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      Guitar Center

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      Guitar Center reviews

      2.8

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (2,727 total reviews)
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      Gabe Dalporto

      28% approve of CEO

      24% positive business outlook

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      3.5

      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 2,727 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
      Nov 2, 2011

      Good Employee Discounts. Nothing else

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good job for discounts if your a gear head. Good insurance for full time employees. Great people to work with.

      Cons

      No respect from management. Nonexistent "commission". The only way to make money is to be an assisant manager, who has the ability to manually discount anything in the store. There is no way the average employee can compete with this. Customers will abandon the hardworking salesman to purchase from a mgr who can "give them a deal". This happens more often than you think.

      2.0
      Oct 29, 2011

      No way to earn a promotion without good credit...

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great discounts on gear, work with awesome people from all sectors of music, and get to play a lot of nice instruments when ever it's dead.

      Cons

      Can't get promoted without good credit. So if you don't make enough in commission to cover debt, you're hit with your credit, which leads no promotion to make more to help your credit. Compensation is minimal at best. It's set up for you to do a lot of work and make as little money as possible... Too many people drink the coolaid that corporate spreads around. Nearly everyone wants something better.

      4.0
      Oct 26, 2011

      Everything that you would expect from a music retailer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with many fellow musicians who also possess high quality skills.Good pay and benefits alongside challenging and interesting work.

      Cons

      Lack of feedback from management on job performance and/or lack of guidance. However, this could merely be individuals within the company.

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