Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,806 total reviews)
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Corie Barry

35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,806 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
Mar 4, 2017

Not Recommended

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits overall, great employee discount!

Cons

Leadership at the mid-high range (e.g. director level) is out for themselves. They do not work as partners, they are just trying to make themselves look good.

5.0
Feb 9, 2017

18 Years at BBY

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very fun, albeit challenging, place to work. Spent my entire adult life there pretty much until I was laid off last year. If you can find a position outside of the store as I did for most of my career, it's absolutely fantastic. The store is great too, but it comes with all the drawbacks of a retail job. Would definitely go back for the right position.

Cons

Varying hours/shifts depending on your position. Due to the current nature of brick and mortar retail, there are always re-orgs which sometimes lead to layoffs. No longer much career advancement due to so many positions being eliminated for the sake of efficiency and profits..

3.0
Feb 5, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits (corporate amenities, health benefits) The CEO (Hubert) is a strong leader Well known brand The employees are largely personable

Cons

IT is largely outsourced (though it's getting better) Many business teams build their own IT independent of any processes Processes are set in place but there are no reprocussions if they are not followed Most of the company operates on Access databases or excel and are unwilling to stay up with current technologies No data governance Many leaders are disconnected from the work being performed Limited incentive for IT talent to work for Best Buy

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