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The local Best Buy is having a job fair type dealy there tomorrow, I figure I'd give it a shot at trying to work there.
Anyone worked there or know someone that has and can give me an idea of what I'm getting myself into and how high up on the slave driver scale they're on?
my brother has worked their before and so have many friends - don't work in a sales commmision driven area of the store - (work in cd section) because its bs otherwise - ... my brother hated it and left and got a phone sales job at home depot.
i have a friend that works at one right now. says the pay is pretty good. but i've only seen him working the register. discount, he says, depends on the item. cds and dvds are pennies off, whereas things like tvs, stereos, car radios net you a bigger deal.
I'd be aiming for the VideoGames or DVD/VHS section of the store so I don't think I'd have to worry too much about the commission driven areas.
I also doubt I'd be buying TV's and whatnot, I just want a job :)
Not sure how good they are with commissions, but I make a pretty penny off selling things at Staples.
I do know it's one of the more hectic places to work, you can't be shy working at Best Buy.
Note: Whenever I call Best Buy to get a price quote for a customer, I alway say "You suck, Staples rules" before hanging up.
Hey, it beats working at a grocery store for a year, getting no perks, paying a union that does jack-shit for you, and watching as new employees pull in bigger checks than you do.
Go for it.
i think gaming, movies and music all fall into the same category. i almost always see the same four people working those 3 spots. stocking and restocking, stocking and restocking, etc...
so you'd probably get what you wanted. i should look into it too, my friend's been trying to get me to work at his BB with him for a while now.
I don't know if they do this anymore, but they do drug test for all there new employees. SO..if you smoke the reef...make sure you aren't when that comes around. That is, if you get hired.
Working at Best Buy is hell on your feet but otherwise pretty damn easy, especially if you're going to workin the media section (movies, music, computer software and games). The pay is alright, the employee discount is fantastic, and it's cool running into that occasional cool customer who you can have a really great conversation with.
I enjoyed my time there, but it was just too far from where I lived and I had to leave. Still, good times...
I don't use drugs so its all good for me.
Hell on my feet eh? Not much better than the GameStop job I've been looking into.
Best Buy does not have Commission.
Don't. Do. It.Quote:
Originally posted by NGEFreek
...the GameStop job I've been looking into.
Yes they do.Quote:
Originally posted by Clash_Master
Best Buy does not have Commission.
No they don't, idiot.Quote:
Originally posted by APC
Yes they do.
Edit: Good discount on games, great discount on gaming accessories, gets hectic around Christmas, but other times of the year pretty laid back, and good chance at moving up...or so I've heard.
You get weekly bonuses, as I understand it. Your total sales determines how much you get.Quote:
Originally posted by Masters
No they don't, idiot.
Of course, this may be managers/sales leads only. The scrubs may get squat.
yes they do in certain sections of the store - i remember my brother working on a commision basis in addition to his regular pay
That is true, the salespeople, the people who actually are out there and make the sales, don't get jack shit. It's only the department supervisors who get it, based upon how many sales their underlings make. First several months I was there, I had a good sup, the last few months, though, we had a whip-cracking taskmaster who could eat shit and die as far as I was concerned. Another part of the reason I quit.Quote:
Originally posted by andyrose
Of course, this may be managers/sales leads only. The scrubs may get squat.
I really hate the double-standard Best Buy has with that shit, they should either make it that EVERYONE WORKING THERE gets commissions, or no one does at all. This preferential treatment for the higher ups really caused a lot of friction on the floor. Several people I know who got fired did so because they got in fights with their sups for how much they got on people to sell accessories.
You speak the truth. Thank you.Quote:
Originally posted by Ragnarok the Red
That is true, the salespeople, the people who actually are out there and make the sales, don't get jack shit. It's only the department supervisors who get it, based upon how many sales their underlings make. First several months I was there, I had a good sup, the last few months, though, we had a whip-cracking taskmaster who could eat shit and die as far as I was concerned. Another part of the reason I quit.
I really hate the double-standard Best Buy has with that shit, they should either make it that EVERYONE WORKING THERE gets commissions, or no one does at all. This preferential treatment for the higher ups really caused a lot of friction on the floor. Several people I know who got fired did so because they got in fights with their sups for how much they got on people to sell accessories.
Get an office job, don't deal with Best Buy. Go to a temp agency or something. Sure, you won't get to work with games and music, but office jobs typically pay better anyway.
Yep. A friend I have that works there gets kickbacks from his supervisor, although that's a rare occurance. This happens in all parts of retail, it's a dog eat dog world.Quote:
Originally posted by Ragnarok the Red
That is true, the salespeople, the people who actually are out there and make the sales, don't get jack shit. It's only the department supervisors who get it, based upon how many sales their underlings make. First several months I was there, I had a good sup, the last few months, though, we had a whip-cracking taskmaster who could eat shit and die as far as I was concerned. Another part of the reason I quit.
