Guitar Center reviews

2.8

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,733 total reviews)
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Gabe Dalporto

28% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Guitar Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,733 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Guitar Center employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Jan 14, 2025

It's a gig

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of guitars and drums

Cons

Not lots of money and benefits

3.0
Jan 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good discount on gear and good environment

Cons

Issues with moving up in the company with pay and hours

3.0
Jan 12, 2025

Fun place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The day to day at GC was honestly really fun if you're one for music all the time. You have the opportunity to work with and meet new people in your community who are like minded musicians. Peddling the credit card that GC had was an understandable but disheartening experience because you'd either have people you meet once then never again or they become some of your best over time. The overall structure of each individual GC is something I found to be very different per each store in terms of product placement and how things are done which leads to some high performing stores but cutting corners in the backrooms or in terms of overall cleanliness.

Cons

They understaff which leads to management burnout sometimes. big teams are awesome but you cant live as a salesperson or lead strictly off of this job alone you need external sources of income to survive.

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