Any NYer looking to be hired for GC Pro BEWARE! - Logistics Coordinator Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Supervisor was friendly, patient and courteous. Large selection of instruments and music to listen to when in the office. IT gets you set up right away when you are hired to be on the team and, while there are some hitches, they are prompt in getting you set up within their database so you can begin work quickly.

Cons

The office is some cramped little fish bowl in the basement of the Guitar Center store on 14th between 4th and 5th ave. Barely any light, freezing and with no coffee maker or anything to provide any semblance of an office environment. Computer desks are worn and breaking down to the degree that someone could seriously injure themselves trying to use it. Their internal systems are a mess! The entire time I was being trained, I did not grasp at the core of what my daily tasks were or how I was supposed to get said tasks done in an efficient manner. Every step has some nuanced answer that requires a tangent of explanation to understand which makes the bar of entry for someone just starting out really high. Add to that, the confusion of what you are supposed to do, how you should be getting it done, and the overall bizarre mix of internal systems this company uses is enough to make all but the most diligent and patient lose their minds. The store has a mainly male worker base, which could be seen as a negative to some.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 21, 2026
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Pros

- Plenty of capable individual contributors doing real work. - The brand and the business itself are legitimate — the problems are organizational.

Cons

- Senior leadership is politically driven rather than outcome-driven. Strategic initiatives stall out, and leaders spend more energy assigning or shifting blame than actually diagnosing and fixing problems. - Some parts of the org operate on deference to the top. Honest assessments get softened into whatever narrative leadership wants to hear, which makes real cross-functional work difficult. - Senior leaders do not consistently advocate for their own teams. When things get political, self-preservation takes precedence over backing the people underneath, and capable managers end up exposed.

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