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      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (41,885 total reviews)
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      Corie Barry

      35% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

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      Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,885 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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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      42K reviews
      2.0
      Apr 27, 2009

      Best Buy...no longer THE retail favorite for employees to work.

      Pcho senior (was)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great discounts (5% above cost), usually a fast paced environment, good benefits (medical & dental, 401k -- although, all employees took significant losses over the past few quarters). Cool to see the latest technology, often before the public. Decent training from online systems and vendors.

      Cons

      Almost NO opportunity for growth now due to the restructuring of the company (as of April 2009). Promotions seem to be 25% hard work and skill to 75% who you know and the relationship you have with management. While the online training works in many cases, a lot of it is horribly outdated. For a company that wants to focus on the latest and greatest, it still emphasizes (forces) training on outdated, irrelevant concepts (Computer Cert Level 1 stuff).

      2.0
      Apr 27, 2009

      you can make good money at Best buy, not through hard work but by make the right people like you.

      Geek squad, agent senior (cia senior )
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      you can move up very quickly. your bound to run into some very interesting people. the pay for a retail job is pretty good.

      Cons

      working on weekends and holidays. you deal with a lot of angry people who can say what ever they want to you cause they known you have to take it to keep you job. Geek squad is the worse department to work in as far a stress level is concerned. you have to be a master a multitasking, they will expect you to work on computers, answer the phones, check-in in computer, and answer questions from the floor. it would be so bad if you could get help from a blue shirt(sales floor associates) but they will just stand in a circle and talk while you they to handle up to 7 customers at a time.

      5.0
      Apr 27, 2009

      Best Buy is Good

      Operations supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Pay check every week, we make good money compared to alot of other companies. Great people to work around, you always seem to find yourself joking, smiling and laughing with the people you work with. Have a lot of fun while being at work, always playing games or having contests to see who can be the best sales person for the day. Sweet employee discount, when you can get product at 5% above cost which works out very nicely. A great opprotunity to get promoted, People can go from a cashier to a supervisor in less then two years if they want to- you really just have to be good at your job (which isn't that hard) and apply and you get promoted and promotions mean way more money!!

      Cons

      The reconstruction sucks! A lot of good people are losing their jobs

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