Working for Nintendo

[Moose]

This may be a dumb question:
Would it be worth it to be a sales represenative for Nintendo?

The reason I ask is that there is a full time position open for a Retail Merchantidser in my area. It sounds so tempting. I could just imagine the free, insider Nintendo stuff. What does everyone think?

[Shady Smurf]

personally, i'd look at the pay and benefits, i'd consider the insider stuff just a bonus :-P

[GaijinPunch]

Yeah. That info is basically worthless if you can't buy the games when they come out (or food, heat, etc.). I couldn't imagine any job in a video game company (besides executive, producer, etc.) having very outstanding pay.

It's a realy competitve market, and when it comes down to it, Nintendo is just another big-ass company that probably screws their employees.

[hu6800]

This may be a dumb question:
Would it be worth it to be a sales represenative for Nintendo?

The reason I ask is that there is a full time position open for a Retail Merchantidser in my area. It sounds so tempting. I could just imagine the free, insider Nintendo stuff. What does everyone think?

Nintendo company in CT?
oooooooooooooo k

[Moose]

I went to Nintendo's coorporate website and went to the job search. There were 23 openings in the US, mostly retail merchandisers. One them happened to be for Hartford, CT with a service radius of 40 miles. The job would include driving to different stores and setting up the p.o.p.s and counting inventory, amongst other responsibilities.

[Ed Oscuro]

The job would include driving to different stores and setting up the p.o.p.s and counting inventory, amongst other responsibilities.
Read: being the anal guy who always yells at the kids for stealing standees

No chance you'll be walking away with too much free stuff, unless you want to go dumpster diving along your route.

That said, I think you should try it if you want to, get a feel for whether you have chances to keep stuff that game stores return (big displays and the like). Not sure if that's a good idea if you're worried about your back, though.

I'd also listen to what GP said...yep.

[Achika]

The Nintendo Representatives usually get shirts, pens, office-related-items (pen holders, cups, the like) to use on their routes and give out.

Standees, marketing get tossed out, demos are supposted to be returned P.P. to the company by the retailer. However, when this is supposed to be up as determined by Nintendo, the reps scan it through their portable computer (it's a tad different than a laptop). Sometimes the marketing sent by them doesn't fit into Gamestop's marketing plan and has to be left out...that's when we get yelled at "nintendo pays lots of money for this to be in your store, SO PUT IT BACK UP". x_x

[jdc]

Makes me smile.

I was a Nintendo Gold Authorized Dealer....in other words Nintendo really liked me.

Rep? We never saw no steenkin' rep. It was all done by fax or phone. POP (point of purchase) stuff was sent automatically for display in the store. You weren't allowed to give it away and it had to be returned to Nintendo.....just like you were borrowing it from them.

Freebies? Not too many in later years as far as shirts and caps and stuff....but I did get some free software for my Cube.

If you want freebies let me tell you.......Capcom freakin' RULES.

If you would like to work for Nintendo then I say go for it. But be forewarned. It's just an industry like any other. There's no magic, it's a job...albeit a job that people will envy you for having. It always seems different from the outside looking in.

[DigitalSpace]

The Nintendo Representatives usually get shirts, pens, office-related-items (pen holders, cups, the like) to use on their routes and give out.

Standees, marketing get tossed out, demos are supposted to be returned P.P. to the company by the retailer. However, when this is supposed to be up as determined by Nintendo, the reps scan it through their portable computer (it's a tad different than a laptop). Sometimes the marketing sent by them doesn't fit into Gamestop's marketing plan and has to be left out...that's when we get yelled at "nintendo pays lots of money for this to be in your store, SO PUT IT BACK UP". x_x

From that description alone, if I had the opportunity to apply for that position, I'd go for it. LOL

[Flack]

Ask Flukakke what he thought about working for Nintendo.

[punkoffgirl]

Ask Flukakke what he thought about working for Nintendo.

Yeah, but his situation was a little different. He was working the phones, taking customer service calls.

[roxybaby]

Nintendo company in CT?
oooooooooooooo k

Not the actual company, just a wherehouse/telecommuting division.

@Moose - I had a similar job working for a record label promoter. I went around to stores to make sure they have promotional posters, cardboard cutouts, whatever for new albums. I also made sure the album is actually out on the floor on the right day, etc. It certainly had its crap days, but one of the nicest perks was making friends with the salespeople and getting discounts on music and other stuff in those stores. There's a lot of driving and a bit of sales involved, but it was mostly fun. If you like marketing or just talking people, I think it might be a fun job for you. :)

On a side note, holy lots of people from Connecticut! We should hit the fleas iin a pack over the summer!

[sportbettor]

Working in the industry rocks! But sales isn't so cool. PD is where its fun. Its not true though that only the producers and execs make good dough. Good coders and artists can make 6 figs.

I used to work for this company where they were paying contract coders $150 an hour. They asked them to become employees but of course they said no (why should they? they were making $300k a year haha and thats with no overtime. Once you become an employee they work coders like dogs especially when christmas crunch comes.).

All depends which company you work for and what the bonuses/stock options are too. Same company gave out yearly bonuses (when they were the industry leader) that where close to the same as your yearly salary.

[Ed Oscuro]

We should hit the fleas iin a pack over the summer!
The thought of Roundtable goers fighting over Flea goods...I'd be concerned about everybody's safety...I mean, if somebody yells "Hey, I found a Chase the Chu-" before he finishes the title he'll have been stabbed at least once and maybe shot a couple of times o_O!

[SoulBlazer]

There's defentily a lot of classic gamers here in New England. :D

Now if we can just get CGE to come to the east coast..... :P

[hydr0x]

We should hit the fleas iin a pack over the summer!
The thought of Roundtable goers fighting over Flea goods...I'd be concerned about everybody's safety...I mean, if somebody yells "Hey, I found a Chase the Chu-" before he finishes the title he'll have been stabbed at least once and maybe shot a couple of times o_O!

LOL so true, so true

back to topic:

i'm working for Media Markt and i've gotta say you don't have good chances to get anything free from nintendo, ok, you could always say "what? that demo disc, damn i thought we send it back to you, seems as if we lost it!" ;) but other than that, you don't get much

i never noticed Capcom gives much freebies, maybe that's only Capcom of America. the most freebies come from EA here, several free full version promos for PS2 :)