Best Buy Reviews in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Area

Pros

hard to come up with. Discount

Cons

They have long term temps that have a lot of responsibility that should be full time paid employees. Managers ignore the fact that real employees sit around and smoke every hour while the temps do the work. People did not work together as a team.

Advice to Senior Management

Give the temps workers that have major responsibilities a chance at a full time job.

Pros

Sweet bosses, people, work atmoshpere, and technology. It's a pretty business oriented environment with company wide events including Blink 182 playing the parking lot.

Cons

They expect a lot and no mistakes can be made. Try to provide consistent work to management, otherwise, you may be heading to the front door. They have a game room that can be a little addicting.

Advice to Senior Management

They have promotional problems especially with the takeover with Accenture. It may be hard to get good people in there, because people want to work for Best Buy not for a consulting company.

Pros

You get a great opportunity to have an inside look at all the new technology before much of the public does. Not to mention the great working atmosphere.

Cons

A lot of training involved but unfortunately kind of a must in this particular market. It really depends on whether or not you are a part time or full time employee, if you are a part timer it's in my opinion more difficult to really gain as much knowledge about every product.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work! You guys do a pretty good job and keep things fun, I had a blast working there.

Pros

Flexible work schedule, decent pay, new campus (corporate hq), discounts for employees at stores, several team-building events (if you are into that kind of thing) and an overall collegiate atmosphere with low or no accountability. If you are smart enough to pull it off, you can coast forever without delivering anything substantial.

Cons

Senior management is like a bunch of high school kids; lots of cliques and groupism. Several groups all pursuing their own "strategies" - code word for building their mini empires. No coherent direction, except for retail growth. My manager was a very sharp, selfish, conniving, evil *itch, but several other employees that I interacted with were very nice.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of several prima-donnas at the HQ. Consolidate the multiple layers of management; get rid of the CXO titles for everyone in each department

Pros

One of the most flexible work environments I've ever seen. Salary and benefits are outstanding. People are fun. My Director empowers me to make decisions and own those decisions. High energy, gorgeous campus.

Cons

Sr. Leadership just can't seem to get it together, particularly in HR. Things are a little better under Brian Dunn, but I still at times can't believe a $50B company operates the way that we do.

Advice to Senior Management

Pick a strategy and stick with it. Brian: Hold your direct reports accountable for results and fiscal responsibility, instead of letting them disappoint year after year and still take huge $$ to the bank. Build a strategy capability that helps keep us on track!

Pros

Best Buy has a very entrepreneurial environment and gives opportunity for people to pursue their passion

Cons

Not a very structured environment for those looking at process driven company

Pros

Great environment. Non-commission sales is a plus. Morale among co-workers was most always positive. Sharing the exciting aspects of technology with customers was a positive thing.

Cons

Although it is non-commissioned, you will still feel the corporate pressure of making revenue and sales goals. Although this is a necessary part of business, it keeps employees in the mindset as if they were on commission.

Pros

Solid reputation in the CE industry as a innovator and leader.

Cons

Customer focus seems to be going in the wrong direction

Pros

Best buy has a solid training program for new employees and training regarding new products. It's retail hours but usually very acomodating.

Cons

Best Buy does not have a system to make sure that the people who are promotoed are capable or knowledgeable about hr practices and professionalism.

Pros

Best Buy treats employee's well. Great benefits.

Cons

Having the Geek Squad deliver business class services. Product ordering and delivery was a nightmare. Customer Financing was based on thier consumer credit policy which was not appropriate for Business clients.

Advice to Senior Management

Business Class services require a higher caliber installation service than the Geek Squad are able to provide. The uniform alone did not instill confidence in the small business clients.