Not Bad...for Retail - Sales Associate Best Buy Employee Review

4.0
Aug 18, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The employee discount was great and most of the time the store environment was pleasant to work in. Meetings were usually engineered to be more fun than at most companies. Fairly flexible with my schedule.

Cons

There is a constant problem with most associates congregating into cliques and talking amongst each other while a small handful of more industrious associates do all the work. Management wasn't ever very good about getting after or rid of those unproductive employees and equally poor at giving recognition (or compensation) to those few employees who all-stars.

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5.0
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Pros

Great team, intelligent people, and plenty of training to feel situated.

Cons

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3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

No Need to sell or deal with customers (Much) Constantly moving so you always have a task to do Management leaves you to your own devices Almost all warehouse employees have a set of headphone

Cons

Everyone (Cust & employees) Expect an encyclopedic knowledge on where every single item is. Management seems to think we can lift a 85" tv, pull a washer off the top shelf, stock gaming shelves, and handle store pick up at the same moment. Customers think we don't want to help them when we call someone else to help with sales There's almost too much to do and even though we may have 1-3 employees working at a time, 1 is at the door, 1 is behind store pick up, which leaves 1 employee to handle new orders, deliveries, and down stocking.

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