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 (4864) , Customer Service Representative (1100) , Sales Advisor (1050) , Sales Consultant (1014) , Geek Squad, Consultation Agent (869) , 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 2595 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2456 reviews)); "Company gives good benefits to part time employees and the discount/accommodations are pretty good" ((in 1992 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1487 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1100 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 2818 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1274 reviews)); "No commission and non individual bonus system in place to leave associates making only hourly rate." ((in 769 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 563 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

(41,871 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 41,871 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

3.0

Jan 26, 2009

Ok for a high school or college job, otherwise look elsewhere

Computer sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent discount, product accommodations, perks from companies, people there can be great to work with

Cons

Pay is awful for what is expected of you, backwards procedures for doing certain things, store management is usually pretty bad and only care about their own personal interests, and....its retail

4.0

Jan 26, 2009

Life at Best Buy

Geek squad, double agent (da)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Discount and training and overall focus

Cons

Large Company and too many managers

4.0

Jan 26, 2009

Great company but constantly changing.

Magnolia home theater salesman

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to move up in the company if you are a good communicator and willing to do multiple tasks and learn about different types of technology to sale. It is a constantly changing company so be prepared to learn a lot of acronyms and business plans. They have tuition reimbursement for full timers, a great discount, and good health benefits including 401k and stock options. It depends on the store you work for, but the people are usually pretty cool I would talk to the staff before working at a particular store because you were pretty closely with them especially your managers.

Cons

The company is very innovative and constantly changing which is usually a good thing, but it's not if your in leadership they often change how many supervisors and seniors they have in each department. So if you are not a manager you can easily get demoted but your pay should stay the same. The other thing is that they have no tolerance for being late or call outs all you get is 3 in a 90 day time or you get fired. No one other than your wife and kids can use your discount or you will get fired, they track all your purchases.

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