Best Buy reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(41,880 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Best Buy has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41,880 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Best Buy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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42K reviews
2.0
Oct 12, 2016

Toxic Environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the people are nice and the on-site amenities are great, including a gym, subsidized cafeteria, dry-cleaning and post office.

Cons

There are really too many to list. The Executive team is in a world of their own and you rarely see the CEO mingling with the minions, unless he is getting a coffee and then scurrying back to his office. I am not sure what is up with HR but they are the most incompetent group of so-called "professionals" I have ever encountered. I even had to book my own exit interview and insist that it get done. There is such low-morale there and people work like dogs and rarely get compensated for it or thanked. The amount of restructuring is staggering, so people are always on edge as to whether their role will be the next to be eliminated. The working conditions are not great, the cubicles are old and it's very crowded and the bathrooms are vile. There was often a line-up for the men's washroom.

4.0
Aug 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a fairly simple job with lots of work to keep you busy. Employee discounts and compensation with bonuses are great. Good benefits with medical, dental and 401k and plenty of vacation and paid time off.

Cons

Big con is you can only make so much money. Your salary caps out at a certain point and you can no longer receive raises. There is also very little room for advancement to supervisor or manager to increase that salary.

1.0
Aug 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Industry standard compensation 2. Cabs (but very poor service) 3. Food (quality is poor, also not allowed to ask for more than 2 chicken pieces)

Cons

Feels like a toxic startup environment in India despite being a global brand. • Extremely poor work culture — managers, leaders, and HR lack empathy. • Rigid 3-day in-office requirement, even if you are unwell — otherwise, you are forced to take leave. • Office hours are officially 10 AM – 4 PM, but real work happens after hours: daily calls from 5:30 PM to 10–11 PM, followed by more work to resolve issues from those calls. • US managers work only until 3–3:30 PM their time but keep pushing work and pressure on India team members late into the night. • Cab service is unreliable and food quality is bad. • 90% of employees are just waiting to complete a year or get another offer (even with the same pay) to leave. • Work is mostly no-code tasks or migrations — little to no real learning or career growth. Feels more like being in school than in a professional engineering role. • Surveys are claimed to be anonymous, but feedback leads to direct confrontation from managers the very next week.

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