frusturating - Anonymous employee Best Buy Employee Review

1.0
Aug 31, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

retail experience learn how a bigger company works from the lower level perspective

Cons

not much room to move up within the company. You always seem to be expected to work at least 2 hours past your shift for warehouse/merchandise department because they never know when the trucks are coming in. Managers never seemed to do much ex

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