawyer would not take this case as there is no chance he would win. All his claims on gamestop are baseless.
100% game stop sent it to your current bosses and said this is what he does when he leaves an place and made them scared
What did he think was going to happen, the are too many of these videos and so Gamestop is sending a message. Unless you run your own business your new job is now at risk.
brian allen camelot can sue gamestop for tens of millions. What they did was defamation, and since he didn't sign a non disclosure agreement, several legal experts agree there is no upper limit for how much he can sue gamestop for right now.
@@SelfProclaimedEmperor Not really, bad mouthing your previous employer (no matter how justified) makes you less favorable to any company afterwards. And depending on the state he lives in, it's perfectly legal to terminate an employee without cause (so long as it's not discrimination). Definitely sucks but it's not really all that surprising.
@@SelfProclaimedEmperor You've never had a job before have you? You can't go out and deface previous or current employers. Any company would see hiring a person like him as a risk. If he talks this much shit to wide audience about one job, why wouldn't he do it again? This stuff happens all the time, difference being people think GameStop is evil because it's not going to buy your shitty ass 360 games for $50.
@@Androidbrotherhood1 actually it can be.
Ever since trump came into office...there has been this law called whistleblower rights.
And in any whistleblower situation...no retaliation can occur whatsoever.
Since the gist of his videos involve corrupt business practices (any retaliation cant occur) unless of course they are not found corrupt....no retaliation.
Both his last employer and gamestop could be found guilty of violating rights.
As stated before...it applies to governmental, professional, and almost any form of whistleblowing.
And if theres enough to process....the two corporate entities could be found guilty of violating rights....at a federal level.
If thats the risk...you want to endorse. Keep endorsing violation of whistleblower rights.
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice...and i am not a qualified attorney at law.
But if you feel that you are being violated of rights due to whistleblowing...you should seek legal council.
“I can’t believe 30k of you wanna look at this” *insert tank top footage
We need more people like you to speak out and stop shady shit. Why can't people & companies just be honest? Why is that so hard??
I will never go into or even look at a game stop for as long as I live & will recommend that no one ever goes to that evil place.
A few things:
In most states termination is AT WILL so most companies aren’t required to give a reason to fire you.
Second. This is the problem with having too many friends/associates around. If you put yourself out on TH-cam...making fun of your old job...someone isn’t going to like it. And yeah...they found out info on you...and ratted you out. I feel terrible this happened but people are snakes. They only care about themselves and getting ahead and if that means play PR Russian Roulette they will do so.
Just glad a year-18 months later things are doing okay.
That Walmart video is the real issue. I knew you would catch shit for it as soon as I saw it. You can't talk about who gives you info, your current employer, the companies you work with, etc. I love your videos but you have to be more careful about your subject matter. Hang in there, you are a smart guy, everything will work out. I'l getting layed off on Aug 3rd so I understand how stressful it can be.
Pete Mahaffey
You are correct. What proof does he have GameStop actually did anything? Cause his boss told him hear say? Seems to be it was the wal mart video. If your at will then you be separated from service with no reason given.
Gamestop may have put him on thin ice but he jumped and broke the ice with that vid
Thanks for calling out these shady companies. Much respect for doing what no one dares to
I honestly didn't realize walmart was that bad until I watched you
Bugeekman th-cam.com/video/HQ_V5q6fv5E/w-d-xo.html here a little more bad stuff they do.
Disliked because you hated my thumbnail (jk but still salty)
Ayyy girl! Wanna upload soon?
I’m working at GameStop rn and I’m kind of over it. I already worked liquidations for one retailer, not wanting to do it again and some of the things that have been said to me is awful and really telling.
File a wrongful termination suit. They will have to revel how they got the info that got you fired, what you were fired for, and if it was "upper management" from gamestop they could be held liable for deformation. There are strict rules on what a former employers can and cannot say about a former employee. However it could depend on your local laws.
Cool thanks for the info because I will never shop at gamestop again
And I just spent 200 last week but now ima return it
I stopped going to GameStopER'S years ago!! I support locally owned game stores! No more big companies for me!
Companies are, I believe regardless of state, required to give you a letter of termination for unemployment purposes.
!SR The Used On My Own
Much love!
Yea, he was guiliable. You best believe they'll give unemployment a reason.
If he lives in a "right to work" state they don't have to
But he won’t show the letter nor will he show any proof of the gamestop nonsense
With his accent, he definitely lives in a "right to work" state. Shit, I used to work at a warehouse in a "right to work" state and their working conditions were horrible. Cold as fuck in the winter and hot as fuck in the summer.
@@tisalltrue I, too, live in a right to work state. That legalese states that they can fire you for any reason, or none. But if they don't want him drawing unemployment, they better give a reason. If not, he'll just keep collecting a check.
Bro I was here before 10k you boutta blow up my dude
I was already a very sporadic customer of GameStop but now I will absolutely get my sons gaming needs elsewhere. What a crappy company.
actually I worked at walmart, I worked electronics and ran the wirless department, they trained me pretty good. I'm not saying walmart is a saint, but I was trained, shown how to work the interface after the computer training, they answered every question and always helped me understood the telzone and how it worked, how to find products, online orders and how to find those, how to do inventory and so forth. so yea.
Dude that blows, I've dealt with something like that before (being fired AKA terminated without a real reason).
Don't underestimate the old guys. Some of us have been in the tech game since before you were born. :-)
I have seen old tech guys still not know how to use a smartphone
@@StackingTrucker just because someone doesn't know how to use 1 particular UI, doesn't mean they can't school you on anything else tech-related lol.
CAMELOT: Whats wrong with you people?!
EVERYONE: EVERYTHING!
Yep. No need to give a reason for termination. It’s horrible because you don’t know what you did so you don’t know what to correct at your next job. At least you knew what happened, I don’t & it has seriously impacted my self esteem. PTSD, no question.
It's all on Gamestop. They own EB Games here in Australia and I was quite severely shitcanned from my 2IC position for verified fake compaints when I started taking over my managers position.
You can do better man, this is just crap man. You'll get the last laugh, GameStop ain't gonna last.
You don't think it had anything to do with your "why not to work at Walmart" video, do you?
Wait..... my dyslexia has been reading it as 'CleanPRICEgaming' for how long now?!?! thanks for the correction.
Dude me too lmao.
Same lol
You know you can just sue them for firing you for no reason.
Super Cartoonist and Gamestop for slander
Not if it's a right to work state. They can terminate you based on your skin color. I know cause it happened to me.
I don’t have any videos or such at all on TH-cam. But it is a problem with the online end of our lives. There is limited to no privacy in what happens in our personal life.
I am just a part time Twitch streamer. Now I never discuss my employment and not one of the broadcasts that I do is ever saved as a record. It’s absolutely absurd that employers feel the need to protect their own interests by doing this to anyone, without any regard or what we do in our own personal lives.
I used to express my opinion widely on Facebook, not anymore though. But I have seen people who complained so much about their job everyday, that eventually they were terminated from their job. And to top it, they actually received a phone call from a lawyer requesting all negative posts in reference to the company had to be removed or face a defamation lawsuit. The amount of damage to that persons views and opinions prevented him from gaining employment for over 5 months, and I new the management at the time. They felt it was a huge risk to hire him because of that past behaviour.
I’m in Canada, unfortunately for us there is nothing in place that protects any of us from using our own rights to express free speech. If we apply for work the recruiters are usually checking out our Facebook accounts to see what our opinions and views. I am sorry this happened to you, it doesn’t seem right to me personally.