Tolerable for a Time - Sales Associate Best Buy Employee Review

2.0
May 15, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

GM of the store is a good guy. Fairly lax with dress code and phone restrictions. Can be fulfilling when helping someone in a tough spot.

Cons

The manager in charge of Geek Squad also handles scheduling for the whole store, and they are utterly incompetent at it. They disregard availability information and put the onus on you to make sure they don't mess up. They often catch an attitude when a change is needed, and would forget about time-off requests unless reminded constantly in the weeks leading up to it. It was common to hear managers openly disparaging subordinates behind their back during break, and there was also strong resentment between managers. It was an uncomfortable environment more often than not. Management alternates between being completely hands-off to a detrimental degree, and micromanaging interactions based on how far away deadlines are. Many customer service actions require a manager to sign off, but they often took a long time and multiple requests to respond. It is encouraged to stretch the truth and employ predatory techniques to coerce customers into purchasing memberships. Several of the best-performing associates straight up lie to customers, and are praised for it by management. I did not feel comfortable doing so and was consistently pulled aside by management to "practice" coercing customers.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Great General Manager, that’s about it.

Cons

All of the leadership besides the GM were unprofessional. They couldn’t help it but most were incompetent.

3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

No Need to sell or deal with customers (Much) Constantly moving so you always have a task to do Management leaves you to your own devices Almost all warehouse employees have a set of headphone

Cons

Everyone (Cust & employees) Expect an encyclopedic knowledge on where every single item is. Management seems to think we can lift a 85" tv, pull a washer off the top shelf, stock gaming shelves, and handle store pick up at the same moment. Customers think we don't want to help them when we call someone else to help with sales There's almost too much to do and even though we may have 1-3 employees working at a time, 1 is at the door, 1 is behind store pick up, which leaves 1 employee to handle new orders, deliveries, and down stocking.

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