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 2522 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2426 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1996 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1455 reviews)); "I was in school at the time so flexible hours were a must and they were understanding" ((in 1094 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 2828 reviews)); "really bad managers with hr violations against them that best buy corporate would not handle." ((in 1268 reviews)); "No commission and non individual bonus system in place to leave associates making only hourly rate." ((in 760 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 514 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

(41,812 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 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,812 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

Mar 10, 2014

My time with bby

Assistant manager

Recommend

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Pros

During my time at BBY I enjoyed working for them. I was let go during a restructure. After I gained employment at another big box retailer I quickly realized that BBY did not treat their employees correctly

Cons

No holidays as a manager. Expected to work 50+ work weeks with no additional pay. Bonuses were not achievable the last two years

4.0

Mar 4, 2014

Great until a Re-Organization eliminated my job!

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Pay! Decent Benefits, Employee discount is awesome.

Cons

Zero Job security. Not much of a work / life balance as a manager.

1.0

Oct 29, 2013

just say no!

Full time sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

it was good to work for 6 years ago. the company really cared about the employee and wanted you to be successful. You get to play with electronics all day.

Cons

Customers are bad - want discounts on everything and are very fast to get mad if you cant answer one question out of the million they had and get mad if something is out of stock. managers - hide in the office all day until district comes around. will throw you under the bus in a heart beat. treat you like a commissioned sales person and pay you $10 an hour. promotions - only if you are a good looking female or you are friends with a manager. I have seen people with masters in business not even get a fulltime spot so education does not matter with this company. Also if you are over 40 forget about getting promoted. The company - changes things every week and will test you on it without giving you training. They need to make up their mind on what type of company they want to be. customer service - if you spend over $500 forget about a return even if its one day outside return policy. They will fight you until you give up. work / life - NONE

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