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 (4861) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1049) , 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 2568 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2463 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 2007 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1457 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1106 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Best Buy according to real employee reviews?

"Customer issues and management is poor when to deal with helping these Geek Squad agents." ((in 2844 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1272 reviews)); "No commission and non individual bonus system in place to leave associates making only hourly rate." ((in 759 reviews)); "Too much favoritism somewhat hard to get noticed!" ((in 554 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 508 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

(41,856 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 41,856 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

5.0

Oct 5, 2008

Interesting work in a fast paced environment

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work for a market leader

Cons

You are being chased by somebody all the time

4.0

Oct 3, 2008

Has been great, but leadership is getting a bit of Pollyanna syndrome

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The culture of the company, work relationships formed over time, the career advancement potential (sometimes), variety of work rolls available in the field. Best in the consumer electronics field, especially compared to the train wreck that is Circuit City right now. The Local leadership and management teams.

Cons

Life Balance is always an ongoing challenge, constant re-orgs over the years that have resulted in major uncertainty for the future and many people in positions they don't understand, especially at the corporate office. This has also resulted in a very difficult environment to navigate when getting business support or answers to questions.

4.0

Oct 2, 2008

"Its OK

Geek squad, agent (cia)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work with really care about you. Its a good place to learn about Retail and how the business world operates.

Cons

Management is less than stellar - customers can really be a pain

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