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      Sweetwater

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      Sweetwater reviews

      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (540 total reviews)
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      Mike Clem

      88% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      Sweetwater has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 540 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sweetwater employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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      540 reviews
      3.0
      Mar 29, 2016

      Sales Engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good opportunity. good benefits. Nice people

      Cons

      A lot of company politics.

      4.0
      Jan 20, 2016

      Sales Engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -There is potential to make great money. Some guys make well over $50K their first year despite being told you'll make $30K or so your first year. There are a lot of guys who make over $100K a year, but it takes a few years to get to that point. (one guy makes over $300k). -GREAT discounts on gear. You get everything at cost, and some stuff for below cost. -You will learn a LOT about new gear. You get to see stuff months before it's released. -There's a slide right by the Sales floor

      Cons

      -LOTS of phone calls. If you hate talking on the phone, you will hate this job. That's what you do for most of the day. -Late shifts. You will work late 3 nights a week, plus one Saturday a month for the first 5 years or so. -Monday morning sales labs are so boring and a waste of time. You have to go to this every Monday for the first two years, unless you're in the top 50% in sales for month. -Tuesdays and Thursdays are always at least 11 hour days due to sales meetings you have to attend.

      5.0
      Jan 16, 2016

      Fascinating Company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I've been at Sweetwater for over 10 years, because a few things just continue to fascinate me: I have never seen an environment with so many good people. Ethical. Willing to serve. Refreshing to see a company this size stand for something. I have never seen a company that executes details at such a high level. Intense planning & training. Striving for customers to have perfect experiences. Intense focus on customer feedback. Constant improvement. I have never seen a company so willing to go above & beyond for customers. Not a tactic, but a sincere belief that we deserve that as humans. Employees empowered to do extraordinary things. Invest for the long-term & trust that the money will follow. Just refreshing.

      Cons

      Make sure you know what you are getting into. This is not a big public company. This is a very smart, nimble private company and the pace is 100MPH. Chuck is passionate about customers & holds the bar very high. You have to enjoy that level of energy & sense of accomplishment

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