Fulfilling but Always Short-Staffed - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent Best Buy Employee Review

2.0
May 1, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Seeing people light up when you help them is fulfilling. The Consultation Agents and Advanced Repair Agents are all very pleasant. Everyone is understanding when they have to help other Agents out with work they are pulled away from.

Cons

Management can be very toxic or make very shortsighted decisions. There are more Clients to help than staff to help them. There is never a good time to take a lunch, and you can easily go over a week without getting one. Corporate lines often set incorrect expectations for repair completion times and what we can and cannot do over the counter. When you call out, there is nobody to come in to fill your shift. You are constantly being pulled away from other tasks to help Clients, oftentimes not getting back to what you were initially doing for over an hour.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Great General Manager, that’s about it.

Cons

All of the leadership besides the GM were unprofessional. They couldn’t help it but most were incompetent.

3.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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