Guitar Center reviews

2.8

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,728 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 2,728 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
Dec 3, 2012

Nice

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very laid back place to work

Cons

The pay isnt that great

3.0
Oct 10, 2012

GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

AMAZING COLLEAGUES and discounts on gear.

Cons

Imagine the snakiest salespeople in high levels of management with the Bain Capital pay strategies. Even with immense sales, their commission checks are dismal and they will get you to sell warranties. Their corporate culture rewards the seediest of people.

1.0
Sep 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discounts were decent, able to test out new products when they first came out.... That's about it.

Cons

Every salesperson who worked there were absolute sharks. It got to the point where workers were getting into verbal fights in front of customers about who would get the commission. My manager at the time never mentioned meeting sales goals until the day I was written up for it. When the store first opened, we had "veterans" from each department come to teach us the ropes, but instead of teaching us, they just went on a sales rampage, and we learned absolutely nothing.

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