Guitar Center reviews

Working here is a struggle if you actually know what you’re doing. The majority of employees have been working here for so many years, and for most, it’s their first career job. This results in processes that are inefficient and beyond archaic. Too many people did the bare minimum required of them, making it miserable for those who are new and want to do great work or make improvements. No one is receptive to new ideas. I’ve never worked with more lazy and under-qualified people in my life.

Very different place than it used to be. Commission caps at 3% of your GS and in order to get that you need to have over $500 sales per hour, so unless you're in a high volume store or it's the holidays, good luck making any real money. You're expected to repack and resell returned items and you're encouraged to sell the store branded goods because of the huge margin. Forced to sell warranties that come stock through other companies and employees are encouraged to lie to customers about how they are used and what they cover. Management doesn't care about anything but hitting their own numbers and everything on the floor is very micromanaged. I was forced out after more than a decade because they could replace me with 3 part timers for the same amount of hours/less commission paid out than I cost.