Best Buy’s Geek Squad was hit was massive layoffs this week.According to 404 Media, who spoke to several employees, many Geek Squad members were told to work from home on Tuesday and wait for a call letting them know if they were still employed.Employees reported that the layoffs came suddenly, and were reportedly because the company could no longer afford to pay them. “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,” a laid-off worker told the site. “At the same time, for me it’s for the best, haven’t been scheduled 40 hours since last year and it’s a struggle to get by so I’m off to a better job and better things.”Geek Squad members have been faced with layoffs rather frequently in recent years, so much so that employees call the mass layoffs “snaps,” referring to what Thanos did in recent Marvel movies. In the r/GeekSquad subreddit for Geek Squad members, those who have been laid off also refer to themselves as “going sleeper” a reference to Sleep Cell.
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During its earnings call in February, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry suggested that more layoffs were coming in 2024 as the company shifted its resources to AI.
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