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\nStaff members were told of GAME’s impending change to force staff onto zero hours contracts<\/a>, first reported yesterday by Eurogamer, via mass video calls held on Microsoft Teams.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe 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.\n<\/p>\n

\nAt 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.\n<\/p>\n

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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. 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