Pros
I have worked for BBY for almost six years while in college and graduate school. From the beginning I always felt like I had a ton of friends at work. As a part-time employee I felt like every day was fun and I truly enjoyed coming to work. Whenever I needed time off I just simply put in a request and it was granted - with the exception of the holiday months. The pay scale is hourly with no commissions on sales. This makes for modest to little pay but I think that it made it more enjoyable to come to work and not worry about competing with other employees or sale stealing. The employee discount is nice too!
Cons
The mentality of the company is very heavy on paperwork and worthless business plans. As I continued to work my way up the retail ladder I found that I had to spend more time filling out forms and coaching employees with machine-like scripted sales presentations. I felt that over time there was mass-favoritism in the eyes of management. If you pushed back on any of the store initiatives you were signing your own death sentence. Working up through the ranks was more of a product of how much butt you kissed than your own hard work. I enjoyed the whole experience but I felt that there were some areas for improvement.