Geek Squad Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Small Fish bowl"

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"The management uses Geek Squad as a sales tool. Your knowledge is given out free, the work you preform is never appreciated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you do not understand something ask, barking orders is not the way to go."

"Enjoyed the people, couldn't stand the management."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"The environment within the Precinct was enjoyable, great computer tech job."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"The upper Management would continuously hound Geek Squad and use them as scapegoats."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let the precinct do their job."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"The ability to learn and the uniform."

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

"You just need to be technically inclined to work on computers."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"Nothing really I didn't like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To understand the culture better."

"Got the experience and went my way for a better salary and easier job."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"Different people, different day, I like getting in my geek bug and go to different customers in different locations, makes it not boring."

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

"It is a good start point, without it, I wouldn't have gotten my current position."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"It is still retail oriented, people are unhappy with the store or overall experience and they get it out on you as soon as you walk into their homes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should treat Geek Squad double agents as pros, not school kids."

"Get the experience and get out."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"It was kinda fun to help people, and if the right managers are working it can be fun."

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

"It's not really for professionals. It's for people in the beginning of their careers, or the beginning of a particular line of work (if you've gone higher than the retail side of it.) Really tho, it's a bootstrap - don't let them brainwash you."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"You have the same problem you have most places, the retail managers think they are real business managers and get a god complex because they control the lives of over a hundred people. They stop caring and begin to treat everyone like they are in high school. The wrong manager can make the job completely unbearable, rather than just making it a strain."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat Geek Squad personnel as you should: Like they are skilled professionals. If you DO end up hiring kids off the street to do the work, and then never treat them like adults, you will lose your best people time and time again. If you stop, and treat them like the huge production/profit makers that they are, and give them some respect(as they are often very intelligent) then you can make yourself more of an icon of knowledge, rather than incompetence."

"Get the experience and get out."

"GeekSquad is a fair work environment."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"It's a fast paced environment."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"Lack of challenges and lack of opportunity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better balance of talents available will often motivate employees and drive work flow better."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"Discounts at Best Buy."

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

"Just know your work before just jumping into this field."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"Angry customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure you have enough Techs b/c they can easily get overworked."

"Geek Squad is a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"The atmosphere."

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

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"White socks."

What do you like about working at Geek Squad?

"Fixing PC's and working with customers."

What don't you like about working at Geek Squad?

"The management that was in place when I was there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more people focused. It would help significantly with employee turnover."