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Best Buy Geek Squad Agents ‘Going Sleeper’ After Mass Layoffs


Laid-off employees say they weren't given notice, and were instead given notice via email about a "work from home" event.

“It sucks, I spent more than half my life with this company and sacrificed a lot of personal time and experiences just to be let go,” the laid-off worker said. “We were notified via email Tuesday about a ‘work from home event’ taking place Wednesday about a ‘company change,’” they said. Best Buy employees refer to these mass layoffs as “snaps.” “Similar to what Thanos did in the Marvel movies, the company has been known to cut departments and services down sometimes in half constantly.

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