Best Buy Canada employees collecting unwanted electronics on Earth Day
Chosen as one of BC's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
head office features a number of onsite amenities including a fully-equipped fitness facility (with subsidized membership), employee lounge and cafeteria, with healthy and special diet menus
lets everyone share in the company's success with a share purchase plan that is available to all employees
encourages ongoing skills development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, formal mentoring program and a variety of in-house and online training programs
an industry leader that supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 75% of salary for 17 weeks) and extended health benefits coverage during their leave
helps employees save for retirement with generous contributions to a defined contribution pension plan (to 9% of salary)
Background Information
Industry:Radio, Television, and Other Electronics Stores.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:BBY.
Established:2002.
Full-time employees in Canada:8,791.
Full-time at this location:776.
Part-time employees in Canada:10,975.
Longest serving employee:25.5 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:12,500.
Average age of all employees:37.
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