Best Buy Canada Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Best Buy Canada

Pros – You'll meet and work with great people within your department.
It really is a team environment.

Cons – Management doesn't seem to know what they want.
One minute they'll ask you to meet certain criteria and the next minute they'll punish you for meeting the same criteria they just asked you to complete.

Advice to Senior Management – Instead of hiring managers externally who go on power trips and don't understand the full rules of the store, why not try to train and promote internally?
A manager whose been properly trained and worked in the store from Day 1 will be more effective than somebody who has experience from a competing name brand.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Best Buy Canada full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good discounts and awesome health benefits. If you are interested in building a pension and/ or RSP this is a good place to be.

Cons – Management will drive you nuts! It's a non-commission sales job that gives you little return/ reward for hard work. Always understaffed, and this makes customers upset, which makes your job even worse. Raises are a joke.

Advice to Senior Management – Consistency is key! Also, if you know you have some bad employees who don't do their jobs right and are lazy get rid of them!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Best Buy Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – Fun place with lots of departments
Made some cool friends

Cons – Company is going through a turmoil recently with the layoff plus lack of advancements

Former Employee – worked at Best Buy Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – Good discounts and good sales experience on resume

Cons – Minimum wage pay and pay increases are really minuscule.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't be so pushy on warranties

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Best Buy Canada part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I enjoyed my time with Best Buy. There was a great work environment with fun team dynamics. This boosted the atmosphere and always made working here a lot of fun.

Cons – Management turns over too quickly which has an impact on the environment.
Sometimes you feel under appreciated because there aren't any incentives and you rarely get rewarded for doing a good job.

Advice to Senior Management – Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Best Buy Canada part-time for less than a year

Pros – Discounts on products, and able to purchase items at cost.

Cons – high turnover rate, minimal orientation.

Current Employee – been working at Best Buy Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – - good experience for other jobs
- good environment

Cons – - no commission
- high expectation of sales/warrenty

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Best Buy Canada full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Hours, the people who care, staff discount

Cons – Management, lack of training, biased promotions

Advice to Senior Management – Don't take away training opportunities that used to be there, meeting other supervisors face to face to bounce ideas off was great. Make sure store managers avoid promoting favourites over more qualified people, I saw many friends overlooked because they did not play the game.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Best Buy Canada

Pros – Easy, carefree, and flexible environment. Meeting interesting people and learning about new technology provided drive to better yourself.

Cons – Archaic guidelines and rules. Unfortunate use of human capital. Poor growth capabilities and recognition.

Current Employee – been working at Best Buy Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – The people you will be working with are reaaalllly nice

Cons – No advancement, the pay is not worth all the hassle you will have. Too much pressure for warranty and Geek.

Advice to Senior Management – Change your model

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company