Best Buy Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"I like being able to play with all the new technology that comes out."

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

"Sell yourself, it's an interview and you need to sell yourself to get noticed."

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

"I don't like the public image my company has been receiving, with the sex scandal and all that."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to listen to their associates more and after they do that, they will be much better at their jobs and keep people happy."

"Good job, over charged customers, poor management."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"I enjoyed helping people to understand their technology better and be more suited to use the devices they purchased."

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

"Be sure and know what your worth is before trying to get a job here, as they will try to pay you as little as possible."

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

"The management team did not seem to understand what my department was supposed to do, or how to support us."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Act like you care about your employees more and pay attention to the level of work you push off on each individual worker."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The opportunity to develop and mentor others and the sense of accomplishment."

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

"You must be driven, energetic, and have a great ability to multi-task."

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

"The narrow focus and limited opportunity to grow my career."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think outside the box. Be willing to explore new ideas and possibilities."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Generally great co-workers really make it worth working. Customers at times are a bit thick, but it's to be expected. There is, as always, favoritism, seen from a perspective of someone who stays back from it, it's funny to watch. Corporate seems to be completely lost at times, and when they recently closed the doors of fifty stores, they lied at the initial news to placate the initial shock and anger that would have arisen with the stores they closed down."

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

"With the upcoming ReOrg May 5th, and horrible upper management, as well as the salary that is much less than what was previously on the page. (21K for the year if you're lucky as a sales associate); only do so if you must. It's better than most fast food, I admit; but save yourself the trouble if you're in no dire need."

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

"The upper management. I understand focusing on numbers, but the teachback they give about it is pretty awful. They want to send suits from district offices who honestly have no idea what it's like to work retail. They tell us to do this, say that, and rainbows will be everywhere! And we attempt it, only to humor them, and customers immediately reject us as pushy salesmen. Let the personality and people sell."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize talent at the GM and manager level. Don't lie to the peons of the company, and be innovative. It's never fun or profitable to be behind the curve."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Hiring and training tasks, finding solutions to challenging customer issues."

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

"If you enjoy the retail hours, are interested in ensuring your job tasks are completed to expectation, not necessarily receiving communication about strategy or company vision, or have no need to feel connected to a value system, you will be great."

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

"Hypocritical, retail hours are terrifying in creating work/ life balance, too restrictive in terms of work challenges, feel most of my brain is not effectively used at work... there are no opportunities for growth or development. There is NO job security."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"be transparent about plans, seek out employee input, use customer insights to build plans and implement strategies to satisfy customer desires and dreams."

"Overall the company has great culture. I just don't foresee making that my career."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"It's retail so day on and day out I meet new people,which is something I love."

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

"My only tip would be just know you can do the job."

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

"It's not that I don't like working for the company, it's just that I'm currently looking for a career. In other words, I studied Computer Science in school and I'm now looking to get back into that field."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My only suggestion would be to allow associates to do their job."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"I enjoy working with new technology and the interaction of clients."

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

"Be honest. If you lie and are unable to do the job efficiently and well, then you not only stress yourself, but the company suffers as well."

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

"They will never promote you past full-time, regardless of capabilities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to modernize. The stores are supposed to sell the latest in technology and yet we use systems and tools from 12 years ago."

"Had a great time working there for 9 years but it went sour the last two."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The people I worked with overall were great and made me want to come every day."

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

"Don't. They won't be around long the way they currently operate."

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

"Lack of growth opportunities and the favoritism showed by many."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Executive management needs to reevaluate the way lower management operates."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The discount was easily the only thing that kept me working there."

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

"Don't do drugs for the drug test, be honest upfront about all questions asked. Ethics interview about stealing."

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

"It was just a high school job, coworkers were very egotistical."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Overhaul on training for employees, more competitive price matching, serving customers with integrity."

"Great working environment."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"I liked the working environment and the people I get to work with."

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

"It's a great company, they gave me a chance and I thrived."

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

"I don't like the fact that our work hours are generated by how many services are sold."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management is really good and they know how to do their job."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The Best Buy work life balance is a huge plus! The concept of Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) is awesome but, in practice it creates a culture of managers that dial down their performance to only earn a passing grade. Relationships are really important and many employees have been mainstays since BBY was a regional player. Low accountability and expectations are frustrating. Consumer electronics is an exciting industry with fast product life cycles and awesome opportunity to identify unmet needs and develop customer solutions. Retail is fun but a flailing(or failing) ;) business model, makes work difficult and downright demoralizing."

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

"Find out if your business has the resources necessary to actually deliver on the goals and objectives. Also double check on the managers' people management credentials."

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

"Corporate ladder is a mess! Relationships and tenure dictate progress in many areas of the company while other areas are uncharacteristically competitive and difficult to make advancement. People managers run the gamut from really awful to pretty good. The strategic vision is led by old guard big box retail and lacks insight, focus, or the capability to deliver."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring in new leadership team to reduce the legacy issues. Be bold! Revamp the business model! Stop the work that isn't aligned with the forward strategy."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"It was a fun environment to work in with good people."

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

"Be patient when you go to the interview. They tend keep you waiting."

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

"There was no full-time positions and the pay was not that good."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Best Buy has a great corporate culture and fulfilling work."

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

"Seriously reevaluate your career path. Unless you have family in Best Buy, you are unlikely to move up."

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

"Consistency is valued over innovation and profit is the highest concern."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Return to a smart friend mentality and stop cutting employee benefits."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Fun people and environment and get to talk and sell games."

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

"Be on time, know your material on electronics and be outgoing."

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

"I am a programmer and the job is a sales job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work and continue to work hard."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Easy, stable job, flexible hours, good discount until they got rid of it."

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

"Give them the answers they want to hear, they won't fire you for anything after you're hired."

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

"Processes are pointless, unrealistic. HR is useless. Management largely removed from employee growth/termination."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop lying to your employees and hire people who want to be there."