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 (4858) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1049) , 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 (521) , 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 the time and training for the section of the store you needed to know was helpful." ((in 2565 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2432 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1962 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1466 reviews)); "I worked at Best Buy while I was in school and it was great because of the flexible hours." ((in 1089 reviews))

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

"Poor management and mistreatment of staff caused a storewide exodus of more than 20 employees." ((in 2827 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1257 reviews)); "No commission and weak motivational methods ultimately leads to a sense of aimlessness among floor salesmen." ((in 755 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 570 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 505 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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3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,841 total reviews)

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35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,841 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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1.0

Oct 24, 2013

eh

Wireless sales consultant

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Pros

it used to be fun when i first applied, but over time new management came in. our sales went up, but our joy went down.pay is alright when your not doing anything

Cons

at times, management doesn't do good scheduling, and at time it does get really busy when you have a line stretching out from the desks to the door. It's a very stressful job,for someone getting paid 11 an hour.

3.0

Oct 1, 2013

OK if you want a career in retail or holiday money

Merchandiser, inventory

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent hourly wage (depending on store location) Fun environment to work in if you like technology, electronics, etc. Not too difficult to move up in the company (lots of crappy employees, so the few good ones stand out)

Cons

Holidays SUCK! (Black Friday will make you hate people) Management (Sups/managers) seem to just push the workload onto the select employees who actually do work, and ignore those who just stand around and talk with each other. Not sure how well they will continue to do as a company since so many other places are cheaper. In the past people would come in so they could talk with "educated" employees before making big purchasing decisions (tv's, appliances, etc.) but with the internet research is becoming easier to do on your own, so less of a need for sales people.

1.0

Sep 16, 2013

"We're not on commission" ... Right, yet internally, we act worse than companies that are on commission!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Huge world wide retail company. Pays managers an above average salary.

Cons

Lots of pressure to perform. If manager b4 you was corrupt and was selling lots of phones, yet were to fraudulent customers, then the targets you will have will be unrealistically high, if you don't do the same thing, then you will never hit the targets as well as you will "negative comp" from last year big time! You will look like a complete loser.

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