Best Buy - Sales Associate Best Buy Employee Review

3.0
Jul 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Discount on merchandise, cost plus 10%, however cost is really not cost. Going over the daily Budget - allowing there sales people in on the macro view of the organization. Blue shirts - jking

Cons

Ideology and corporate culture they impose on there staff. Selling overpriced products to ignorant consumers such as Monster Cable - 100% Contribution margin on there products. Selling the Product Service Plan (AKA "Juice" as in "did you get juice on the sale"), Best Buys extended warranty, and trying to meet the goasl of selling the PSP and Monster cables. Poor pay for a department that brings in a majority of the overall sales. Baby Blue Shirts

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Learn a lot on the job. Great place to entry level in tech. Geek squad has a lot of independence from the store when I was there.

Cons

Proper scheduling. If people call out they do not try to fill role they simply expect you to do more. Rotating schedule, Your on and off days will change week to week.

3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

No Need to sell or deal with customers (Much) Constantly moving so you always have a task to do Management leaves you to your own devices Almost all warehouse employees have a set of headphone

Cons

Everyone (Cust & employees) Expect an encyclopedic knowledge on where every single item is. Management seems to think we can lift a 85" tv, pull a washer off the top shelf, stock gaming shelves, and handle store pick up at the same moment. Customers think we don't want to help them when we call someone else to help with sales There's almost too much to do and even though we may have 1-3 employees working at a time, 1 is at the door, 1 is behind store pick up, which leaves 1 employee to handle new orders, deliveries, and down stocking.

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