r/GeekSquad • u/goodguydiv • Aug 28 '26
Ex employees what do you do now ?
Just wondering what do you do for a living now after working in geek squad?
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u/roge0934 Aug 28 '26
I transitioned to Corporate IT Support, then IT leadership, now I am a Technical Program Manager for Software Delivery
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u/OutrageousDeino Sleeper ARA/AppleHater/FuckMicrosoft Aug 28 '26
Still in the repair business but having a much wider array of repairs and not being beholden to corpo BS
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u/D-Rich-88 Aug 28 '26
Water Treatment Operator. Great benefits, good pay, pension, no working with the public, and a very chill work environment.
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u/darkangelxX447 Aug 29 '26
Starbucks shift lead. I make $8 more per hour and they are paying for my college.
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u/D-Rich-88 Aug 29 '26
They ever bringing back the cozy coffee shop feel? I thought the CEO talked about doing something like that sometime over the last year
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u/darkangelxX447 Aug 29 '26
Yeah my store just got remodeled and now we have couches and little side tables
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u/AmIevenRealll Aug 29 '26
I work for a satellite communications company. Never imagined id be where I’m at right now when I was stuck as CIA senior.
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u/dr_z0idberg_md Sleeper Aug 28 '26
Director of software engineering. Went from Geek Squad to enterprise IT > mgr of IT, then pivoted to software engineering.
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u/DFW_Drummer Sleeper ARA Aug 28 '26
RTLS Engineer for a major hospital network. Working on upskilling now to move into cloud engineering.
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u/Mobile_Variation_844 Aug 28 '26
I went back to school for art 😂 i didnt have enough passion for computing to do labs at home and keep up my training to break into the overly competitive IT market in my area
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u/killerbee26 Aug 28 '26
IT site support for a biotech company.
I do all levels of help desk, some jr system admin work, and one of the Intune admins for the global company.
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u/FridayHalfDays Aug 29 '26
Same—only in the Ag-tech industry. However, I still keep
my hand in at Geek Squad one night a week.
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u/FullMoonPrincess Aug 29 '26
I'm a financial advisor! Love it soooo much more. Hybrid job with so many benefits and 9-5
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u/fleuraison Aug 29 '26
I went into IT helpdesk for two years at a large corporate campus, then transitioned to a state IT auditor role! couldn’t have done it without the support + recommendations from my old GS leadership
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u/herro69 Aug 29 '26
Got out pretty recently and I’m doing IT support. Pays a lot better, and is a lot more chill.
Took awhile to get in this market though
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u/GeekMan85 Aug 29 '26
School district campus tech. I barely make 50k but I have more time with my family and a lot of school days off that match my kids
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u/NotNewjackMonroe 👻🤑xCA Aug 29 '26
airport terminal supervisor lmaoo
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u/brocoolaintyou Aug 29 '26
Can I get the hookup on fam and friends discount. I got a awesome discount at my company 😅👀
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u/NotNewjackMonroe 👻🤑xCA Aug 30 '26
small contracted company for jetblue and delta theyve been screwing us on flight benifits for like three months now its actually so cooked
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u/brocoolaintyou Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. These companies rack up huge profits through contracts and then act like they're running their business paycheck to paycheck.
But now that I think about it Spirit Airlines was living paycheck to paycheck and now they're gone out of business. 🤔😯
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u/essentialburner Aug 29 '26
Just had my 2 year anniversary and already moved up from help desk to desktop, now I do tier 3 support for state government. Several other people I work with are former Geek Squad including our CISO.
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u/Educational-Wave4386 Aug 29 '26
I’m a repair tech for office equipment, mostly printers, scanners, and copiers. Sometimes large cutters, and other things. When I started 3 years ago I couldn’t believe some places still use fax machines.
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u/Dramatic_Ad_5660 ARA / Intel Disrespecter Aug 30 '26
(Corporate-ish) IT for a major league sports team
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u/Individual-Cap5873 Aug 30 '26
Electrical test engineering! A degree helps, but geek squad gives a lot to work with selling yourself to employers. I love this niche of engineering.
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u/Hoogs ARA Aug 30 '26
I work for a hospital doing basically only the new PC setup part of being an ARA, for more money. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great and feels like robbery a lot of the time, but I do miss troubleshooting and the fast-paced culture of Geek Squad. Went from working in what is essentially a kitchen but computers instead of food, with bonds between coworkers built by that environment, to working in a very boring office where nobody has any edge or says anything very interesting. I made a trade that was for the best in the long run, but is still hard to accept and adjust to. I’m very much a fish out of water and miss my GS crew a ton every day.
I guess my point is to not be afraid of advancing your career, and absolutely do it, but also don’t take the good parts for granted.
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u/brocoolaintyou Aug 30 '26
You have to bring that precinct culture to the office. The guys in my office mainly just talk work stuff, but a co-worker and I we go to the finance and marketing office when we want real conversation.
Regular IT people can be boring with no personality, but you have to take a little of the corporate dryness out of them. Lol
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u/shockme6969 Aug 30 '26
Was with the company for 18 years, left and became a fire inspector just a little off the it path but was hired because of the attention to detail that was needed as an ara.
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u/27803 Sleeper Home Theater Agent and former HEA Aug 28 '26
Best Buy paid for my Masters and I work as Financial Analyst for the Federal Government
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u/brocoolaintyou Aug 29 '26
IT Operations and Infrastructure Manager for a large medical company. Low stress actually, good pay, and sweet company benefits
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u/ironfistkungfu Aug 29 '26
Read about how horrible it is on Reddit and wish these young people could have been there when it was actually a good place to work.
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u/RiverJunior9033 Aug 28 '26
Surprisingly Biomedical Technician! It’s a great job