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Brazen Blog

21 Nov: Chicago employee thankful for newborn baby, Best Buy’s adoption support

November is National Adoption Month. By sharing stories and offering an array of benefits and resources, Best Buy is committed to supporting employees who are growing their families in this way. Content warning: This article discusses cancer and fertility struggles.

As Wesley and Julie Brazen snuggle their daughter, their faces radiate the joy of being new parents. Dakota Christine — named after Wesley’s late father, Chris — just turned three months old, and after being on a long path to parenthood, the parents are celebrating every milestone.

Veterans Day blog

10 Nov: Best Buy employees share life lessons learned from military experience

From leadership to resilience to teamwork, our military employees bring varied skills and perspectives to their roles at Best Buy.   

We’re committed to providing resources and support for veterans to thrive at Best Buy, and we’re grateful for our employees, customers and communities who support our military. 

As Veterans Day approaches, we talked to some of our veterans and members of our Military Employee Resource Group to learn more about what the holiday means to them. 

Krag Bullis, Advanced Repair Agent (Charleston, West Virginia)   

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24 Nov: Best Buy ranks high on list of Most Admired Companies for HR

Best Buy is pleased to rank No. 10 on Human Resource Executive magazine’s list of the Most Admired Companies for HR 2020.

The list is composed of 52 companies that are considered the best of the best at leading in workplace innovation. Human Resource Executive and research partner Korn Ferry use data collected for the Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companieslist and recalibrate it to focus on four criteria that have a strong connection to HR: management quality, product/service quality, innovation and people management.   

Since last year, our ratings improved across all four attributes, moving us to the top spot among specialty retailers on each of them.

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19 Jul: Best Buy Makes Indeed’s List of Top-Rated Workplaces

Employees at businesses across the U.S. have weighed in, and Best Buy is proud to have earned a spot for the first time on Indeed’s annual list of the 50 Top-Rated Workplaces.

We landed at No. 39 and are third among retail companies. Best Buy ranked ninth on Indeed’s retail-only list in 2018.

Indeed is the largest job site in the world, where millions of job seekers search for jobs, post resumes and research companies. The 50 Top-Rated Workplaces list evaluates the overall employee experience and is based on more than 150 million employee ratings and reviews between June 2017 and 2019.