Thankless, Glorified sales - Geek Squad, Consultation Agent Best Buy Employee Review

3.0
21 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Diverse problems Regional management is great Better retail employer than most

Cons

The reality of this job is a company that uses you as a proxy to sell memberships. If you get lucky and have the curiosity you might actually get to solve some problems, and be genuinely helpful. The company is actively working against you because it's operating from a 90s point of view in terms of computer repair. Now the real. You will get burned out. Between appleholes who need their dumb iPhones fixed immediately or expect you to wave a magic wand and unlock their android/iPhone (I swear I've never set a password!) and older folks who have had their lives destroyed by tech support scams, you'll soon realize GS is a department stuck in a 90s mentality of Retail IT Support. You will grow to hate scammers. Through empathy and active listening you will learn more about social engineering and the psychology of victims better and faster than a senior SOC engineer because you will have far more exposure. It doesn't matter if you can fix a Wi-Fi issue in ten minutes through downloading a driver. You are heavily incentivized to sell the membership, check in the computer, and turn that ten minute turn around into several days. It's stupid, wasteful, and myopic.

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5.0
28 Apr 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
18 Jun 2026
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Pros

Flexible hours, employee perks such as discounted products, offers 401(k) despite being part-time, coworkers who are nice to work with.

Cons

Management is quick to call-out sales that have nothing attached to it (warranties, card applications, memberships, or accessories). There is a rodent problem that has not been addressed for nearly a year; food and beverages cannot be sold at this store.

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