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Geek Squad Advanced Repair Technician at Best Buy

Best Buy Arlee, MT

Job Description

As a Geek Squad Advanced Repair Technician (Agent), you'll work at our local Best Buy store to provide technology support and repair customers' computers and other devices. You'll provide excellent customer experiences by listening to their needs and partnering with other Geek Squad Agents. You'll perform repairs by troubleshooting and following our procedures. If you're passionate about technology and ready to leverage your technical abilities to help customers get the most out of their tech, this might be the perfect role for you.

What you'll do
  • Perform diagnostic discoveries, make recommendations, repair devices and help customers both in-person and over the phone
  • Establish and maintain consistent rhythms for timely follow-up and ensure expectations are met or exceeded
  • Partner with other team members to maintain consistent and accurate documentation of customer requests and repairs
  • Ensure all repair tasks are completed in a timely manner and partner with leaders when issues arise
  • Maintain knowledge, skillsets and certifications through training courses
Basic qualifications
  • 6 months of experience diagnosing, troubleshooting or repairing technology products
  • Experience actively using and learning about consumer electronics
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule including holidays, nights and weekends
Preferred qualifications
  • Strong ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
What's in it for you

We're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:
  • Competitive pay
  • Generous employee discount
  • Financial savings and retirement resources
  • Support for your physical and mental well-being
About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

Position Type: Part timePandoLogic. Category:Installation & Maintenance,

Typical mid-level pay: $47k for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers nationally

National salary averages
Expected mid-level
$47k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$35k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $70k

Hot hiring, constrained wages

Employers are hiring actively, but pay hasn't caught up with demand. Focus on competing offers and non-salary benefits.

Hiring leverage
Lean candidate
Wage leverage âš  Disconnect
Constrained
Mobility
Good mobility
Durability
High fragility

Why this market feels harder than it looks

This market is hiring aggressively, but compensation hasn't caught up and most openings are backfilling churn, not expansion. Employers are filling roles, but not bidding wages up.

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
Weaker for: Entry-level candidates, Career switchers

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Watch out for

Wage disconnect: Hiring is active but pay hasn't responded—negotiate on other terms.

Don't let hiring headlines mislead you—focus on concrete offers. Your leverage may be less durable than it appears—move decisively.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

-1%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
Typical: Some college, no degree

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024