I really hate the double-standard Best Buy has with that shit, they should either make it that EVERYONE WORKING THERE gets commissions, or no one does at all. This preferential treatment for the higher ups really caused a lot of friction on the floor. Several people I know who got fired did so because they got in fights with their sups for how much they got on people to sell accessories.
That's why I like working at Staples. If you make a sale, YOU get the commission.
you get a nice big discount
Yes, grand idea. I have experience working as an office temp, and I made a nice $4000 in three months doing it full-time (I then quit and moved up here to Maine ^_^). It's peanuts compared to what the permanent employees make, but if you don't have bills or anything to worry about, it's big bucks.Quote:
Originally posted by Lhadatt
Get an office job, don't deal with Best Buy. Go to a temp agency or something. Sure, you won't get to work with games and music, but office jobs typically pay better anyway.
Temping is super-easy to get into. Just look in the phone book and call up a place that interests you. They'll want you to come in and interview/test you to see where your skills are to pay you accordingly. I sucked at some of the MS Word/Excel tests they gave me, but I still ended up making 10 bucks an hour. Basically, all you need to get started in temping are common sense, professionalism, and a bit of computer skills. Of course, you'll be providing your own transportation, but if you live in an metropolitan area where you can take the bus or subway (or el train ^_^), it'll make things a lot easier.
Beware, though... office temp assigments are pure grunt work for the most part. I spent a good deal of time just filing papers, data entry or tracking down crap over the phone. The good thing about this is you have next to zero responsibility. Very low-stress work, and you can do it at your own pace. If they decide to be dicks and replace you (it happened to me once), who cares? You go to another assigment the next day, or hell, just take the next day off if you want. My temp agency was very very flexible with that. Plus, if you do a good job and impress the hell out of them (your respective assignment companies), they might just offer you a permanent position within their company.
Check it out. It's worth a look.
Like Chaoof implied, as long as you stay away from a grocery store, you're good to go.
Hell on Earth.
I worked there. It sucks. Don't do it. Its like a cult. You won't heed my warning and you'll take the job and THEN in a couple weeks you will agree with me.
What in fuck's sake are you talking about?Quote:
Originally posted by Master
Its like a cult.
Best Buy?Quote:
Originally posted by Masters
What in fuck's sake are you talking about?
Use our terminology. Chant yay for the company. Enjoy our monthly mandatory early in the morning on a Saturday when you didn't have to work anyway meetings. Wear your uniform. Cut your hair. Trim that beard. Talk like us. Act like us. Be like us. Lose your personality and prepare to be assimilated.
Maybe that was just the store I worked in, but working at Best Buy sucks.
Hard.
Other than the times they pulled me for register duty, those meetings were what I hated the most. Sometimes they'd give ya donuts, though.Quote:
Originally posted by Master
Enjoy our monthly mandatory early in the morning on a Saturday when you didn't have to work anyway meetings.
Worked for Best Buy for 6 friggen years. Worked in the Media Dept. and was the resident game/movie guru. I started back in '93 when they disbanded the commission sales. There was a "utopia" period of 3 months before they introduced the PSP extended-warranties and really started making everyone push those things like crack-dealers.
I left when they started hiring more and more 16 yr olds for minimum wage and began pushing all the higher-paid experienced employees out just to save a few bucks. It's very rare now to find a true "Product Specialist" now at any given Best Buy. They do exist, but are hard to find.
Not a bad job to get, but I'll warn ya - they like to cut all the new Christmas recruits around late January. They'll write you up for stupid shit and then lay you off. Seen it happen many a time...
I used to work their before my current job, and after speaking with many people who have worked at various Best Buy stores, it seems to me that for the most part it is universal that
A) The job can be fun at times
B) You will work A LOT, it is a madhouse in there
C) You WILL butt heads with your superiors
Honestly I liked my job, although it was a bit tiring. Most of my sales managers were ok (yes, there were 4 managers in my 6 month work period), they either were cool or they pushed you to sell, but put their money where their mouths were and were on the floor working just as hard as you were.
Problem is that the General Manager (read: Big Boss) was a complete and utter prick. When my current employer recruited me from Best Buy, I fled and never looked back.
It also seems to me that the managers that you like seem to get fired or demoted very quickly, as if someone really high up will only let pricks run the stores. Maybe it's because these slave drivers are the only ones who can get the PSP and PRP number up where they want it to be.
Well, my friend that worked at Best Buy called it "Best Fuhrer".
I don't think that she liked it at all, eh? Well, for her, it was long hours and underappreciation. Oh, and no commission really helped, and fact that you get shafted if you don't sell your quota of PCPs.
Here's something to keep you entertained. :D
www.bestbuysux.com
working at Gamestop is bad?Quote:
Originally posted by 88mph
Don't. Do. It.
shit, i have a second interview with them today...
As far as part time jobs go, I don't think working at ANY game store is bad.
I used to work for Best Buy like four years ago. The pay was pretty decent, but the management was stupid and didn't care much. I now work for Office Depot and they've been pretty good to me. Except there's some drama happening there once in awhile and the staff needs to work on communicating well with each other. Oh wtf, Staples gives commission?