Great job if you are young, not a career if you are older! - Sales Associate Best Buy Employee Review

2.0
Feb 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

-employee discount and benefits. Best in retail that i have seen. -employee pay was above the norm

Cons

-communication. many managers were not in sync with one another and each manager (4 in total) were giving different messages. -not enough support from the managers. Training was all done by the employee, on a computer. managers never really trained, just said do this or do that. The environment called for this type of training because the managers never found time to train.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Learn a lot on the job. Great place to entry level in tech. Geek squad has a lot of independence from the store when I was there.

Cons

Proper scheduling. If people call out they do not try to fill role they simply expect you to do more. Rotating schedule, Your on and off days will change week to week.

3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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