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      Best Buy

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      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (41,822 total reviews)
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      Corie Barry

      35% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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      42K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 13, 2024

      An Honest Breakdown of the State of Best Buy in 2024

      Geek squad cia
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Benefits such as Employee Discount, Vacation hours and accommodations. -Flexible hours -Good Teamwork

      Cons

      -Skeleton crews across most stores self-limiting growth & causing distress to both coworkers/clients. -Training has become a rushed afterthought instead of investing in ensuring new & current hires are setup for success. -Poor Management lacking ability to push back on bad corporate initiatives & failure always is on frontline employees "not doing enough" leading to low morale. -Declining operational health due to outsourcing labor for services & delayed resolution of issues versus company's past before current CEO. -No clear mission statement for future of company creating fear of job security due to quarterly to bi-quarterly cuts that come out of nowhere.

      2.0
      Feb 18, 2022

      It's okay, could be a lot better

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Great work life balance * You get to pick what you work on in most cases

      Cons

      * Was sexually harassed and they made me work with the person after filing a complaint * Super disorganized org, constantly reorganizing causing teams to be split up and people moved around every year or so * Lots of big company bureaucracy to get simple things like a laptop and permissions to code on them

      5.0
      Aug 18, 2018

      This is a company that cares about the employee experience!

      Geek squad manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The culture has always been a differentiator for Best Buy. People love to work here, and we are encouraged to find more ways to empower our associates and improve the employee experience. I've always felt the pay was competitive. Anyone who complains about pay probably isn't comparing it to a similar job. Additionally, Best Buy rewards movement over mastery, so your raises are much more substantial from promotions rather than just being great at your job.

      Cons

      Nobody leaves a bad company, they leave a bad boss. Once you have a GM who doesn't like you, it becomes very hard to promote or transfer stores because they will sandbag you when someone calls for their input. We focus so much on promoting from within that we will ask other's input and way they more than the merits of the candidate.

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