Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,880 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,880 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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42K reviews
1.0
Dec 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discounts on products Good location, easy access to most central areas Easy going nature of everyone (coworkers that is). Easy to look busy during slow periods.

Cons

Insane and contradictory management Mickey Mouse Training Systems Corporate Manta (TRUST) hell. Having to push scammy Geek Squad plans Pointless reward systems (pins). That most cheat to get. Working with all sorts of college dweebs and other anti-social geeknoids. Pay, No commission, while good in some ways, locks you in. Why bother to work harder?

5.0
Dec 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked at the Corporate office and not in a Best Buy store. At the time, Brad Anderson was the CEO. He is an amazing person who shows respect for everyone working in his company. He brought in the work/life balance program called ROWE (results only work environment), which supports the belief that when people have the freedom to tend to their personal lives, they have much more to give in all areas, including their work. It removed the clock-watching aspect of work and people no longer could judge you if you left early to attend your child's school program or even if you needed to go shopping. We actually became more productive.

Cons

The only issue I ever had working there was that there still remained a sense of a good ole boys network, which I know Brad surely did not support, but it existed nonetheless. As a female, it could be off putting to have very few females in leadership roles. I know they are aware of this and are trying to promote women and other non-white males into leadership positions.

4.0
Dec 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent programs and discounts for employees. Managers are obviously trained to take the employee seriously and treat them as equals.

Cons

Stores are usually not making sales lines so hours can get tricky and they will be up on you to make your lines.

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