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
1.0
Dec 28, 2024

Went from Best to Worst

Recommend
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Pros

Great hard working people that really do care about the customers.

Cons

Everything else. New Regional Management and corporate leaders are awful and want to get rid of good, hard working people who don’t sell enough warranty plans even if they are top line sales people and bring tons of other things to the table. Tenured managers being forced out to bring in cheaper outside the company help. Having your District Manager breathing down your neck constantly while trying to run a store with half of the associates you need and having hours cut constantly. More things to do than humanly possible all while having your job threatened daily because your store doesn’t have enough lessons students. It’s a miserable existence that at one time was the complete opposite.

4.0
Dec 22, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

•great employee discounts •pto, insurance, and healthcare •consistent workload

Cons

•values speed over quality •understaffed, expected to pick up slack in other departments •was hired at small salary and promised raise down the road, never received despite multiple requests

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