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 the time and training for the section of the store you needed to know was helpful." ((in 2543 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2424 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1981 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1463 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1086 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 2798 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1265 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 761 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 567 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

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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42K reviews

4.0

Nov 2, 2008

Best Buy's Employment

Inventory specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employees are given a wealth of ways to advance in their career at Best Buy. Being part of a large company allows a notable level of fairness to be experienced for all. Employees are encouraged to live the 4 values of Best Buy: Learn from challence and change, Unleash the power of our people, Show honesty, humility and integrity, and Have fun while being the best. The values are visibly displayed by all staff.

Cons

Best Buy enforces a culture on all of its empolyees. Although it does help create a positive working environment it tends to be a little overpowering at times.

3.0

Nov 1, 2008

its an Okay job with decent pay and good discounts. its a short term job. good if in high school!

media department

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good discounts and decent pay for a first or second job during high school or just out of high school. I heard if your in the computer department or car audio the pay is a lot better. I personally wished I would've went with the computer department. I did however really enjoy some of the people I worked side by side with and the breakroom had a BIG TV and a PS2. However some employees were able to use it periodically throughout the day(sometimes an hr or 2) while others like myself were restricted to a half hour during break. I didn't really understand why. think it depended on your supervisor.

Cons

I wouldn't make a career out of it. Had some co-workers come on in the same training class as I did that were managers at other retail locations. once they got promoted they started to act like they were to good to interact with you as they did before. Yes there is a "supervisor" type leadership they have to start having but these ones took the "power" to their head. Every place and experience will be different though.

4.0

Oct 30, 2008

Best Buy is a very stable place to work.

Mobile consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

In a tough economy, Best Buy is a very stable place to work. I think we will see Best Buy continue to dominate the electronics market even more.

Cons

It seems like each store is a world all of it's own. It seems like it will be hard to get recognized by upper management outside the store. But I guess I'll find out soon.

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its an Okay job with decent pay and good discounts. its a short term job. good if in high school!

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