Synned said:
Whats up guys
Well I have an interview at best buy this friday....anyone ever work there before?
Maybe after I get this I can start saving for a gt40p build...theres so many good deals on ebay and the corral that I have to keep passing up...
I worked there from Nov. 2003 - last August.
As said, you're probably going to be hired as seasonal. That's how I got hired. Just do the work and they'll keep you if they can.
If you work in sales or operations(registers) good luck. Honestly, you won't get paid enough and you'll be under a lot of pressure to sell stuff people don't want. I got through it by not giving a ****.
It can be a fun job if you make it fun and don't let the mangement's BS get to you.
If you want to move up in the company, you're what they want. I was there for a part-time college job. I held the longest part-time position in my store when I quit; everyone else had either left or moved to full-time. They just saw me as lazy and unmotivated. I guess I'm not motivated as I didn't really want to wear a blue shirt for the rest of my life.
If you can get into Geek Squad do that. The money is in services and there is less pressure to sell BS service plans. If you do Geek Squad or Home Theater install, the service has already been sold, and you get specialty(more $$$) pay for doing an easier(IMO) job.
Funny my 3 of my 4 roommates still work at BBY and we were just talking about work there. I may actually be going back if I can get into an install position.
My brother used to work there. Pretty good deals, especially on insurance. Which means everything you buy will now have a $4 two-year warranty
In 2004 the employee discount on service plans was raised from being only 20% to 60% of the price. I also think they recently went up again since I quit. I remember buying an entire system for my car the week before they raised the price in '04.
Also when I worked there, parents could use your discount but not siblings(MY parents got some pretty nice things). Now they have taken it away from parents, and given it to children of Employees up to 21(used to be up to 18)
How many BBY employees have kids 18-21? And how many have parents? Yea, they're bastards.
All in all, it can be fun and you'll get a good discount for yourself(even though that's slowly changing). Good Luck.
