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 decreased by 1% over the last 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 (4863) , Customer Service Representative (1100) , Sales Advisor (1050) , Sales Consultant (1014) , Geek Squad, Consultation Agent (872) , Customer Service Specialist (571) , Product Flow Specialist (567) , Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate (562) , Inventory Specialist (542) , Retail Sales Associate (522) , 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 2554 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2450 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 2010 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1456 reviews)); "There is a lot perks to working here such as the discount and flexible hours." ((in 1083 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 2844 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1258 reviews)); "No commission and non individual bonus system in place to leave associates making only hourly rate." ((in 765 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 552 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 510 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.

Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,880 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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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

Nov 19, 2009

High Pay...high stress....no values

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They pay well with good bonus structure

Cons

No values as a company...it's all about selling the customer whatever you can...CARE+, Customer centricity, CCCs...whatever...all they want you to do is sell as much stuff however you can to each customer. You get harassed by district leadership on a daily basis if you have a bad day. You could be having a great week, month, year...doesn't matter...if you're behind the district, region, company, etc today then you are worthless

1.0

Nov 18, 2009

Make you out as lazy, incompetent

Customer service representative/merchandising representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent discount. That is all.

Cons

Most of the people I worked with are incredibly stupid, but they are good at smoozing with the upper management. These are the people that succeed. They reward being lazy and socializing well over hard work and getting a good job done. HR disaster waiting for happen.

1.0

Nov 16, 2009

Not very happy with the experience as a whole

Counter intelligence agent

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The discount offered by best buy was fair. There was a small opportunity for a bonus quarterly. There was a wide range of age groups that you worked with and gained knowledge with each of those.

Cons

Never provided the tools needed to perform your job. Trying to repair PCs that customers pay for, feel like a criminal asking for money within a certain time frame. Managers care more about having you sell than having you repair computers. Bad reputation for the company. No room to advance as a repair technician, sales persons would move into your senior management spots with no clue as to what they're doing, this was the norm throughout. Working with the general public, who were clueless to what they needed but were sure it was your fault that they are spending their time and money at best buy.

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