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 been stable over the past 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 (4857) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1049) , Sales Consultant (1014) , Geek Squad, Consultation Agent (868) , Customer Service Specialist (571) , Product Flow Specialist (567) , Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate (562) , Inventory Specialist (542) , Retail Sales Associate (520) , 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 2534 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2437 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1968 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1459 reviews)); "There is a lot perks to working here such as the discount and flexible hours." ((in 1095 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 2825 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1262 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 766 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 570 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 509 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.

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3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,837 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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4.0

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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 41,837 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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3.0

Dec 26, 2008

Okay for a part time job but not something you want to base your life on.

sales associate media department

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Pros

The friends you gain while working there. These are the people who will put in a good word for you, people you hang out with after work. The one thing I hated about leaving Best Buy was that I did not get to work with these people everyday. They were really good friends.

Cons

The management sometimes and the people. The management is really bad about promotions. Some people who did not deserve it was getting promoted and some who did were not because they were such a seller, they did not want to lose that person who was bringing in all the revenue. There were also times in which management gave hours to people who did not deserve it because they were playing favorites.

4.0

Dec 26, 2008

Your job life is limited

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

promotions, pay and some autonomy

Cons

disrespect of store management by district, regional and higher mgmt

1.0

Dec 26, 2008

Good Discounts, Horrible Job

Media specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The discount is amazing. Items can be purchased at the wholesale cost + 5%. A lot of items can come out to be 30-50% off. The work environment is somewhat organized which works out okay compared to a small store, which can be very unorganized. The staff is fun to work with (not including supervisors and managers).

Cons

I am scheduled to do plenty of close-open shifts that have less than 8 hours between shifts. The pay is way to low for the amount of responsibility given. Management could care less about your personal life and will deny all time requests off and availability changes. The job is not commission based. Sales begin to lose meaning to lower employees.

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