Best Buy is a great place if you going to college, but once you have your degree get the hell out! - Mobile Sales Consultant Best Buy Employee Review

2.0
Dec 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great employees, most of the people I met while working there became some of my good friends. Some of them I hope to know for the rest of my life. Pay is good compared to other retailers.

Cons

Management is very self absorbed and arrogant. They love to promote young within this company at the store level. Most of the management are too young and were rushed to the top and developed a very large ego along the way. In order to get where they are you will have to kiss major ass, if thats your thing than by all means work at Best Buy. ( and i know that there are politics at every company, but much more so here. It is like you are in high school again!)

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Pros

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Cons

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