Not a bad place to work, some departments are much harder than others. - Sales Associate, Computers Best Buy Employee Review

3.0
Mar 30, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Gaining vast knowledge of products and selling skills, most of the employees are fun to work with and very easy to get along with. The work can frequently be easy and rewarding. Holiday season offers a ton of fast paced hours. Coaching provides some insight to your skills and how best to utilize them, as well as finding a new approach to sales. Most departments are very fun to work in (Digital cameras, car stereos)

Cons

Most customers do not enjoy the waiting time, or the "experience worksheets" used to capture information about them and what they are planning to buy. Management can frequently be hard on you about meeting goals for service plans. Starting pay is labeled as "competitive" yet, in my experience some of the competitors are offering a lot more to do the same job. Hours aren't that great during the regular year.

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Pros

Flexible hours, easy job in AC, employee discount. Internal postings were available that I could apply to higher corporate roles for if id wanted to advance with them. The micromarket manager, Brandon, is good at what he does and so is the store EM or whatever they've reorg'd store manager to be called. The mgmt in general is eager to help and support you in getting better numbers if you are open and talk with them.

Cons

Very few. Maybe pressure occasionally to get card apps or boost your numbers but if you perform well enough this is really not an issue. The products honestly sell themselves if you know them even somewhat well and can get good at conversing naturally with your customers and identifying what they need. If you have secondhand guilt over credit cards or cant comfortably talk about them you may struggle. There is a template they follow on how to sell. It works tbh. Some people believe that it feels fake, I disagree. Personally I think theres a line you can walk to still be authentic/yourself while integrating their approach.

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