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Best Buy

Amazon

Employee Ratings

Best Buy scored higher in 1 area: Work-life balance.
Amazon scored higher in 8 areas: Overall Rating, Career Opportunities, Compensation & Benefits, Senior Management, Culture & Values, CEO Approval, % Recommend to a friend and Positive Business Outlook.

Overall Rating

(full-time and part-time employees only)

Overall Rating

(full-time and part-time employees only)

3.7

★★★★★

(based on 30243 reviews)

Overall Rating

(full-time and part-time employees only)

3.8

★★★★★

(based on 112036 reviews)

Career Opportunities

3.4

★★★★★

Career Opportunities

3.8

★★★★★

Amazon employees rated their Career Opportunities 0.4 higher than Best Buy employees rated theirs.

Compensation & Benefits

3.5

★★★★★

Compensation & Benefits

3.9

★★★★★

Amazon employees rated their Compensation & Benefits 0.4 higher than Best Buy employees rated theirs.

Work-life balance

3.5

★★★★★

Work-life balance

3.3

★★★★★

Senior Management

3.3

★★★★★

Senior Management

3.4

★★★★★

Culture & Values

3.6

★★★★★

Culture & Values

3.7

★★★★★

CEO Approval

50%

50%Corie Barry

CEO Approval

76%

76%Andrew Jassy

Amazon employees rated their CEO Approval 26% higher than Best Buy employees rated theirs.

% Recommend to a friend

69%

% Recommend to a friend

73%

Amazon employees rated their % Recommend to a friend 4% higher than Best Buy employees rated theirs.

Positive Business Outlook

52%

Positive Business Outlook

67%

Amazon employees rated their Positive Business Outlook 15% higher than Best Buy employees rated theirs.

Salaries

Amazon has 118,387 more total submitted salaries than Best Buy.

Salaries for similar jobs

Best Buy Mobile Manager139 Salaries

$25/hr

General Manager339 Salaries

$111,855/yr

Inventory Specialist504 Salaries

$15/hr

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Salaries for similar jobs

Software Development Engineer II10021 Salaries

$151,648/yr

Area Manager3154 Salaries

$60,000/yr

Operations Manager1420 Salaries

$97,000/yr

See more Amazon salaries (161852)

What Employees Say

"Employee discount" was the most mentioned Pro at Best Buy.
"Good work culture" was the most mentioned Pro at Amazon.
"Credit cards" was the most mentioned Con at Best Buy.
"Long hours" was the most mentioned Con at Amazon.

Pros

"Employee discount"(in 2600 reviews)

"Work environment"(in 1154 reviews)

Pros

"Good work culture"(in 2860 reviews)

"Great benefits"(in 2138 reviews)

Cons

"Credit cards"(in 683 reviews)

"Work life balance"(in 661 reviews)

Cons

"Long hours"(in 4985 reviews)

"No work life"(in 1338 reviews)

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Featured Review

"Good company"Apr 16, 2022

★★★★★

Former Employee - Best Buy Sales Associate

I worked at Best Buy part-time for less than a year

Pros

Benefits Pay People Shifts Days Off

Cons

None none none none none

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Amazon has 95,599 more recently posted open jobs than Best Buy.

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