Best Buy Work Life Balance | Comparably
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Best Buy Work Life Balance

The Work Life Balance at Best Buy is rated a B+ by 561 employees putting it in the Top 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. 53% of Best Buy employees are satisfied with their work life balance while 57% feel they are burnt out. A well proportioned work life balance is necessary to keep employees happy and productive.

About 74% of the employees at Best Buy work eight hours or less, while 5% of them have a very long day - longer than twelve hours. The Majority of Best Buy employees are satisfied with their work life balance and feel burnt out.

In general, employees in the Customer Support department and employees with Entry Level experience believe they have good work life balance while employees in the IT department and employees who have been at the company 2 to 5 Years think there is room for improvement.

Work Life Balance
Top 20%Top 20% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
B+

Best Buy is in the Top 20% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Happiness
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C+

Best Buy is in the Top 50% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Culture Score
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B-

Best Buy is in the Top 40% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

How Employees Rate Best Buy's Work Life Balance

AnswerPercent
Yes53%
No47%
Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?
AnswerPercent
7 or less21%
853%
1019%
122%
More than 125%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
>1 hour10%
1 hour21%
45 minutes24%
30 minutes21%
I eat at my desk24%
How long do you take for lunch breaks?
AnswerPercent
Yes57%
No43%
Do you feel burnt out at work?
AnswerPercent
Excellent38%
Good19%
Neutral19%
Not Great5%
Terrible19%
How’s the work life balance at your company?
Who Ranks the Work Life Balance highest at Best Buy?
Department - Customer Support 81/100
Experience - Entry Level 79/100
Ethnicity - Other 79/100
Who Ranks the Work Life Balance lowest at Best Buy?
Department - IT 58/100
Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 59/100
Tenure - Over 10 Years 60/100

Best Buy Work Life Balance by Department

Work Life BalanceHappinessCulture Score
SalesA-BB
OperationsA-A-A-
MarketingBBB
DesignBD+C+
ProductBBB
EngineeringC+BC+

Best Buy Work Life Balance by Experience

Work Life BalanceHappinessCulture Score
Entry LevelA+BB+
1 to 3 YearsABB
3 to 6 YearsBBB
6 to 10 YearsC+B-B
Over 10 YearsBA-B

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