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

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 3.6 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

Dec 21, 2012

If you put in the work, you can learn more than you would taking business courses in a university

Sales manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

Best Buy is a company that trains their employees very well. Everyone, including part-time employees understand where the company stands financially everyday and also learn business acumen. There is a lot of room for growth. Many people work themselves up from part-time employees to managers and even district managers.

Cons

The work is not hard but it can be stressful at times with specific budgets that must be met everyday. The managers have very specific things that must be taught out which they get passed down from their district managers. There is always a new company objective, so this job is for a person that handles change very well.

2.0

May 21, 2009

Don't bother working for Best Buy unless you are desperate.

Geek squad, agent senior (cia senior )

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employee Discount, tuition reimbursement, desperation.

Cons

The customers are hostile at times and yell at line-levels who have no real say and are only following policy. Best Buy does not train employees to, well, not piss customers off. Store management at times can be very corrupt, with managers covering up for other managers who are stealing.

3.0

Aug 13, 2008

Nice discount, poor leadership

Geek squad, agent (cia)

Recommend

CEO approval

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Employee Accommodation! 5% above cost. If you like car audio it is amazing as you will see 80% discounts! It is a good college job to get some toys that your friends can't afford yet.

Cons

I had a BS in Computer Information Systems from a top 10 school and was only making $10.15 b/c they couldn't afford to pay me more. PS, BBY is planning on building 400 more stores in the next 2 years...thats going from 900 to 1300!

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