Guitar Center was an awesome experience and job. - Department Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

5.0
Feb 10, 2015
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Pros

The staff there was great and fun to work with. The insurance was great there; and there was vacation time. My coworkers were knowledgeable and helpful. The store manager was awesome. There was training available and opportunity to advance. Working with the newest instruments and gear was always a blast.

Cons

The pay structure was too low. It's fine for a first job or entry level job, but does not provide enough income for someone with more adult responsibilities. Sales is based on close to minimum wage plus commissions. The business does have it's high and low sell seasons. All sales staff was on swing shifts. This sometimes conflicted with preforming and outside activities as you never knew what shift for each day you would be on until the prior weekend. Too bad there's not a day shift available.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Very flexible with hours working.

Cons

Difficult to stray away from Hal Leonard curriculum sometimes, but may be different now.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
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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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