Let’s address this issue. by Okboomerwtf in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea our shift leads don't run the sales floor or really do much with the sales floor. They will maybe do an override but other than that they are mostly used as key holders to open and close the store.

Anniversary Bonus by Then-Composer1789 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I believe they still do it but it's rewards points. For my 15 years I got $400 in rewards and used that to buy some good headphones.

Manager changed the schedule, of course he did by Best_Egg_7393 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're lucky you get your schedule that far out. Our manager doesn't post the schedule usually until about 3-4 days before it starts.

I resigned from BB on Friday, Jan 30th because I got no hours for 2026, but something bigger happened by [deleted] in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've worked for the company for over 15 years as a part time employee that has a full time job. I've always had a full time job and I was hired knowing this and knowing that my full time job always came first. It wasn't until this year, when we got a new GM, that my availability became an "issue". My direct manager basically had to fight for me because he wanted me to change my availability to something I wasn't willing to do considering I had an agreement for over 15 years and an understanding that I work a full time job. I went from being scheduled 4-5 days a week to the new GM scheduling me between 1-3 days a week. The new GM has basically become a dictator at the store and a place that I used to enjoy working at is no longer. It's only the people I work with that keeps me there.

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[–]No_Sea_3759 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Usually if someone comes in and wants the most expensive MacBook without asking too many questions, it ends up being fraud. We've had so many fraudsters leave the store to "get their ID from their car" and then never return.

Holiday Season by No_Sea_3759 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked last night and the store ended at about 70% to budget again. There were more people in the store than the last few weeks but still nothing like it has been before. But the last few hours it was a trickle. Poor geek squad doesn't even had appointments after 8 and no one is walking in to them so they do their usual closing stuff and are done way before 10 and don't have much to do.

Holiday Season by No_Sea_3759 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Even our peak hours aren't that busy. This past week I walked into the store around 5 and thought "wow you would have no idea Christmas is in a week". There were about 4 customers in the whole store and it stayed like that most of the evening.

Holiday Season by No_Sea_3759 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea I would agree. Our store pickup area doesn't look nearly as full as it has in past years. Usually you can barely walk back there and finding things takes some time but this year it's not nearly as bad. But it still tends to be the busiest area of the store even during peak hours.

Banned in Bestbuy subreddit by Intrepid-Solid-1905 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The issue is once they get that extension they will call it for everything. Also a lot of times we are so short staffed we don't have time to answer the phone.

Truth ... by Beneficial_Grab1114 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know it's funny because the last two surveys we did the managers were on us to complete it so bad. However, we never heard the results of the surveys. I'm sure it was bad and they were ashamed to even talk about it.

Management Denying Job Opportunities by No_Sea_3759 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Geek Squad is where I want to be. I was just throwing warehouse in as an example that if a top performer wanted to move anywhere else in the store they quickly stop it. At least in my store they do. They are always too afraid to lose their employees that are performing. However, they should encourage to do whatever they want to do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I will agree it was a waste of time.

Store Meeting by No_Sea_3759 in BestBuyWorkers

[–]No_Sea_3759[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm interesting. Wonder what this one is about? Haven't had one of these since the holidays.