Best Buy FAQ

Pros

- Company really cares about employees, and there have been few or no lay-offs during COVID in the Canadian Headquarters even with the ongoing financial hardship. - Existing infrastructure is not the best, but senior leadership heads the company to the right direction. - Very flexible work hours. - Team is awesome overall. - A lot of training and company will support it if it doesn't delay deliverable

Cons

- Silos between teams, but this is improving due to agile transformation that's been going on for the past few years. - Benefits can be improved like free coffee, free gym, etc.

Pros

The benefits are pretty good, including 401k matching, health, dental, and vision insurance, tuition reimbursement, and stock options.

Cons

The operations side of the company is treated as lesser employees compared to the sales floor. Operations employees get less benefits and opportunities for promotions.

Advice to Management

Stop treating an entire side of your workforce like they don’t matter.

Pros

the culture and sense of community is very strong with best buy. they offer good benefits and pension

Cons

salaries and hourly pay are extremely low across the board.

Advice to Management

dont even pay above and beyond, just pay as per the market. also some leaderships need to be re-evaluated.

Pros

Discount, flexibility with schedule, health benefits, 401 K, employee assistance programs for tuition, law issues, mental health, etc...

Cons

Customers who yell at you, some management who doesn’t care about personal lives of employees

Pros

benefits, flexibility, 401k, dental life insurance

Cons

the job, customers, leadership, culture, senior leadership

Advice to Management

The culture at most locations needs improvement.