Good retail job - Sales Associate Best Buy Employee Review

4.0
11 Jul 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Best Buy is one of the best retail jobs to have. I've worked at other retail stores in the past and Best Buy really has their act together in comparison.

Cons

Scheduling can be rough. It is not uncommon to work 6 days in a week, with alternating open/closing shifts that are only 4-5 hours long. So you might close one night, 5-9 (but in reality leave around 10:30), then go back in the next morning at 8 and get off at 1-2 p.m. It's sort of depressing to realize you worked 6 out of 7 days in a week but still had less than 30 hours. I would much rather work three or four 6-8 hour shifts and have more days off.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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