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 (4865) , Customer Service Representative (1100) , Sales Advisor (1050) , Sales Consultant (1014) , Geek Squad, Consultation Agent (870) , 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 2566 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2412 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1959 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1469 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1093 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 2821 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1260 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 779 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 559 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 516 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

(41,878 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 41,878 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).

Reviews by job title

42K reviews

3.0

Apr 29, 2009

great job if your a young employee

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

the discount was great for some items

Cons

young employees were hired mostely being older was difficult

2.0

Apr 27, 2009

Best Buy...no longer THE retail favorite for employees to work.

Pcho senior (was)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great discounts (5% above cost), usually a fast paced environment, good benefits (medical & dental, 401k -- although, all employees took significant losses over the past few quarters). Cool to see the latest technology, often before the public. Decent training from online systems and vendors.

Cons

Almost NO opportunity for growth now due to the restructuring of the company (as of April 2009). Promotions seem to be 25% hard work and skill to 75% who you know and the relationship you have with management. While the online training works in many cases, a lot of it is horribly outdated. For a company that wants to focus on the latest and greatest, it still emphasizes (forces) training on outdated, irrelevant concepts (Computer Cert Level 1 stuff).

2.0

Apr 27, 2009

you can make good money at Best buy, not through hard work but by make the right people like you.

Geek squad, agent senior (cia senior )

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

you can move up very quickly. your bound to run into some very interesting people. the pay for a retail job is pretty good.

Cons

working on weekends and holidays. you deal with a lot of angry people who can say what ever they want to you cause they known you have to take it to keep you job. Geek squad is the worse department to work in as far a stress level is concerned. you have to be a master a multitasking, they will expect you to work on computers, answer the phones, check-in in computer, and answer questions from the floor. it would be so bad if you could get help from a blue shirt(sales floor associates) but they will just stand in a circle and talk while you they to handle up to 7 customers at a time.

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