Best Buy reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,805 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 41,805 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
3.0
Nov 26, 2010
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Pros

I did not like working at best buy, besides the discounts which were incredible, other than that I felt as if I were going to be trapped in the same position due to the over working of employess, i.e. performing management roles, while keeping the same pay.

Cons

The employees you work with can make or break your experience at a location, it is a rarity to be paired with management that you can stand or tolerate.

2.0
Jul 22, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I worked with a lot of great people. We also had fun at work and were good at working together to get the job done efficiently. While I was there, I worked as Loss Prevention, during which I trained three new associates to replace myself and maintained the lowest shrink precentage in the stores history, Mobile Electronics sales associate, and an Inventory Specialist. If you work in the Inventory department, expect long hour during the holidays. On "Black Friday" and the day before Thanksgiving I worked twelve hour shifts every year. The shipments are huge and the days can be quite long. While I enjoyed the job, there was a definite lack of recognition given to the Inventory team for the hard work they do.

Cons

Lack of responsibility taken by store management, rare visits from upper management, zero opportunities to impliment your own ideas and ingenuity, rampant favoritism, low pay, etc.

4.0
Jul 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at best Buy as a team member for nearly a year, and I wish I had stayed. You get great benefits, pretty good pay for retail and a fun team environment.

Cons

Three strikes and your out! If your tardy, absent or take someone's shift when they don;t take yours, you will be at risk for being fired.

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