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 (4859) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1049) , 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 $15 an hour and the hours at the time of this was nice." ((in 2556 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2450 reviews)); "Good benefits and company works hard to communicate its objective and goals to its employees." ((in 1970 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1446 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1106 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 2819 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1258 reviews)); "No commission and non individual bonus system in place to leave associates making only hourly rate." ((in 754 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 565 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 505 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

(41,847 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,847 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

1.0

Dec 26, 2008

Good Discounts, Horrible Job

Media specialist

Recommend

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Pros

The discount is amazing. Items can be purchased at the wholesale cost + 5%. A lot of items can come out to be 30-50% off. The work environment is somewhat organized which works out okay compared to a small store, which can be very unorganized. The staff is fun to work with (not including supervisors and managers).

Cons

I am scheduled to do plenty of close-open shifts that have less than 8 hours between shifts. The pay is way to low for the amount of responsibility given. Management could care less about your personal life and will deny all time requests off and availability changes. The job is not commission based. Sales begin to lose meaning to lower employees.

3.0

Dec 2, 2008

i dont really care

Computer sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

easy entry, good place to earn expirence if you didn't have any. Friendly highschool like work environment.

Cons

non-comissioned, low salary, quote on warranty sales. They will come 'talk' to you if you can't achieve the sales goal. Some supervisor are jerks who just want the bonus but didn't care about the feelings of his staff members.

2.0

Nov 17, 2008

Blue shirt blues

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Employee Discount. Other than that, there's not much to write home about.

Cons

No regularity or schedule consistency. Be prepared to sacrifice nights, weekends, holidays. (as with any retail job). Career Growth and advancement depends heavily on present store management. My advice is to discuss your career with store leadership and evaluate the feedback you receive. If they are receptive, encouraging and supportive, then I strongly suggest you pursue those ambitions as opportunities do exist for those with desire & have a welcoming store leadership. If your career plans are not well received, do not waste your time. Being an hourly employee, you are very disposable and can be easily replaced.

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