Does Best Buy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Best Buy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Best Buy. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Best Buy?

59% of Best Buy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Best Buy 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Best Buy?

Sales Associate (4850) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1045) , Sales Consultant (1014) , Geek Squad, Consultation Agent (868) , Customer Service Specialist (571) , Product Flow Specialist (567) , Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate (562) , Inventory Specialist (542) , Retail Sales Associate (519) , Best Buy Sales Associate (415) , Sales (402) , Geek Squad, Agent (CIA) (363) , Cashier (352) , Computer Sales Associate (330)

What are the pros of working at Best Buy according to real employee reviews?

"Pay was good at $15 an hour and the hours at the time of this was nice." ((in 2587 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2439 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1929 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1439 reviews)); "I worked at Best Buy while I was in school and it was great because of the flexible hours." ((in 1071 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Best Buy according to real employee reviews?

"Customer issues and management is poor when to deal with helping these Geek Squad agents." ((in 2816 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1241 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 775 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 556 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 501 reviews))

What are employees saying about Best Buy layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Best Buy layoffs and their outlook for job security at Best Buy in 2026.

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3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,797 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

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3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 41,797 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 Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0

Dec 15, 2014

Customer service specialist

Seasonal customer service specialist

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Great supervisors Good pays legible with hours ( great for students) Awesome environment

Cons

Poor labor- not enough hours Part times would get at least 8-10 hours a week Only when holidays are coming up they will give u 20

4.0

Jan 10, 2014

Project Team is a pretty great job for single people out of college.

Project team specialist

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CEO approval

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Pros

You get good hours when the projects are up and running which is usually February-November. Mostly around 40 hours or more. Traveling is a great addition, your hotels, rental cars, plane tickets, all paid for. $35 a day for per diem, possibly more if you travel to a more expensive area i.e. Hawaii, New York City etc. Work isn't so bad, easy to learn, just takes time to get experience with everything. You do get monthly bonuses every once in awhile, but its usually only $100-200.

Cons

December-January there is literally no work to do so you mope around stores doing "go back" work (tying up lose ends from projects throughout the year) and limited to 32 hours a week unless you can temp transfer to another part of the company. Biggest con has to be working overnight. It just sucks and kinda ruins your ability to function as a social adult. It's passable if you are single, but as someone who is married, working overnight and traveling on a consistent basis has forced me to look for employment elsewhere. No room to move up. Theres a huge log jam for promotions as everyone has been around for awhile and is qualified for a promotion, however whenever someone leaves the company they eliminate the position instead of filling it.

5.0

Aug 21, 2012

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Great experience being in sales. Great place to work because of the overall atmosphere and experience gained during the whole process.

Cons

Best buy is a great company to work for and I have no complaints other than the fact that inventory seems to run low quite often.

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