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    Best Buy Los Angeles Reviews

    Updated March 14, 2019
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    Los Angeles, CA
    3.9
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    Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly
    Hubert Joly
    47 Ratings
    Top CEO 2018

    91 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • "The employee discount is great and I love the accommodations" (in 1863 reviews)

    • "Fun to work for and all around enjoyable" (in 314 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Hours are long and tough to manage work life balance" (in 502 reviews)

    • "New full-time employees PTO hours are extremely small" (in 563 reviews)

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    1. "Pacific Sales"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Specialty Sales Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Specialty Sales Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Awesome company, great benefits, lots of opportunities. Build great friendships. Learn a lot about running a business, if you choose too.

      Cons

      Can be really challenging at times. Company policy creates roadblocks at times. As always, customers can be difficult in retail. Have to deal with impatient and moronic people at times.

      Advice to Management

      Improve work / life balance.

    2. "Great Leadership Training"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - AREA SALES MANAGER in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - AREA SALES MANAGER in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      • Easy-to-get-into role that preps you for store-level leadership
      • Lead the Home Theater department in the training of other employees on LG products
      • Manage a monthly LG budget, and use business strategies like merchandising, bulk stacking, custom demos, and employee training to hit that budget

      Cons

      • Your livelihood depends on other people helping you sell your product
      • Some Best Buy bureaucracy gets tedious
      • You work most holidays

      Advice to Management

      • Enable your brand Experience Experts to take on leadership responsibilities

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    3. "Overall beneficial and worthwhile, with a few exceptions"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Company culture is excellent
      Training, you always have the tools you'll need
      Discounts
      401K matching

      Cons

      Sales positions are measured using way too many metrics
      They'll tout discounts as part of why your pay is so low
      No commission just bonuses, uses a complicated formula that gives managers thousands and part time employees considerably less

      Advice to Management

      Continue to foster the excellent culture, turn around probably wouldn't be so high if you paid more than minimum wage to the majority of your in-store workers.

    4. "Project Manager"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Project Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Project Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great culture, Always evolving the business to stay relavent and competitive.

      Cons

      Growth Opportunities, job codes need to be updated.

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      "Store Manager"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Store Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Store Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Get place to learn and sharpen your leadership skills. I was there for 10+ years and it was the best business school I could have gone to. I had great mentors and good managers for the most of my time there. I started as a part time associate and moved up over the years. Training was the best feature while I was there.

      Cons

      Transparency wasn't always the best when I was there.

    6. "Asset Protection"

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      Former Employee - Asset Protection Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Asset Protection Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Decent pay
      Just ok Work/Life Balance
      Employee Discount

      Cons

      Glorified door greeter
      Forced to stand for 6-8 hours
      Hard to get breaks
      No recognition
      No clear rule on stopping shoplifters (at my store)
      Toxic environment. Already a ton of cliques and spent lunches alone

      Advice to Management

      Take care of everyone not just sales

    7. "Good for college students"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Decent pay for an entry level job

      Cons

      Difficult ladder to ascend if you want to make a career

    8. "It is very nice. Everybody works independently and help each other when needed."

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      Current Employee - Merchandising Specialist in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Merchandising Specialist in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Not pressured to be very fast. Just stay at a consistent pace, and very easy work. Co-workers are awesome people.

      Cons

      None that i can think of. It was hard at first because i had no experience but now that i have been here for a few months, it is just way easier.

      Advice to Management

      Nothing really, just keep a good friendly vibe in the store :)

    9. "Great place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Competitive pay, advancement opportunity, good benefit package. There are opportunities to learn and grow every day. Wide variety of career opportunities.

      Cons

      The holiday season is always a challenge if you work on the retail side of the business. Long hours and extra days are the norm. This is more of a retail industry con than a company specific one.

      Advice to Management

      Hold retail leadership teams more accountable to the values set forth by the company.

    10. "Overall employment"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Store Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Store Manager in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Best Buy (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Company really tries to stay current with customer and employer trends, just limited to P&L budgets. Greta learning on how to communicate with others. Great employee discount

      Cons

      Yearly changes in restructuring all aspects of the business

      Advice to Management

      Lead by example, show you can do what you ask the employees to do

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