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      Best Buy

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      Best Buy reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (41,863 total reviews)
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      Corie Barry

      35% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 41,863 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
      4.0
      Dec 23, 2008

      Excellent Pay for Student with No Relevant Experience, Otherwise Look Elsewhere

      Geek squad, agent (cia)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good discount (through Best Buy and through manufacturers) Good pay (especially for a part-time job as a college student) Good benefits (employee stock purchase plan and 401(k) plan with employer matching a fraction of the contribution, even available to part-time employees) Acquisition of skills through on-the-job training (particularly the hardware and software repair skills acquired in the Geek Squad, which will look good on any resume) Fun with coworkers and bosses (depends on location of store, look for one in the suburbs not the inner city) Job security (considering the bureaucratic barriers that limit management's ability to fire any but the most incompetent employees) Rewarding customer interactions (not frequent, but always memorable) Free food (management provides pizza, cookies, and tons of candy as incentive, may vary on a store-to-store basis) Ease of pay increases (every year through a supervisor or manager review, like clockwork) Availability of HR resources to employees (HR hotline, etc.)

      Cons

      Strict dress code (especially for the Geek Squad) Illogical and inefficient scheduling (such as closing one night and opening the next morning, Black Friday mandatory for every employee, black-out period of vacations from mid-November to mid-December) Difficulty of acquiring yearly profit-sharing bonus (Blue Crew Bucks) for hourly employees Limited discount on certain electronic devices Interaction with insane, impolite, or otherwise unpleasant customers Lack of frequent employee review from management Impossibility of acquiring time off without detailed explanation Sheer amount of gossip within store (only half true, some reported to the HR hotline) Not always a respectful environment towards women (particularly in a male-dominated department, like Computers and Geek Squad)

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