Best Buy Canada Reviews in Vancouver, BC Area

Pros

Lots of opportunity to grow, learn more and of course earn more as you move up.

Cons

There are times, projects, duties that will keep you in the office for more than 12 hours a day. It is very important to ensure a balance is kept in place between life and work, or you will get stuck working 11 hour days like many do at Best Buy Canada.

Advice to Senior Management

To be in touch with people of all positions and not just other leadership positions.

Pros

large organization, very dynamic group and industry

Cons

really long hours, and lots of stress

Pros

all i can say is discounts, it an average place to to gain a retail experience but not the best

Cons

no job security, no respect.
terrible management, as a result even mangers dont have job security, wages is about average . stressful

Pros

- Young, fun people who are generally social

Cons

I worked for FS at the Headquarters in Burnaby in the Merchandising Group and it is the WORST job I've had by far. Where to start...

1. Most managers are old time sales people with no education and no degree (some didn't even finish high school). They can't give you any professional feedback to develop so you won't grow at all

2. The job is boring, repetitive and you don't learn anything at all. Most jobs are not far from being a glorified data entry clerk

3. The pay is sub par and terrible benefits. They give employees 3 year old 1G of RAM laptops! My niece who is 10 doesn't even use 1G of RAM to play games and yet we're expected to work on those laptops?

4. The ass kissing here in unbelievable. It's all about who you brown nose. Multiple smart, capable people leave in droves, leaving a herd of incompetent people working here

6. Most people work here and always look for something better. That's why they always have Merchandising Analyst/Merchandising Manager positions open. The turn over is REALLY high. I've worked with 3 Merchandising Managers in the same category for the 1 year that I was there

7. Promotions are dangled like carrots and never given out. Managers lie to your face about your potential and the "raise" every year is at 3% maximum

Overall just a cheap company. It might be OK if you just graduated from college and need a good name on your resume (a year max) but other than that avoid at ALL costs

Advice to Senior Management

Get real professionals not some sales clerks with no education to manage your business

Pros

Good Experience, Good Working atmosphere, Good store level leadership, Employee purchase plan, Understanding the employee requirement at the store level is high.

Cons

Pay scale compared to most other retailers is among the lowest in British Columbia. The job requirements in the store level is over whelming most of the time. labor turnover is very high.

Advice to Senior Management

The pay scale for most of the stores in British Columbia has to be revisited, its surprisingly low for the amout of work load vested on the employees.

Pros

Young, vibrant culture
Excellent corporate facility
Casual dress work envirmonment
Opportunty to work from home
Excellent benefits

Cons

Unreasonable timelines and workload
Lack of resources to do the work
Senior management seems unsure of next steps
Very political environment

Pros

- Discounts
- If you love technology and customer service

Cons

Depending on your department you might not have that much support when it gets busy

Advice to Senior Management

- Hire more staff for support in the departments
- More training staff on other departments so they can be flexible in helping other customers out when their department isn't busy

Pros

Allow a young individual to manage a large number of associates.

Allows for growth potential professionally and personally.

Can be promote fairly quickly

Cons

Need to have openings above before you are moved up.

When senior management is in need, they direct the blame downwards

Advice to Senior Management

I have not worked directly with leadership at Best Buy Canada and cannot comment on their working. But wages quite low.

Pros

General new employee training was good
The discount - except have to wait 3 months to use it
Decent starting pay

Cons

My training for home theater has been really bad. I was given very little instruction and overall the department seems kind of unorganized.
Working in a huge store, not very personal
I felt like they didn't really inform me about everything i needed to know on my first couple of shifts
difficult learning curve about products
annoying sales approach

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure that new employees are properly trained and looked after
Get to know the employees better
Be available for questions/review
Schedule more people

Pros

Being non-commissioned is relaxing if you have other things going on in your life, such as school. Management is usually very nice and supportive.

Cons

This isn't a place where you can make money if you try harder. My store recently laid off much of its full time leadership staff. I also got the feeling sometimes that management talks behind your back.

Advice to Senior Management

I'm not a fan of our "non-commission, no pressure" model, while our supervisors get paid bonuses and we're compared on a national scorecard that has no end. If you compare everyone to everyone, half of the stores will be on the bottom. Therefore half the people are branded as insufficient performance. So much for no commission-no pressure.