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 (4862) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1050) , Sales Consultant (1014) , Geek Squad, Consultation Agent (869) , Customer Service Specialist (571) , Product Flow Specialist (567) , Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate (562) , Inventory Specialist (542) , Retail Sales Associate (521) , 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 the time and training for the section of the store you needed to know was helpful." ((in 2584 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2461 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1985 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1456 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1124 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 2831 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1255 reviews)); "No commission and weak motivational methods ultimately leads to a sense of aimlessness among floor salesmen." ((in 751 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 557 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 512 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.

Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,859 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (41,859 reviews)

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,859 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).

Reviews by job title

42K reviews

3.0

Feb 13, 2026

Not a long term job

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great community I loved the people who I worked with and my managers. Good Benefits if full time, and I mean pretty easy job overall.

Cons

I didn't enjoy pushing credit cards and protection plans without getting any sort of commission or tangible reward besides a pat on the back. As a top performer in credit cards or protection plans you will no matter what get the same raise at the end of the year as the bottom performer if you are in the same role.

2.0

Feb 13, 2026

Okay place to work

Geek squad, consultation agent (ca)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Get some hands on technical experience

Cons

Poor management, no breaks, no benefits

4.0

Feb 12, 2026

Decent place to wrok

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits and pay - Pretty good co-workers - My team was remote - Easy interview

Cons

- Lack of stability, I had 6 managers in 3 years - Lots of responsibilities with little support and compitent managers, lead to burn out that I'm still recovering from - Job description was very different than what I worked on - Poor leadership and organization, constantly having rug pulled out under us - All the annoying corporate things - Much work being offshored to India, management was boasting about the new India Hub while the US corporate office was experiencing Layoffs, people were nice enough but different timezones made cross team collaboration painful - Constantly changing priorieties - Very few promotions after 2022, was "exceeding expectations" for 3 years, going well above my grade level, with no promotion granted (kept saying it was coming)

Viewing 421 - 423 of 41,859 Reviews

Jobs at Best Buy

Experience Design Research Analyst

Field Services Area Manager - Wilmington, NC

Retail Warehouse Associate

General Warehouse Worker

Retail Warehouse Associate

Best Buy

Best Buy reviews

Company ratings over time

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Not a long term job

Okay place to work

Decent place to wrok

Jobs at Best Buy

Best Buy reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Company ratings over time

Jobs at Best Buy

Best Buy reviews FAQs