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
Jun 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Discount on Products. Decent Pay if it is a second job, or you're young. Lively Atmosphere and a great way to meet people.

Cons

Hours can be rough (especially on "truck" nights) Management decides to overrule LP (this makes our function worthless) Mandatory staff meetings if you're not scheduled to work that day/time

4.0
May 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee discount (cost +5% after 30 days of employment), growth opportunities (exceptional employees can be promoted to supervisor within 2 weeks but is a rare instance), get paid for excellent ideas on how to improve the company (ideas voted the best and implemented in the company get paid $100,000)

Cons

Retail environment, Retail schedule, Black Friday

5.0
Apr 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The atmosphere at Best Buy HQ was awesome. My direct managers were very respectful, helpful, and willing to listen to suggestions for improvements. Best Buy likes to include its employees as to what is going on (at least in my department) in terms of strategies and changes in policies.

Cons

A downside of Best Buy was some of the management. While they were respectful, and great people, I'm not sure why some of their positions even existed. For example I had a manager that basically used a spreadsheet template and reported our SLA 1-2 times per day. That's pretty much all she did. Best Buy also promotes working remotely, which isn't necessarily bad, but seeing managers in the office for only 3-4 hours per day and online for maybe 1-2 hours at most makes me wonder why they're being paid salary for a 40 hour week.

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