Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,880 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,880 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
3.0
Jun 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The Employee Discount is great, the general direction of the company is forward thinking and they stock the latest and greatest in technology

Cons

Best Buy's sales model was not something I personally appreciated. There is no commission, but they really want you to push their Black Tie Protection on customers, regardless of whether or not they need it.

3.0
Jun 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The employee discount is fantastic. You get a job where you basically talk to customers and recommend fun stuff for them to buy. It's in no way a hard job to do but at the same time you feel like they credit their employees ENTIRELY with with successes and failures of the store. To them there is no such thing as a slow day or just a bit of bad luck with a sale.

Cons

There is no way to advance in best buy unless you completely drink the kool aid. You have to learn a huge mess of acronyms and take ridiculous certifications for the department you work in. You can count on pathetic raises every year.

4.0
Jun 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great oppurtunity to learn about various consumer electronics and build quality team, communication skills. Discount of 5% above store cost. Good vendor accomodations to obtain and learn more about the products sold in-store. Learning lounge is an effective tool to keep up to date on technology and how to explain various latest and greatest features to customers.

Cons

Sometimes low acknowledgement of hard work provided in-store. Raises are very low and are only provided once per year.

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