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Hubert Joly
I worked at Best Buy part-time for more than 3 years
Pros – -High value of employees
-Structured training programs
-Reasonable work hours
-Provides a wide array of relevant transferable skills
-Generous employee discounts
Cons – Overall, about what you would expect from a retail electronics company. The patience of everyone around you, including management, is tested on a semi-regular basis with regards to customer traffic and conflict. Also, the holiday times are a bit intense as expected.
Advice to Senior Management – Listen to feedback from part-time employees; their opinions are important as well.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-18 07:14 PDT
I worked at Best Buy full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – -Ability to move up the corporate structure is doable at lower levels
-Management pay is good
Cons – -Employee discount is gone
-Unimpressive benefits
Advice to Senior Management – -Take complaints about your higher up store management more seriously.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-18 23:35 PDT
I have been working at Best Buy part-time for less than a year
Pros – the reward program for working at best buy is pretty nice and very useful if you buy a lot of electronics or video games. Also the hours are never to bad and every other weekend for me.
Cons – Sometimes it gets really busy on the weekends and it seems as if there are not enough employees to handle the sheer amount of guest and they will not call people in for help.
Advice to Senior Management – make sure we are always properly staffed and continue to give us recognition or perks to do good.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-16 16:40 PDT
I worked at Best Buy part-time for more than a year
Pros – Flexible hours while attending school
Team members were around same age
Cons – Low hourly wage
Not much room for growth
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-17 14:56 PDT
I have been working at Best Buy full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Always great pay and everyone aalways works with whatever schedule you have.
Cons – Other employees that don't learn the policies we have can cause a lot of customer confusion.
Advice to Senior Management – Better training on all policies.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-06-14 10:14 PDT
I have been working at Best Buy part-time for more than 3 years
Pros – It is a fun, friendly, work environment.
Cons – little or no room for advancement.
Advice to Senior Management – Provide better compensation, benefits for part time employees, real career opportunities with room for advancement.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-06-12 21:26 PDT
I have been working at Best Buy full-time for more than a year
Pros – Good sales experience and fun work environment. The discount is great.
Cons – Other companies pay a lot more for employees doing the same type of jobs.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-13 11:19 PDT
I worked at Best Buy part-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Employee discounts (Pre-2011) and management usually will deal with the BS so we don't have to
Cons – Angry Customers, constantly trying to put out fires
Advice to Senior Management – Give your geek squad agents more freedom to make it right with the customers
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-06-13 16:13 PDT
I have been working at Best Buy full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Working with a number of very smart people. New executive management (in place since second half of 2012) is very decisive and they are very focused on delivering results. New direction is already positively impacting the stock price and the way analysts and press are viewing Best Buy's performance and outlook.
Cons – A clear long term strategy still needs to be fully articulated.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-10 13:20 PDT
I worked at Best Buy part-time for less than a year
Pros – Fun People. Although upper management can be manipulating with there power.
Cons – Weak Pay. I made nine bucks per hour. Probably should have been more like ten or eleven.
Advice to Senior Management – More bonuses
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-11 14:28 PDT
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