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    Best Buy Los Angeles Reviews

    Updated June 4, 2017
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    Los Angeles, CA
    3.4
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    Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly
    Hubert Joly
    38 Ratings
    Highest Rated CEO 2017

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    • Somewhat of a hard work life balance (in 431 reviews)

    • I wish I could have been a full time employee (in 500 reviews)

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    1. "Great Company"

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

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

      Pros

      awesome people and culture, great pay and perks (401k, end of year bonus, paid time off)

      Cons

      long hours, lots of work

      Advice to Management

      cut down our hours

    2. "Okay for college students"

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      Former Employee - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

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

      Pros

      Flexible schedule/hours, great discounts, okay bonuses

      Cons

      Raises are capped at a low percentage (3-7%). A lot of pressure to oversell. Barely any training.

      Advice to Management

      Invest in the people you have working for you.

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    3. "Stock associate"

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      Former Employee - Stock Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Stock Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Employee discount was great
      Work-related and greatest product

      Cons

      Bad management team
      Listen to your employees

      Advice to Management

      Take care of the people that you work hard

    4. "good for what it is"

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      Former Employee - Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      The coworkers are very friendly and my manager did his best to help me out.

      Cons

      I wish the pay was better. Procedures change quickly without enough training

    5. "Best Buy is a good company to work for."

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      Current Employee - Sales Floor Team Leader in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Sales Floor Team Leader in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Best Buy full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Investment in the employees with training. Advancement opportunities. Benefits. Providing tools necessary to succeed. Teaching values you can utilize in life and future careers.

      Cons

      Depending on each management team, advancement can take a very long time. Line level employee pay isn't that great. Some managers don't love the Best Buy values and it makes the company look bad.

      Advice to Management

      Always believe in your associates. Back them up. Be the the store everyone wants to work at.

    6. "Its retail. Simple as that."

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      Former Employee - Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Discounts on certain non premium items. It 5% over the cost. So cables are super cheap to buy. Example $100 monster Hdmi cable with discount $28

      Cons

      Hours. Have to work holidays. Your hours and not being set regular. So one week you work this days and other your work other days.

      Advice to Management

      Please take care of those who care about the customer and Not the corporate budget goals. Cause at the end is all about the customers. Without them we won't get paid

    7. "Bestbuy"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA

      I have been working at Best Buy part-time

      Pros

      Friendly environment, co-workers are always willing to help you, customers are really fun to interact with and always plenty of work to do around the store.

      Cons

      Understaffed when store opens in the morning

      Advice to Management

      Keep part time employees updated on their work ethic and things that they can improve on if any.

    8. "cool"

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      Former Employee - Cashier in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Cashier in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      Pros

      awesomeplace it has nice people and great enviorment and it was cool like i said im just saying this to get unlocked things on her e

      Cons

      i dont really know at all, i would say there is no cons,i love best buy it is super dope and very cool and honestly 10/10m

      Advice to Management

      i dont know maybe to give me hours or maybe to hire me and that to keep up the good work and relax idk

    9. "Very good first job, but management can make or break your experience"

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      Former Employee - Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Best Buy Mobile Sales Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Amazing employee discount
      Very laid-back atmosphere with cool co-workers
      Better than average pay for retail
      You can get a good bonus if you work in Mobile and your team hits budget
      Some of the managers will train you well and build you into a great Sales Consultant
      It is a great first job and will teach you a lot about the basics of sales and business if you take it serious
      Fun working with the newest of electronics always

      Cons

      The holiday hours are terrible including that you are required to work Thanksgiving and could come in as early 2 in the afternoon
      Outside of the holidays however, hours can vary from 15 one week to 30 the next but that happens at all retail jobs
      Hard to maintain a good work/life balance at times
      Lots of closing responsibilities and things to do outside of just selling and can stay as late as 11:30 at night for closing shifts

      The biggest takeaway though from my time at Best Buy is the management. The management can make the job amazing or hell. I have seen managers that are incredibly supportive and if you struggle will help you grow and not cut your hours. Then there are the opposite, the ones that can talk down to you, look at you as replaceable and won't even try to help you and will just cut you down to 5 hours a week and act like you don't exist or get you to quit. My last manager I had was the latter and left me with a bad taste in my mouth, but I gave a good score nonetheless because I can't forget about all the good people I have met too.

      Advice to Management

      Hire management more selectively and fire management that doesn't treat their team with respect instead of looking the other way. Also give employees Thanksgiving off, they shouldn't have to miss precious memories with family just to work a $12 an hour job and having to deal with crazy customers instead.

    10. "Nice place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA

      Pros

      GREAT CO WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT

      Cons

      short break and need more employee gathering.

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