Worst work experience of my life. - Operations Associate Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
Jan 14, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

They say your employee discount at which you only get on new gear, and after you've worked for 30 days. After you've worked 30 days, you're so hungry and desperate for hours for survival that new equipment is the last thing you could afford. In my 5 years of management experience in retail, I made exactly 50 cents above minimum wage.

Cons

I've never seen a company hire and fire so many people in such a small period of time. Extremely unprofessional and hostile environment. I guess what more can you expect from the Wal Mart of musical gear. Thanks for nothing.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Sweet deals and discounts Coworkers are very pleasant to work with Good as extra income Good for aspiring musicians to network with experts of the industry

Cons

Obsolete softwares Scheduling system software that is thenmost imperative tool as of it will be the backbone of a lesson lead for your team of instructors success it's also somewhat obsolete amd constantly crashing both IT and Upper management are aware. IT is very diligent and pleasant to work with but Upper management expects their lessons lead to work and deliver at 100% capacity while they continue to have an operating system that only works at 75% capacity, just beware of that and if you're willing to work under those conditions. With that put there go at your own discretion. Nobody gets Christmas/winter holiday vacation time off, also go at your own discretion on that one especially if you have kids and family looking for work-life-balance.

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