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 2574 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2449 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1993 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1458 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1095 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 2820 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1270 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 755 reviews)); "Too much favoritism and leaders don't lead." ((in 565 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 497 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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3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,803 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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4.0

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3.5

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3.5

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3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 41,803 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

Jun 26, 2008

Best Buy is Great

Consumer marketing associate

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Besides that employee purchases are 5% over cost!! Best Buy is a place with huge potential for anyone that is looking to see what is possible at a large company. They are always hiring and have some of the brightest and hardest working people I have ever been around.

Cons

They work you hard and their expectations are very high. Everyone has a laptop and you are expected to work from home because of it. You have to be very smart about the way you manage your time or you will have issues with work/life balance.

3.0

Jun 25, 2008

Best Buy just the worst employer

Geek squad, agent (cia)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The employee discount keeps most of us around, they are helpful when you have a family event or emergency. Some of the managers are down to earth and treat you as a equal, Find a good store to work for they are differant go and visit them and ask the employees how they like it if they seem happy most likely you will be too. Its not the worst place to work but they could take steps to make things alot better

Cons

No hours, under trained, no praise, overall management is horrible. All they focus on is numbers forget about the client they just want us to get there money

3.0

Jun 24, 2008

Bestbuy is OK.

Geek squad, agent senior (cia senior )

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The discount is nice. Great place to see and learn about new electronics and gadgets. Co-workers generally have a good time together in after work hours. The Geek Squad is a good stepping stone for people headed to IT career fields.

Cons

Scheduling was never done as promised and interferes with personal life and free time. Early morning meetings are rarely effective as most employees are either still sleeping, drunk, or pissed off. Enforcement of company policy is spotty at best amongst different stores and supervisors. They are terrible at retaining and hiring competent Geek Squad employee's and most Agents feel over worked. And don't have enough time to get the work done.

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