Ups and Downs - Management Best Buy Employee Review

3.0
7 Jun 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The employee discount was excellent, as were the bonuses and incentives. Lots of options to learn and grow, provided you continued to beat to the company drum. Tuition reimbursement and leaders who can and often do listen effectively to your problems. Company very forgiving on time off requests, and really good with work life balance. I'll miss this the most.

Cons

High high turnover! Part-time associates pretty much have no hope of becoming full time. Some quality people left on PT for many years just because a manager has a negative personal opinion of them. Anonymous survey not truly anonymous, bad comments are rooted out by senior managers and directors, and those who say them are let go for "business reasons". If you're not willing to play the political game, you can kiss your job good bye. Not a career place, management and lower rung associates alike are churned through regularly to keep things fresh. Consider it a stop along your career path, and enjoy it while it lasts. Company uses cliché values that don't really mean anything, they're just buzz words.

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Pros

Flexibility, good culture and fun people to work with

Cons

Upward mobility can be limited

3.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Travel to different store locations. On travel that requires a hotel meals are covered up to $80 a day. Mileage is reimbursed outside of 20miles from home and back.

Cons

You're required to have a car and it puts alot of strain on it and your body. You could be gone from home anywhere from a few days to a few months. Changes are very last minute.

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