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Great Pay, No Days Off

Best Buy Mobile Lead
Current Employee
Has worked at Best Buy for 4 years
August 27, 2014
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Pay is great if you can find a manager that has your best interests in mind.

Bonuses, both monthly and annually, are a great extra incentive to sell your heart out!

If you're lucky enough to be employed by that kind of manager, they'll accommodate your school schedule.

Cons

As a full-time employee, there is no work-life balance. Your days off are not days off; there is no such thing. Even with full-time benefits, you will not get any requested days off from September to January. It doesn't matter what it's for, and it doesn't matter if you absolutely need the time off. Vacation time isn't approved during this time either. To have healthy and happy employees, it seems necessary to take care of them, and year after year, they never are.

Advice to Management

Consider investing more into your front-line employees, allowing them one weekend off a month, like you do with your general managers. In my experience, the GM or Mobile Manager doesn't deal with customer issues and paws them off on their leads. Full-time employees should have a weekend off as well, without work-related texts and calls, and have the chance to be re-energized and enjoy personal time off.

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