ABOUT GPI

Our Company Culture

About our GPI team

Evenly split between industry veterans with 15+ years of experience and a new generation of twenty-somethings eager to make their mark on the world, the GPI team consists of unique personalities united by a passion to make great things and provide great service. Our hybrid in-office/remote work policy provides flexibility and work/life balance while encouraging productivity and efficiency in whatever environment fosters the best performance from each individual. We are a team of uniques: bookworms, bakers, triathletes, musicians, golfers, gamers, artists, and smoked meats enthusiasts united by our acceptance of one another’s individuality.

Team connecting within the office

OUR MISSION & CORE VALUES

Our purpose is simple: We exist to make our clients’ lives easier.

We do that by living our core values every day:

Take Initiative

Everyone at GPI has the freedom to try new things, look for opportunities to work around inefficiencies, and do things differently. It’s not about just doing “what we’ve always done before.” This is the only way the individual and the organization as a whole can grow and succeed!

Go Above & Beyond

Going “above and beyond” can mean many different things, large and small. GPI fosters a culture where this tenet becomes easy for everyone. Being valued, heard, and respected are the critical elements that create an environment where each individual is motivated to go above and beyond in their work.

Have a Positive Attitude & Approach

Positivity in attitude and approach is a choice. It’s infectious, and it has a compounding effect on our team, our partners, and our clients. Every time a team member chooses to be positive about their attitude and approach to their work, they’re already ahead of the game!

Be Willing to Learn & Teach

We help each other by sharing our skills, experiences, and perspectives. Each and every member of the GPI team is expected to be open to learning new things as well as share what they can offer—it’s fundamental to our growth as individuals.

Be Part of the Team

Every GPI team member is critically important to the organization’s success. The whole is much greater than the sum of our individual parts. Collectively, we’re stronger and more successful when we’re collaborating and working to accomplish things together.
GPI team doing a group bike ride to support The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Supporting our Communities

GPI has supported a number of local nonprofits and national charities over the years, all of which have had meaningful connections to our employees. In addition to regular donations to The Toy Bank year after year, GPI has also been a long-time supporter of MaryAnne’s Kids and the Center for Human Development as well as The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease Research. In 2019, GPI president Michael Fisher also founded The Roachy Fund, a scholarship program in memory of our friend, colleague & VP of Product Development, Alan Roach.

Work Environment & Benefits

Located in a refurbished textile mill in Springfield, Massachusetts, our home office has a floor plan designed to encourage collaboration and teamwork. Always professional but never corporate, the converted industrial space provides privacy and quiet spaces for independent work that requires focus, yet also fosters interaction and jocularity for more creative assignments.

GPI provides health insurance, dental, vision, and 401K contributions as well as paid time off & flex time. Supplemental benefits are also available such as short-term & long-term disability income, cancer, accident, critical care, and life insurance. As if working in the toy and game industry wasn’t fun enough already, we also have an espresso maker, hot dog roller, and popcorn machine. I know. It’s crazy.

GPI building with company logo. Located in Springfield, MA.
Panel where GPI team members being apart of the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA)

Toy Industry Involvement

Laying low behind the scenes for over 40 years doesn’t mean we’re not involved. We (either our company or someone from the team) are members of the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association  (ASTRA), Women in Toys (WIT), Game Manufacturers Association  (GAMA), Toy Association’s Young Professionals Network (YPN),  People of Play (POP), and regularly contribute op-eps and trade publication think pieces to The Toy Book.