Q&A With Best Buy Employees
You can feel the energy here. And we’re not talking about the hum of electronics (there’s that, too). We’re talking about people. Best Buy employees are friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help you succeed. Sure, we’re a big company — the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer — but that doesn’t stop us from having fun while doing what we love: bringing technology into people’s lives in meaningful ways.
How employees describe working at Best Buy
Less micromanaging and listening to the real issues.
quality, innovative, and they care about customers
Much improvement is needed for Customer Care and deep training for customer service representatives in understanding their service products.
Plenty of opportunity to learn new departments.
Awesome place to work, especially the Geek Squad
What it's like to work at Best Buy
- Best Buy employees generally work 8.5 hrs a day
- Employees at Best Buy report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Best Buy have 0 meetings
- 86% of Best Buy employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Best Buy employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 53% of Best Buy employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Best Buy employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 72% of Best Buy employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Best Buy Employees
IDX: 75 TOT: 95
How are the benefits at Best Buy for employees in Sales?
Best Buy's Sales team rates their overall benefits a B and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 71% of Best Buy employees in Sales say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Sales also get 10-15 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.
How are the benefits at Best Buy for employees in IT?
Best Buy's IT team rates their overall benefits a C- and most of them think the perks are Good. 55% of Best Buy employees in IT say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in IT also get 0-10 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $1500 - $2500/mo.
How are the benefits at Best Buy for employees in Engineering?
Best Buy's Engineering team rates their overall benefits a B- and most of them think the perks are Fantastic. 70% of Best Buy employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How's career growth and advancement at Best Buy?
65% of the same employees also feel like Best Buy is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Best Buy.
How are the managers in the Sales department at Best Buy?
Best Buy's Sales team rates their manager a B or 73/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The sales team (79%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
How are the managers in the IT department at Best Buy?
Best Buy's IT team rates their manager a C- or 63/100 and the majority do not believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The it team (75%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Best Buy?
Best Buy employees rates their pay and overall compensation a C+ or 65/100. 55% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 79% of employees get raises every year.






