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 (4851) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1046) , 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 2522 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2426 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1996 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1455 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1094 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 2828 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1268 reviews)); "No commission and non individual bonus system in place to leave associates making only hourly rate." ((in 760 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 564 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 514 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

(41,812 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 41,812 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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4.0

Apr 24, 2013

Great company

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great building, relaxed atmosphere, lots of authority, can direct own career path.

Cons

Not told what the Renew Blue strategy is exactly. The street hears news before the employees.

4.0

Apr 24, 2013

Great opportunity for advancement while gaining leadership skills.

Best buy mobile manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for while going to college. There were great advancement opportunities for those who worked hard. Amazing benefits such as health/401K/employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement. It was a very fun job where I enjoyed the relationships that I made with employees and customers.

Cons

Very numbers driven culture. The job was very stressful when numbers were down. The company had a "restructuring" every year where leadership positions were eliminated.

4.0

Apr 24, 2013

Consistent Growth

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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Great place to work through college and a lot of opportunity to grow with the company if you want to.

Cons

The company grew too fast in the mid 2000's and is now suffering for it.

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