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    Best Buy Reviews

    Updated 19 February, 2019
    600 reviews

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    3.6
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    Best Buy President Ron Wilson
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    Pros

    • "The employee discount is great and I love the accommodations" (in 1863 reviews)

    • "Fun to work for and all around enjoyable" (in 314 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Hours are long and tough to manage work life balance" (in 502 reviews)

    • "New full-time employees PTO hours are extremely small" (in 563 reviews)

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    1. "Amazing Place to Work"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Customer Service Representative in Richmond Hill, ON
      Current Employee - Customer Service Representative in Richmond Hill, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      great management (very understanding and lenient)
      co-workers become like family
      good hours
      great employee discount

      Cons

      the annoying, and entitled customers

    2. "My 2 cents on BestBuy"

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      Former Employee - Counter Intelligence Agent in Gatineau, QC
      Former Employee - Counter Intelligence Agent in Gatineau, QC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Working at BestBuy will definitely get you into the future. You will learn a lot about electronics and such, if you are, of course, willing to learn and inform yourself a little outside of work.

      Working for the GeekSquad will get you to fall in love with the IT/IM environment! You can expect to learn how to fix most of the hardware and software crisis. Working on 20~ computers per day will make you some kind of an "EXPERT" quite fast, if you are a fast pace learner and if you like being in the hot water.

      Cons

      The biggest inconvenient at BestBuy would definitely be the training. By that, I mean that, if you are not a fast pace learner and if you don't like being in the hot water, you won't make it. You start right away and there is a lot to learn. No knowledge check is done, other than having a mentor with you when it's not too busy, which rarely happens.

      Advice to Management

      Please try to give basic workshops and specific training for newer employees. It's important to understand what you are doing and why you are doing it, and not just do it because the "boss" said so. Taking time to train your employees will greatly increased the number of successful careers at BestBuy. Just my 2 cents!

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    3. "Sales specialist- Connected Solutions"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Winnipeg, MB
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Friendly environment, supported management and colleagues...work is fun

      Cons

      Basic salary like 12/hr.
      Less number of hours if you are student with less availability

    4. "Awesome"

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      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative in Windsor, ON
      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative in Windsor, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy (More than a year)

      Pros

      Staff Discount, friendly environment, and fun!

      Cons

      Nothing! I enjoyed my time at Best Buy. Great job!

    5. "Flexible"

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      Current Employee - Product Process Specialist in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Product Process Specialist in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible hours during every week

      Cons

      Too busy in high season

    6. "Sales"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Edmonton, AB
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Edmonton, AB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Learn alot about dealing with customer issues

      Cons

      Some days can be very long

      Advice to Management

      Keep focus on employee training

    7. Helpful (1)

      "E-Commerce Peasant"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Creative in Burnaby, BC
      Former Employee - Creative in Burnaby, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Cafeteria and good people at lower level.

      Cons

      Poor Management and Leadership. Management expects employees to live by the "Values" but do not live them themselves.

      Old Fashioned Future Shop leadership is killing the company.

      Talent retention is struggle for Best Buy as they do not pay the industry median.

      Advice to Management

      Move forward from the past leadership

    8. "Best Buy is a great place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sales Supervisor in Victoria, BC
      Current Employee - Sales Supervisor in Victoria, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Atmosphere, benefits, career advancement, employee discounts

      Cons

      Wage could be more competitive

      Advice to Management

      Wage could be more competitive, other then that only good things to say

    9. "Overall satisfactory"

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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Friendly atmosphere - Good for 1st hand experience in retail

      Cons

      On-site training could be better and more comprehensive.

      Advice to Management

      Spend more time on training rather than fixing problems resulting from poor training

    10. "Sales Representative Experience"

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      Former Employee - Sales Representative in Kingston, ON
      Former Employee - Sales Representative in Kingston, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Solid benefits, fun job, great co-workers

      Cons

      Poor management, unorganized, unacommodating, lack of support