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 (4854) , Customer Service Representative (1099) , Sales Advisor (1047) , 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 2554 reviews)); "the people you meet are great and if you want to move up in the company is great" ((in 2464 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the tasks are not extremely difficult" ((in 1984 reviews)); "The coworkers are great and know how to make a bad day turn out better." ((in 1471 reviews)); "I worked at Best Buy while I was in school and it was great because of the flexible hours." ((in 1077 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 1260 reviews)); "You are judged on your sales number's so no commission doesn't feel good." ((in 762 reviews)); "Too much favoritism." ((in 565 reviews)); "no work life balance its a all hands on deck environment right now got to save the company" ((in 507 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

(41,822 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 41,822 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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2.0

Oct 27, 2021

Best Buy's 3 Ps: Superficial Purpose, Inexperienced People, Immature Processes

User experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Annual bonus, employee discount, and that's it

Cons

Command and control hierarchy. Work is dictated to you from upstream and you dare not question the purpose or press a different perspective. Leaders with little to no experience in or awareness of contemporary product management practices. The three Ps at Best Buy are (superficial) Purpose, (inexperienced) People, and (immature or nonexistent) Processes. Lots and lots of platitudes, all talk and no action. Aspirational culture and values but completely non-existent and unachievable. People are more interested in selling ideas through manipulation or shutting others down rather than being curious, researching, understanding. People are promoted or put on committees (making them "experts") with little to no experience with the subject or industry in question. Look up the concept of "UX Theatre." That's what it's like working at Best Buy. Look up "signs you're not doing product management." That's what it's like working at Best Buy.

1.0

Oct 10, 2021

Was a great place to work, until Corie Barry

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Money... Team members are 'mostly very inclusive.

Cons

Favoritism. Management does nothing to help you move forward. They claim to be customer focused, when all the higher ups want is for you to LIE to get credit or TTS. No help for mental support, except a number. If you want a good work life balance, forget about it.

4.0

Sep 20, 2021

Corporate Making Questionable Choices

Sales advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great, understanding managers. Flexibility in hours and semi-consistent scheduling. Understanding with college duties. Decent pay for part-time. Phenomenal response to COVID-19 pandemic with paid sick leave.

Cons

No PTO for part-time (despite working 38hrs/week during summer). No leadership/supervisor opportunities for part-time. Low percentage-based raises. Consistent short staffing.

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