Best Buy Lays Off Geek Squad Workers After Years of Service, Sparking Backlash
• Geek Squad agents flooded Reddit with posts about mass layoffs from Best Buy this week, some losing jobs they'd had for 10+ years
• Layoffs reportedly conducted via email on Wednesday, then individual calls; hours had already been dwindling
• Outpouring of support on Geek Squad subreddit, with many lamenting loss of longtime jobs
• Best Buy CEO indicated further layoffs coming in 2024 as company shifts to AI and other areas
• Comes after mass layoffs at Best Buy stores last spring; no comment yet from company on latest job cuts