Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,907 total reviews)
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Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,907 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
Jul 21, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to work for as far as the main company, Best Buy, not BBFB as best Buy offers great benefits, fun workplace, good pay and a great place to learn while being the best.

Cons

Working for the BBFB division of Best Buy makes you feel like you just lost your mind and are wandering tirelessly through the desert with no water, daily. Micro management is horribly bad if you're on the outside teams, the inside teams it depends on who your manager is. Very inconsistent to say the least (can you say "hello hand, my name is leg, do you know what the head is doing today?") which is too bad as those managers lose great talent due to this where other non achievers get to bask in the sun it seems with no fear of getting clipped. Severe nepotism with many managers, however again this is subjective and varies through out company. Upper mgmt changes all the time, almost annually so of course every one of them wants to do things their way and in my years being here not one of them has done it right yet. Our systems are very slow and non responsive to the point of wanting to rip the hair right out of your head on a daily basis. Logistics and back-end for an account manager is atrocious. Layer upon layer upon layer.... Upon layer of admin work to do with little to no support from a support team that literally sighs almost every time you call for help to close business. Pays on closed sales only not written so with a sales process this clogged up equals your month in shambles if you didnt already hit it out of the park in the first half. Pay gets cut every single year, sometimes two to three time and we get asked to do more every year see "joy of a salesmen". one month your getting recognized as the top performer in your territory and the next month you're getting written up for just barely missing your number. No cohesion between retail and business channels and unfortunatey we are a retail company so what does that say about BBFB?

4.0
Jul 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Initially Best Buy is a great place to work at because its fun to learn about new technology and be able to talk about it with customers who want to buy the products. The business structure and protocol is well organized and Best Buy always strives to be the best while having fun. We are encouraged to treat our customers as family, which in turn helps us differentiate us from our competitors. Best Buy is very flexible for those who only need a part time job. Managers are also very helpful in dealing with upset customers or situations that are out of the hands of a sales associate.

Cons

Ultimately Best Buy is a business like any other and there are a lot of sales quotas we have to reach, specifically with product service plans and attachments for core products. While this is all a part of our job task, sometimes it can get frustrating when no sales are made, or when customers seem resistant to our sales pitch. Recently Best Buy also requires a candidate to be available at least 3 opening or closing shifts on the weekend which has made it harder for someone who plans on working two jobs at once. I can only speak for my store when I say management is somewhat helpful at times when dealing with your personal work related issues, but I'm sure that varies from store to store.

4.0
Jul 17, 2011

Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Best buy ended up being a good place to work. The interview was easy and basic and my coworkers were awesome.

Cons

It obviously is a retail job. Sometimes the hours were not the best (Black Friday) and it got very busy around the holidays.

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