Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,838 total reviews)
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Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,838 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
Jun 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee discount is awesome. You get good health and wealth benefits. A majority of the time you have a lo t of fun. If your in high school or college its a fun environment because you are working with a lot of people your own age. From what I have seen, the management team determines how good or bad or fun the store is. Many stores do after hours store events to have fun and help commeraderie. My store has done bowling nights, wiffleball tournaments, game nights, but like I said, the management plays a big part in how much you enjoy your time thier.

Cons

There are some big downsides to working hear. One thing is promotions. A lot of times favoritism comes into play and the best person does not always get the job. Also, a few years ago many companies would only promote men, well now it seems like Best Buy is making up for the entire work community's mistake because of the last 5 positions that people applied for, four times an under qualified women got the position, so it can create some resentment in the work place and that can lead to you hating working there. Other than that, there are just the small things that any workplace has to deal with.

4.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The best thing about working for Best Buy is the discount, only reason I work here. The Supervisors and Management team are very good working around my availability, which is very very poor.

Cons

Sometime it seems that they put the worst people in leadership position. They take advantage of it and basically they stop doing anything. They stop doing their share of the work especially if they think it is beneth them. It seems the if you have an outside relationship with the higher ups, they all of a sudden see you as great asset to the company. This seems to occur when you have younger leadership

5.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exceptionaly run company. Every single person is equally important regardless of rank. Senior, District and National management teams are HIGHLY supportive. Compensation at all levels is above expectation. Best Buy is a values based company which set the course for an employee at the get go. Expectations are very clear and as such, if you are an engaged employee you will love your job so much that it will never feel like work. The company is very open to improvement especially through learning from past mistakes. Even the most senior management is not afraid or too proud to admit that mistakes have been made in the past. It is how we proceed based on what we learned that makes us so successful! Most of us have had the pleasure of meeting Dick, Brad, Mike and Kevin - such nice down to earth people!

Cons

Because it is so much fun to be there, it is easy to forget you have family waiting for you at home.

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