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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 723 Best Buy Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.4
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
4.0
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"I have worked at Best Buy for over 12 years and in multiple stores and positions. Best Buy really knows how to create a culture within their stores that's echoed through there leadership team. I was proud to stay I worked for a company that valued their employees growth. Best Buy provided me with great customer service and selling skills I can pass on to other jobs and the discount wasn't bad either."
Posted 3 years ago in Lone Tree, CO
Sales Specialist

"I've worked there for 5 years and it's been great! Great experience! Fun place to work at. I have learned a lot working here. There is always something new to learn, which makes each day productive. Great company and great supervisors/managers."

Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Inventory Specialist

"Yes, the pay is low but geek squad fulfills every nerd need I have."

Person You Work For 2.7 / 5 People You Work With 2.7 / 5 Work Setting 2.7 / 5
Support You Get 2.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.7 / 5
Company Culture 2.7 / 5 Way You Work 2.7 / 5
Best Buy Employee

"its okay, I have been with best buy for 5 years and have placed my blood sweat and tears in the company. The skills that I have obtained is amazing but if you are talented and believe you should get promoted in your own store its not going to happen. The pay for the work doesn't match up."

Person You Work For 2.3 / 5 People You Work With 2.3 / 5 Work Setting 2.3 / 5
Support You Get 2.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.3 / 5
Company Culture 2.3 / 5 Way You Work 2.3 / 5
Sales Associate

"This company sucks.TThis company sucks.his company sucks.This company sucks.This company sucks.This company sucks."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Sales Manager

"I've worked for Best Buy from August 2004 - July 2013. It's a great place to work in a retail environment with opportunity for advancement. The company prides itself on it's employees and is committed to ensuring that no employee goes untrained and no customer goes unserved. There are great perks and benefits as well."

Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 3.7 / 5
Assistant Store Manager

"Not customer driven, profit driven to stay in business."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The sales associates, in the store, are delightful and work really hard."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Talk profit, not people. Though their questions are customer related, they are not actually customer driven."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"The executive level managers are on protect mode, and won't welcome any outside experience or ideas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think outside the box, and actually solve the issues the customers bring in."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Support Agent

"Sometimes good, sometimes bad..."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Helping clients with computer problems and to learn about their equipment."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"Only important thing is bottom line, how much is sold."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve benefits to workers or they will go elsewhere, recognize better."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Sales Consultant

"This is a great company to work for and learn new abilities."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The team is fantastic and the environment is fast paced."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Expect to continually learn new technologies and develop you ability to interact with customers to meet and exceed their expectations!"

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"My passion is development, although I feel that this job is a good experience for customer interaction."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to support you subordinates and maintain the selling goals that are set for each consultant."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
General Manager

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Best Buy was a company that was open to listening to employee and customer ideas."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To successfully interview with the company it is important that you like people."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"The opportunity for current growth. The company is struggling and I am looking for better opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I am always sharing creative ideas to better serve the customers, with in specific categories."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Associate Product Manager

"Great working environment - lack of innovation."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Great corporate culture, very flexible work and life balance, great facilities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Beginning by asking questions and networking people in similar positions or the HR department."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"Lack of innovation has forced the company into it's current debacle."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management has become afraid to innovate and look at new business models."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Application Developer
Work Setting 5 / 5 Company Culture 1 / 5
Operations Supervisor

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Great leadership, exciting products to works with and great people to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Please make sure you have enough experience to apply for this job."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"Product launch delays to market due to steps required to longate the project."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Currently the product launches take a lot of time to market due to assigned process. Improvement in the process would get product out to market quicker, thus increasing in revenue."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Sales Associate

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"It was a fun place to work and got me on my feet when I first moved to Virginia."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great place to work if you are looking for a starting job."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"Although I was able to move up a bit in the company, the salary was poor."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put more investment in your employees because how the thrive affects you."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Geek Squad Technician

"Disappointing."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Best Buy was an enjoyable experience, my co workers were great people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's all about being knowledgeable about the products you sell and meeting the sales goal for the day."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"New ideas were frowned upon, the general manager ran the store as a his way or the highway operation, sabotaged any advancement within the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow your employees to voice their own ideas and allow them the freedom to make decisions and stand behind them."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Sales Leader

"Sold all types of electronics and trained people on them."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Their training programs. We are always up on the latest technology. The people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good luck. Know your area you are selling in. The town."

What don't you like about working at Best Buy?

"The business as a whole doesn't know what direction to take to stay in the running for company business. Need commission."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work on your turn off rate of employee. Work on getting ft for employees that are worth keeping."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Best Buy Reviews FAQs

Is Best Buy a good company to work for?

Best Buy has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 723 Best Buy Review Ratings left anonymously by Best Buy employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 93% of employees would recommend working at Best Buy.

Does Best Buy pay their employees well?

Best Buy employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 149 Best Buy employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Best Buy Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Best Buy?

93% of employees would recommend working at Best Buy with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated Best Buy 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.4 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Best Buy?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Best Buy is a Senior Sales Consultant at $57,408,000 annually. Browse Best Buy Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Best Buy?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Best Buy is a Media Sales Representative at $16,000 annually. Browse Best Buy Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Best Buy?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Best Buy to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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