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 (4854) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1047) , 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 (519) , 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 $15 an hour and the hours at the time of this was nice." ((in 2588 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2438 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1994 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1471 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1078 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 2831 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1269 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 756 reviews)); "Too much favoritism and leaders don't lead." ((in 566 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 506 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

Item: Best Buy
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous employee

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,822 total reviews)

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 41,822 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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Reviews by job title

42K reviews

4.0

Nov 20, 2008

Is Best Buy the "Best Buy" for your retail career?

Business technology specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Schedule, Chances to interact with lots of people if thats what you are into. There are many opportunities to grow. Also Best Buy is one of the few companies that are still doing okay financially. Leadership expectations are set very high. so if you grow into one of the leadership positions and succeed, you learn very valuable leadership skills.

Cons

Favoritism from some managers. You MUST network to move your way up. Not everything is performance based. Customers get crazy every now and then

4.0

Nov 19, 2008

A Mostly Satisfied Review With Some Specific Negative Comments

Wireless sales consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is so much opportunity to move up within the company. I think that the people that work within Best Buy are very nice and supportive. I also think that the company makes it worth your while to work for the company, they give you so many benefits for working there.

Cons

I think one of the downsides with working for Best Buy is that some of the managers don't know how hard the job is some times. They make such hard goals for the area in which I work, even though I'm working hard every day.

5.0

Nov 19, 2008

Think about working for best buy? Read my review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well to be really honest. 1. You will love the people you work with they arre very friendly and helpful when it is needed 2. Management. Some people in management are awesome when you need to answer any questions that you have if you are confused about what you should do or not do and barely have to Call Human Resources for anythin 3. Promotions are always good to get when you work hard and show why you are the best so the advice i would like to give is if you want to move up listen to the management that are already implace such as your senior,supervisor etc and they will help you if you want to move up in the company

Cons

The only downside of working at best buy is to have extreme pateince when dealing with customers. Some of them can be really annoying and others are just flat out rude always listen to the customer and make sure your are poite because in the end you are the expert and not them you know what product is good for them. Also Managers like always can be annoying and also sometimes can just leave you high and dry but you have to be the storng one against them and go to them and let them know that you need help. even if they are busy make them listen because they are not only there for the customer but they are there for you too.

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