Very lame and pressured sales job - Sales Associate Best Buy Express Employee Review

1.0
Nov 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

You get some discounts on store items, Flexible for students, Commission is not more than fair (if you fairly sell), Not a lot of nice stuff to say about this job.

Cons

This is now another minion of Bell. You have to sell mobile and internet plans under a heavy pressure of an amateur management that gets replaced in a quick period of time. THIS IS NOT an easy experience, in-school student associate job like in Best Buy or Staples, you have to constantly meet sale targets. If you do not, you will have to kiss the exit after two months. Very high turn over rate, employees and managers come and leave the door more often than customers do. This will might happen to you, they hire a group of 5-10 "seasonal" associates without telling them that they are seasonal. And then fire them one after one in a period of two weeks and tell them the most unrelated excuses like "you spent too much time in the washroom". You get paid minimum wage plus some minimal commission. If you sell you can barely get 2 extra dollars to your salary a day. If you are a fresh grad who is looking for entry level experience in sales and technology and willing to take a risk of being fired within a few months then the job is for you. Otherwise, avoid the hundreds of applications you see from TheSource on job sites.

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4.0
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Pros

-Everyone at Geek Squad is very nice and willing to train -Great opportunity to learn hands on IT skills -Time off requests are easy. -Management are nice people.

Cons

-Sometimes appointments are double booked (can be stressful at times). -Apple or Verizon will send people to Geek Squad, often the issue needs to be resolved by them and not Geek Squad. -Just a part of dealing with the public, but expect to deal with mean customers every now and then (don't take it personal).

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