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 2463 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 2002 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1488 reviews)); "I worked at Best Buy while I was in school and it was great because of the flexible hours." ((in 1084 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 2813 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1278 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 768 reviews)); "Very political and far to much favoritism." ((in 564 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.

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3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,850 total reviews)

Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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4.0

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3.5

Culture & values

3.5

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3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,850 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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1.0

Apr 9, 2025

Everyone I know who worked here with me has depression now

General warehouse worker

Recommend

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Pros

the pay is decent i guess

Cons

they treat you like a machine and wear you down until you are a shell of the person you were when you started working here. this place will kill you. oh and they never give internal promotions, I have known many ambitious people at this job that made it clear they wanted to move up and worked very hard just to be snubbed for people outside the company or from different locations. also several of the supervisors and people who get better positions are related to someone already in a supervisor position or happen to be the warehouse manager's son-in-law. strange.

1.0

Apr 9, 2025

Store Manager is toxic

Sales

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Pros

Employee discount is great, but their cons overlook the positives

Cons

Way too many to list here, but overall, the Store Manager and his goons are what is making the employment experience horrible.

3.0

Apr 7, 2025

Hire/Fire Attracts Ire!

Product flow specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Open store environment. Friendly Co-Workers. Good tech for employees to use @ work.

Cons

Was frequently asked to scan items that were late to locate on my employee phone that full time employees gave me. This bumped my metrics down & had no effect on theirs’. Many times it was not my fault & felt I was being used to make the rest of the team look better; as well as contributing to a “hire then fire” burn through of employees. Management did not give me any clarity on when I was going to be seasonally discharged. I was told I’m a great help by my managers & then got no work for 2 weeks followed by an email @ 12:06 AM from an automated system telling me I’ve “been terminated under no fault of my own” Never heard from anyone at the store again. Very disheartening and now I shop at GameStop for my tech/gaming items.

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