Diversity and Inclusion

By Best Buy Company News

28 Feb: Best Buy celebrates Black culture with trap yoga

Black History Month is an annual celebration of the past, present, and future of Black people in America.

This month, Best Buy is proud to highlight the stories of our Black employees with events like Trap Yoga, as we continue cultivating an inclusive culture.

Throughout our company, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have been created to provide a space for diverse employees to come together in one place, providing allyship and community within Best Buy. One of those ERGs is our Black Employee Resource Group (BERG) that is made up of more than 1,300 members.

By Emily Gaylord Lifestyle

27 Jan: This GM doesn’t step away from a challenge

Ciji Jumpiere doesn’t shy away from challenges — she faces them head on.

By day, Ciji is general manager of the Best Buy store in Harvey, Louisiana, where she has a team of more than 60 employees. By night, she’s pursuing her master’s degree in business administration. In her free time, she mentors fellow Best Buy employees. And 24/7, Ciji is a wife and mother of three.

“She never sits down,” said Ken McCullum, Best Buy senior market operations and service manager, who has known Ciji for six years.

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27 Jan: Best Buy named a best place to work for LGBTQIA+ equality

For the 17^th year, Best Buy was named one of the best places to work for the LGBTQIA+ community, earning a perfect rating of 100% from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

Best Buy has taken great strides to work towards a more inclusive workplace for everyone. We are proud of this recognition, which reflects our continued commitment to workplace equality.

“We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels safe and supported in being their authentic selves, where our uniqueness and our diverse perspectives accelerate our learning, growth, and how we reflect all our communities,” said Mark Irvin, Best Buy’s chief inclusion, diversity, and talent officer.

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12 Jan: Best Buy named to 2022 JUST 100 list

Best Buy has been named to the 2022 JUST 100 list, recognizing companies for doing right by all of their stakeholders, including our employees, customers, communities, and the environment.

This is the second year in a row we’ve made this top 100 list, which evaluates and ranks nearly 1,000 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States.

JUST Capital and its partners compile the annual list by polling 3,000 Americans to identify the stakeholders and issues they think companies should focus on most, and then evaluated companies based on what respondents agreed should be prioritized.

By John Vomhof Jr. Lifestyle

26 Nov: Indigenous heritage ‘means everything’ to these Best Buy employees

Pictured above (left to right): Best Buy employees Saraphina Scott, Che Jim and Tracy Brown.

This month, Best Buy is proud to celebrate Native American Heritage Month alongside our employees and customers.

It’s an opportunity to recognize and share the history, culture, traditions and contributions of Indigenous people. They comprise a rich and diverse community, with 574 federally recognized tribes across the U.S.

We talked to some of the leaders from our new Indigenous Employee Resource Group to learn more about what this month — and their Indigenous heritage — means to them.

By John Vomhof Jr. Lifestyle

04 Nov: For this Best Buy leader, Diwali is an opportunity to share his culture, community

For Manpreet Singh, the Queens borough of New York City has always been home. In fact, he still lives in the same neighborhood as the small basement apartment where he grew up with his parents and two younger siblings.

So, it was the highlight of his career when Best Buy recently named him the senior omnichannel general manager for the Queens market. In that role, he oversees three local stores and more than 400 employees.

“It’s a proud thing for me.

Couple / Friends making heart shape withe their hands during a video call

By John Vomhof Jr. Lifestyle

11 Oct: Coming Out Day is a time of celebration, reflection and authenticity

Coming Out Day is a time to shine a light on the LGBTQIA+ community, celebrating individuals who have already publicly shared their authentic selves and creating a safe, supportive space for those who have not.

It is celebrated every year on Oct. 11, marking the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987. First started in the U.S., it’s now recognized in many countries around the world.

We talked to several members of Best Buy’s Pride Employee Resource Group to learn more about what Coming Out Day means to them.

By Emily Gaylord Technology

10 Sep: Teens design PopSockets products to celebrate Latinx culture

Four teens from Best Buy Teen Tech Centers across the country had the opportunity to express and celebrate their Latinx heritage by creating their own PopSockets PopGrip to be sold as part of our Latinx Heritage Month campaign.

The teen designers were commissioned and compensated through PopSockets’ standard procedures for freelance designers. And they had the chance to follow along in the process to see their design evolve from an idea to a product sold at Best Buy.

The teen’s PopGrips are now available for purchase on BestBuy.com. Half of the sales from each design will be donated to the Best Buy Foundation and reinvested into Best Buy Teen Tech Centers.

By John Vomhof Jr. Lifestyle

10 Sep: Best Buy leaders share what being Latinx means to them

As we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, Best Buy is proud to honor the rich heritage of our Latinx team members, customers and the communities we’re privileged to serve.

We’re committed to inclusion and diversity year-round and aim to foster welcoming environments where everyone can express their whole selves. Latinx Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15) is an opportunity for us to specifically recognize the contributions of those whose ancestors come from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

By John Vomhof Jr. Company News

27 Jul: Best Buy named to 2021 Best Employers for Women list

For the third straight year, Best Buy has been named to Forbes magazine’s list of America’s Best Employers for Women.

The ranking is based on an independent survey that asked respondents to rate their employers and peer companies based on topics such as development, salary, benefits, diversity and the likelihood of recommending their employer.

At Best Buy, we are committed to gender equity. We were recently named one of Parity.org’s Best Companies for Women to Advance, and we were included in Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index.

By Ale Valeriano Company News

16 Jul: Best Buy Joins HBCU Partnership Challenge

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s designers, engineers, artists and entrepreneurs, which is why Best Buy is committed to building brighter futures for students across the country.

To support students and build a diverse talent pipeline, we are proud to join the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge. The challenge is a bipartisan effort led by the Congressional HBCU Caucus to promote greater engagement and support between private companies and HBCUs, including developing new career possibilities for students and improving diversity and inclusion across industries.

“Best Buy is committed to increasing diversity within all levels of our company,” said Amelia Hardy, Best Buy’s vice president of strategic community engagement.

By Emily Gaylord Technology

28 May: Teens showcase Pride through partnership between PopSockets, Best Buy

Four teens from Best Buy’s Teen Tech Centers across the country recently had the opportunity to express themselves and support the LGBTQIA+ community by designing their own PopSockets PopGrips.

The teens participated in a program in partnership between Best Buy Teen Tech Centers and PopSockets to design smartphone grips that will be sold online at BestBuy.com beginning in June as part of our celebration of Pride month.

The teens were commissioned and compensated through PopSockets’ standard procedures for freelance designers and had the chance to follow along in the process to see their design evolve from an idea to a product sold by Best Buy.

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