Good work/life balance; poor leadership - Data Engineer Best Buy Employee Review

3.0
Jul 2, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There is really a good work/life balance at Best Buy. I never felt great pressure to meet a deadline, and never had to work nights or weekends. Most people are very nice. It is very pleasant to work here.

Cons

Especially compared to Amazon, the leadership is terrible. There is little vision. Despite doing way above what I was expected, I rarely received praise, and not even a hint at a promotion. You have to promote yourself. My friend did this, and then when it came time for layoffs, despite managers wanting him to stay, HR choose him for a layoff. (Hence, the reason for my give only 3 stars) There is also a lot of "silo" environment: each team existing for just themselves, and not really trying to help out. Last, I experienced incompetence with my manager, who wanted to completely change code in a bad way to achieve his pet goal. (He is not knowledgeable in my field, data.)

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5.0
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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
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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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