Overall if you're looking for an easy job to do half the week, go in ready to do menial labor. Pros Discount on Store goods and some shops in the Mall. Cons No real break area, Short breaks, Late hours. An amazing place to work with an exciting atmosphere. I helped customers. I changed the batteries. I swapped out games for customers. Pros free drinks. Cons they closed down.
You're pretty much guaranteed to meet like-minded people there, both coworkers and customers. The job can be quite stressful since it's a lot of customer service, but it can also be immensely fun and laid back Unfortunately the Westminster store that this pertains to has since closed.
At the end of the day, video games is a huge market and working within that market to some degree was at times both challenging and frustrating. The saying; You have to spend money to make money is highly prevalent within this industry and constant upgrades were and are needed to stay competitive. Do you enjoy working at your company? Help people considering your employer make a good choice. This job was the best job I have ever had.
Howie's has a great staff as well as the customers. I will never forget my experience at Howie's Game Shack. You think its a great and then it hits you A great place to go and have fun it is a fairly bad place to work. You have to deal with customers and show them how power buttons and keyboards work.
Pros A motley crew of employees. Cons Retail Job. Hands on tech environment working face to face with customers and addressing hardware and networking problems. Great start to a tech field with no experience to get your hands dirty and learn while also engaging with customers. We want to help you find great companies.
Help us be the best! Claim this company page. Want to know more about working here? Ask a question about working or interviewing at Howie's Game Shack. Our community is ready to answer. Ask a Question. Overall rating 4. One person answered. Open since August , Howie's has been doing brisk business and was completely packed during our visit in May. Walking through the aisles of the crowded aisles, we saw gamers blasting their friends in Battlefield 2 and killing Orcs in World of Warcraft.
Almost a dozen different games are loaded onto each computer. Every computer has a headset and some groups of computers have customized Z-Board keyboards for certain games like Battlefield 2. Console players flock to the Xbox stations connected to large plasma screens, along with comfortable lounge chairs.
You would think that it would be easy to find a seat with computers, but this author waited 30 minutes for a computer station to open up. Space is scarce, as families and groups of friends routinely come in and reserve banks of machines. During our visit, we noticed one family that that came in for a birthday party and a group of friends raiding Black Wing Lair in World of Warcraft.
The Warcraft players told us that playing at Howie's made sense, since they could shout commands to each other and "smack each other's head", rather than typing on the keyboard. The company's executives and developers rented out Howie's and gave away cheap gameplay, along with prizes to loyal gamers. Jonathan Wendel, known as Fatality in the gamer scene, also made an appearance at the event.. Howie Makler, owner of Howie's Game Shack, gave us a tour of the network room - combining five T1 lines - and explained how difficult it was to run the place.
There are considerable expenses in running all the computers. He also has to continuously upgrade obsolete computers and components. First time visitors create an account by swiping their right index finger on a biometric scanner and depositing money. Your finger serves as your ID for further deposits and purchases.
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