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

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
2.0
Feb 1, 2014

Money, money, money!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some fun perks that most places don't have. On site gym (free, with a free personal trainer), free movie rentals, on site hair and massage parlor (overpriced), free arcade. That's where it ends.

Cons

Training is a complete fail. NO ONE is trained adequately, leaving everyone who knows how to do their jobs stuck with teaching every single noob what to do. All the managers claim to have an "open door policy." But as soon as you recommend an idea, you're shot down. Every actual change is made by morons who aren't involved and don't understand the process. Pay SUCKS unless you're in sales. I started at like $8 something an hour and five plus years later, I haven't reached $12 yet. And there was a pay freeze a few years ago, but now there is a multi million dollar expansion happening? Hmm.... Management is psychotic. Raises happen once a year and they fire a ton of people right before they have to give them raises. They hire "part time" employees so they don't have to pay benefits, then force them to work more than full time hours. You're not allowed to have a life outside work because you never know how many hours you will be held for. You're black listed if you quit and are pretty much forced to move because you can't get any other jobs in the area. This place has become WAY too corporate and it's all about money. The employees DO NOT MATTER. And this is only the tip of the ice berg.

5.0
Jan 23, 2014

Fast paced

Recommend
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Pros

The campus! Plua, the people are incredibly smart, like-minded, musicians who are genuinely good people.

Cons

The pace. Many thrive under the pressure but some can't keep up.

1.0
Dec 5, 2013

Not so sweet

Recommend
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Pros

Good Discounts on gear.... that's it.

Cons

The distribution center pays very poorly. There are some who have work their buts off for years and still make only $8.50 an hour. Managers work 60hr weeks and make less than $30k a year. Compared to sales the distribution employees are treated like second class citizens. There are no opportunities for pay increases or any encouragement for being an outstanding employee. The Distribution center also severely lacks safety. People use old broker pallets as platforms to get items down, many times heavy items break through. There is no training for forklifts or any equipment, management doesn't care who operates equipment. Management does seem to care about anything. As for Chuck Surack he flaunts his money with his expensive cars and even one took out a $100 bill and ripped it in two as her argued with a employee about pay raises. The company has poor values and business ethics. Even with the discounts they are paid so little that employees can't afford anything. Also they sell people demos all the time as "new" items. And odds are your next order will be wrong or broken.

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