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    Anchorage, AK
    3.3
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    Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly
    Hubert Joly
    5 Ratings
    Highest Rated CEO 2017

    13 Employee Reviews

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    • Somewhat of a hard work life balance (in 434 reviews)

    • I wish I could have been a full time employee (in 502 reviews)

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    1. "Great starter job in sales supervision"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Sales Supervisor in Anchorage, AK
      Former Employee - Sales Supervisor in Anchorage, AK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Fast paced, in a busy environment

      Cons

      Required to work long hours over the holidays, no regular schedule

    2. "Great work, less than great hours"

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      Current Employee - Mobile Representative in Anchorage, AK
      Current Employee - Mobile Representative in Anchorage, AK
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Continuous people interaction, develop excellent selling skills

      Cons

      Not enough hours, too many bosses

      Advice to Management

      No more favoritism

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    3. "Not worth it"

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      Former Employee - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent in Anchorage, AK
      Former Employee - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent in Anchorage, AK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great discount and vendor accommodations. Most of coworkers were fun to be with. Learning was easy and pretty straightforward that's about it.

      Cons

      Hard to advance unless you suck up a lot. Little pay for the amount of work and not enough respect. High turnover.

      Advice to Management

      Care about your employees and they'll care about the jobs

    4. "Working at Best Buy is awesome"

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      Current Employee - Sale Consultant in Anchorage, AK
      Current Employee - Sale Consultant in Anchorage, AK
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The people are great. Awesome training program. Working at bby will keep you current on the latest consumer tech. Plus having benefits never hurts, store, healt, vision, etc.

      Cons

      Depending what section that you work in, or how much product knowledge that you have. There is the chance your day is full of running all over the store. Oh a 30min luch comes with being apart of the Best Buy team.

      Advice to Management

      Make lunch an hour, 30 minutes isn't enough time to do anything.

    5. "Inventory Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Inventory Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Current Employee - Inventory Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good Discount on some items, Job is not hard or complicated

      Cons

      Clearly a separation between Sales team and Warehouse team, like most jobs. Best buy does not offer hours. they try to keep you on part time as much as possible. even seasoned workers that have worked here for years, still don't get 40hrs a week.

      Advice to Management

      Have steady full time workers, not a bunch of jumbled part timers.

    6. "Management is going in the wrong direction"

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      Former Employee - Computer and Tablet Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Former Employee - Computer and Tablet Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy (More than a year)

      Pros

      Perfect if you enjoy being over worked and under paid plus you will get along great with the management if you are a grade A but kisser

      Cons

      low pay, lack luster training, management does not lead by example (do as I say, not as I do) and you are expected to train yourself in other departments on your own time with no compensation.

    7. "Best Buy"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Anchorage, AK
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Anchorage, AK
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Fun and fast pace job

      Cons

      none it does get really busy though

      Advice to Management

      make it fun

    8. "Great Company, Bad Management"

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      Former Employee - Mobile Electronics Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Former Employee - Mobile Electronics Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Great employee discount on most items
      Continuous employee training
      Plenty of sales experience

      Cons

      Management can be harsh for no reason when small mistakes are made when dealing with customers.
      Management acts like they are god. Does not do a good job of managing by walking around

      Advice to Management

      Get on the sales floor more often and see first hand what it going on in the store, rather than only creeping out from the back of the store when something goes wrong.

    9. "The people you meet are amazing and you get a real feel for the retail world"

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      Current Employee - Customer Service Representative in Anchorage, AK
      Current Employee - Customer Service Representative in Anchorage, AK
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Some pros for me were the weekly meetings and management, our management team was excellent, also the people that you work with are very nice and helpful

      Cons

      having to sell the credit cards was kind of a drag, but you weren't commissioned on it or anything so it wasnt horrible

    10. "The experience here has been mixed."

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      Current Employee - Computer Sales Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Current Employee - Computer Sales Specialist in Anchorage, AK
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The coworkers, the discount, somewhat good company values.

      Cons

      Hard to get schedules worked out.

      Advice to Management

      More employee focus.

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