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      Guitar Center

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      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
      2.0
      May 16, 2011

      Vibrant, fun and busy.

      Operations
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Other employees. Most are generally very fun to be around. Many new contacts in the music world. Immersion in music if that is your thing. If it is not, why be here? Exposure to a great variety of low to mid level musical equipment. Ability to get gear at a decent discount, (despite the low wage preventing having the money to do so). Flexible time off when necessary. Ops has good hours as opposed to sales and management.

      Cons

      Low wages and no career advancement. Sadly, for all its benefits, this is a dead end job. Noise. Lots of it. A total cacophony. To be expected in the music biz, but a lot more than is necessary. Too often some goofball cranks the "Vibe" way more than needed. And the Metal noodlers. Good grief. Get a rig for at home to try every scale at mach one. Staff with a lack of dedication and enthusiasm. I understand the low wages can cause complacency, but whatever you are doing in life should be done well and with pride. Many try hard to do the right thing, but I feel the lack of appreciation from all of management up to corporate causes this lack of enthusiasm. This is not WalMart and the fake enthusiasm is a bloody joke.

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