Vantaggi
Flexible hours, if you don't mind working nights and weekends as well as days
Svantaggi
Pushing embarrassingly overpriced accessories and service plans, as well as the Best Buy credit card, is the dead horse that Best Buy management just won't stop beating. If customers think they hear about those a lot, it's nothing compared to how often employees hear about them! Apparently management bonuses are predicated on using as little payroll as possible too. Half the departments are perpetually un-manned these days and were so even during the holidays. MP3s, Gaming, Car Fi, DVDs and CDs are dubbed "grab and go" and blue shirts are not to go there unless they're dragged over from other departments by desperate customers. As an employee, if you try and staff those areas, let's just say it's "death by firing squad." You won't be employed long unless you stay glued to big TVs, large appliances, cell phones, PCs or DSLR cameras (and get lots of "geek squad protection" plans and overpriced attachment sales on those). The only ones who hang out in the other areas now are thieves. And even in the departments that are actually still staffed, there will be only one or two people on to cover four or five areas at once (Computers/Cell Phones/Tablets/E-Readers). And this is in the bigger stores. Not to mention that new hires get practically no training on cashiering/returns/OMS and other company systems, but management wastes no time in writing up those that make mistakes. And it's "three strikes and you're out" there. And I hope you're already an expert on the multiple departments you'll be selling from, because the online training is a joke; lots of basic info is missing, and half of what's there is wrong.