Great Management and Entry-Level Job - Sales Advisor Best Buy Employee Review

5.0
2 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Let me preface this by saying it was my first job and worked here for just under a year: - Great management: They care a lot about you as an individual, and if you aren't meeting metrics, they will try to help you rather than scold you for bad performance. - Team Bonding: The store tends to have a day or two a month where either the management or a brand ambassador will bring in food, and the team itself is very intertwined, and everyone knows the entire team by name. - Career Mobility for Management: If you want to work at BBY for a career, go down the management route; while being a consultant can be lucrative, it is volatile and heavily competitive, whereas management gives the most growth opportunity for someone looking to thrive.

Cons

- Favoritism: Some stores are given favoritism, as in any job, and management doesn't do a great job at ensuring that the team is equally splitting the load at times. - Expectation to Know All: After you gain a bit of seniority, you are typically paid less than recruits, have to work ALL departments as a fill-in, and walk across the store all day; it gets exhausting talking about 15 different types of products and getting/loading product for customers.

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2.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-It's a job that is available in most locations.

Cons

-The company, on a corporate level, doesn't seem to grasp the value of the talent they have. - Close ties with Citibank subvert the importance of product knowledge, customer service, and revenue for credit card sales. - Daily Performance check-ins are overbearing and myopic. - Tends to burnout motivated employees with false carrots and hollow promises. - Pay's terrible, and rides the line of predatory at times.

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