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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
Computer Technician

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Assisting everyone that would walk through the doors and actually seeing them being satisfied after they have taken my advice on which hardware/software they should purchase."

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

"I think that everyone, no matter where they apply, they should all be themselves. Great character goes a long way."

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

"There is nothing I did not like. I would say that whenever I am faced with a situation that I do not seem at ease to it, I try to make the best out of it. I always try to remember, that things could always be worse than what they seem."

Shipping and Receiving Clerk

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Make an honest living and treat workers with respect."

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

"They are unfair when it comes to giving opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay more attention to the working environment."

Geek Squad Technician

"Best Buy, at least its not Circuit City"

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Good people and fun work"

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

"The discounts are sweet."

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

"Way to concerned about money and not so much about the customer"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back to being there for the customer"

Media Specialist

"Working at Best Buy allowed me to explore new technology and train customers on how to use it."

Service Delivery Manager

"I was at Best Buy as a consultant through Wipro Technologies."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"They did IT very well and it was a good learning experience in terms of various IT best practices."

Sales Associate

"Great job for techies in school."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Once you established yourself at Best Buy it was pretty flexible in working with your schedule. It was fun to learn all of the latest technology being released for purchase."

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

"If you love sales and cross-sales in a medium relaxed environment this is a good job for you."

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

"There is not that much prestige to working in retail sales."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

Sales Associate

"Relevant experience but also versatile in many aspects to accommodate any position."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The atmosphere and part-time position to cater to school schedule variation."

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

"Compensation and treatment of lower-level associates."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management count was low and had too many responsibilities to do adequate management of all associates."

Customer Service Representative

"If you aren't a favorite, you aren't going anywhere."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"I met lifelong friends at Best Buy."

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

"Be aggressive. Be bold. That's how you will shine. Do much more than your job entails. Be a go-getter."

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

"It is all a favorites game. Doesn't matter how hard you work, if you are not the favorite then you won't be going anywhere in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be fair. Look at everyone equally. If you think someone would be good for the job, look at their peers and ask them, look at the whole circle, not just a piece of the pie."

Manager

"Winner!"

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Always meeting new people."

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

"Join in!"

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

"There wasn't anything that I didn't like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We all can work hard at team play to hit the company goal."

Area Sales Manager

"They love you when you're on top and hate you when you're not."

Consumer Advocate

"Good job while in college."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"It was fun while I was there."

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

"There is a lot of favoritism."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Actually be impartial when making decisions."

Media Sales Associate

"Cool, upbeat, fun place to work."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"The atmosphere, every day is different and you're able to teach your customers new things, and then sell them on it."

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

"Just be yourself, and be open."

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

"Hours were kind of odd, and you had to work holidays."

Media Representative

"Best Buy was a good place to work at during college."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"Fun environment."

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

"Pay scale didn't seem fair."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Balance out the pay scale."

Tech Lead

"Best Buy is overall a pretty good company to work for."

Supervisor

"I enjoyed working for the Geek Squad, I didn't so much enjoy working for Best Buy."

What do you like about working at Best Buy?

"It was great working as part of a team for the Geek Squad."

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

"To work at Best Buy (and really any retail) you need to be outgoing and be able to have a positive attitude no matter what is going on in your life."

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

"It's hard being a tech in a retail environment, you constantly have to be thinking about sales while you are trying to be a tech, it can become quite stressful."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to do a better job of separating sales for technicians, let us do our jobs and fix things. Let the sales reps sell."

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 Editor 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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