Decent job but run horribly - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent Best Buy Employee Review

1.0
15 Jun 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Most team members are relatively supportive and understanding. You get employee discounts. You get trained pretty well.

Cons

The appointment schedule line is outsourced to non Best Buy employees who have no idea what’s going on in the stores. For example when our diagnostic systems were down, there was no way to communicate that to the appointment center so they kept sending people in for appointments. When I brought it up to management they said there was nothing they could do about it. The geek squad managers can never be there to help because since they’re so understaffed they always put them up at the podium for hours. You’ll often be pulled to cash registers because Best Buy again is very understaffed, not because people aren’t applying, but ALLEGEDLY because they just greedy and want to save their money. It would run so much better if they just hired the proper amount of people and communicated with call centers.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

discount schedule maintaining just one area clean and knowing about the better product

Cons

Training, managers being on your bubble everyday knowing you’re the top rep and know how to do your job

3.0
30 Jun 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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