Garbage....just garbage. - Seasonal Sales Associate Best Buy Employee Review

1.0
Apr 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Discount was decent. The paid but useless meetings were a nice break from hassling ignorant customers.

Cons

I received no useful product knowledge, just did little computer slideshows on poorly working Imacs. There is a very complicated "not on commission, might as well be" numbers game in which you could sell something expensive and not have it matter to your insane quotas. As a result of this, my coworkers were cutthroat and unhelpful and barely showed me anything. I had an attitude anybody who set foot in the store should be helped which I was mocked for. My manager took over a department in which he knew nothing about the product. I observed department managers pushing insane add-ons to people who didn't need them. It was clear that management had contempt for most customers. Security guys were rude and bullyish. Breakroom had mostly inoperable snack/soda machines

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

No Need to sell or deal with customers (Much) Constantly moving so you always have a task to do Management leaves you to your own devices Almost all warehouse employees have a set of headphone

Cons

Everyone (Cust & employees) Expect an encyclopedic knowledge on where every single item is. Management seems to think we can lift a 85" tv, pull a washer off the top shelf, stock gaming shelves, and handle store pick up at the same moment. Customers think we don't want to help them when we call someone else to help with sales There's almost too much to do and even though we may have 1-3 employees working at a time, 1 is at the door, 1 is behind store pick up, which leaves 1 employee to handle new orders, deliveries, and down stocking.

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