Best Buy has been forced like many companies to make tough decisions with the economic downturn. Recently, a voluntary buyout was offered to all corporate employees. On Jan 5th, employees had to decide whether Best Buy was the company they wanted to work for. It was a tough week as people turned in their decisions. Barry Judge, our Chief Marketing Officer blogged about his perspective on the package (read it here). I think he wraps up most people’s feelings who decided to stay.
Gary Koelling and I decided to stay. We did for a lot of reasons but one of the big ones for me, was the major transformation I feel like Best Buy is going through. It feels like this is one of the major milestones that will define Best Buy’s future. How we choose to organize to do work. How we choose to talk to/with our customers. How we choose everything now is different. Its no longer business as usual and this isn’t a blip in the road. Read the rest of this entry »
