Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,885 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,885 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Best Buy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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42K reviews
2.0
May 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sales Experience- many future employers will love that you have worked there. Learning about business- I've learned a good amount about business. Being able to really connect with customers- I've met some very interesting people, and in really giving good customer service, the end can be satisfying.

Cons

Management does not know how to communicate with people very well- they all have very poor people skills. Pay is not good for the work you do, and you will not get a raise for a while- the company is a little stingy. Sales are very high pressured- if that's something that motivates you just consider it carefully. I don't think they are good at not being "slimy" salesman, and teaching you how not to be one. As awesome as customers often are, there are a lot of bothersome customers. As much as they say they want to hear you, they are not very good at listening- whether it is your immediate supervisor, manager, or higher level authority. The company is not very well run.

3.0
Apr 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-flexible -decent employee discount -401k if your full time or eligible PT

Cons

-pay sucks and its not commission -managers only care about numbers (selling their services) -alot of favoritism -attitude employees give each other and customers -no AC through the whole summer -managers stress to sell services so they can get bonus's -PC dept has so much cr@p to sell, too much stress

5.0
Feb 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I love the majority of my co-workers, and we do really get to have fun while being the best. I actually enjoy going to work.

Cons

My direct manager is not around enough, and even though he knew from my first interview that I wanted to move up within the company, it took him almost 8 months to really start talking about my development and how to get where I want to be.

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