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

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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3.0
Oct 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great advancement opportunities if you come in at the right time and show promise. Decent compensation if you're willing to bust your butt.

Cons

Some managers are just clueless, and think they have it all figured out. When in all actuality, they just happened to do well at the right time to get the bump.

2.0
Oct 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work with, the vendor reps that stop through and say hey, you meet a lot of cool people with similar interests.

Cons

Working in the stores in general, everybody is spread way too thin. Every year payroll budgets get smaller and smaller, and it's getting to the point that every employee is frustrated on a regular basis. A good amount of customers aren't even being helped because there aren't enough people to help them which is of no fault to the employees. Commission structures changing constantly, which always result in a pay cut for even top performers. An operations staff that has entirely way too much on their agenda, no incentive or motivation to work harder, pay their employees the least amount as possible, and generally take the brunt of every downside of the business. Random corporate employees that demand unimportant tasks to be done in an unconvenient timeline, just because they say so.

3.0
Sep 26, 2011

Fun Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good company values and the people there are great! Willing to work hard.

Cons

you need to know someone to move up

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