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      Guitar Center

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      Guitar Center reviews

      2.8

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (2,734 total reviews)
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      Gabe Dalporto

      29% approve of CEO

      23% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.4

      Compensation and benefits

      2.4

      Career opportunities

      2.1

      Senior management

      Guitar Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,734 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
      Apr 13, 2018

      Corporate monster

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      nothing there is nothing positive about this company

      Cons

      literally the worst place to work, will fire you at a drop of a hat

      3.0
      Mar 25, 2018

      Profound mediocrity?

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Most store level life is pretty solid. Most store managers are fairly easy to work for, and most clients are pretty amicable, and you typically get a good mix of pretty friendly musicians to work alongside. If you know your gear, are likable, and hustle its not hard to make pretty good scratch.

      Cons

      Corporate is completely disconnected from stores and have little understanding of what/why/how we operate. Most of the corporate employees who came up from stores were terminated during budget cuts over the last few years and replaced with people with zero store experience. Middle management is too afraid to tell corporate when their ideas suck. Getting threatened to be fired for not selling enough warranties is a garbage company behavior as well.

      2.0
      Mar 22, 2018

      Beware of Bean Counters

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I meet a lot of great people everyday.

      Cons

      At least in New York, the employees only the top 1% of employees made a living wage. The commission split was unlivable.

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