Sweetwater reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(541 total reviews)
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Mike Clem

89% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Sweetwater has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 541 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Sweetwater employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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541 reviews
1.0
Sep 18, 2024

Basically a dead end

Recommend
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Pros

Employee discount and company events.

Cons

Don’t expect to leave the area in which you start. Promotion is impossible, despite what they may tell you.

2.0
Jun 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The building is really incredible. Great if you are passionate about music.

Cons

• 100% commission based sales. Base is so low, you'll never hit it. • Ownership change has caused a scramble in company priorities • 45-50 hours in a cubical. • Strange cultish devotion

5.0
Oct 9, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-plugged into the music retail industry, it's fun talking gear day in and day out -Satisfyingly challenging job in technical and customer-facing scenarios. Dealing with customers at in retail at a respected company is quite the upgrade from dealing with customers in hospitality -the employee gear discount challenges your self-control -lots of opportunity to learn and grow my career here -every employee in the department is as autonomous as their knowledge allows them, and if a situation reveals an unknown policy or procedure, it is quickly explained by senior employees and leadership -good ideas come from anywhere and leadership is far more receptive to hearing out these ideas than every other place I've worked.

Cons

-Stepping stone job; turnover in my department is high but most departures seem to be for career advancement, moving onto bigger/better things -The company's new ownership has me just a little concerned about the future of my very expensive Support department and potential layoffs, and the communication so far from the new ownership hasn't alleviated those concerns. -Very customer facing and dealing with customers can be exhausting -the daily praise you get from customers clashes harshly with the low pay. I feel FAR more valued by the customers I speak with than the company itself. -We are trained extensively on policies and procedures, but over all of it we are encouraged to do the "right thing" in any given customer situation. Appealing to morality serves a effective function of empowering the individual employee and streamlining decision-making, but it produces a good deal of cognitive dissonance in the long trial-by-fire process of figuring out what the policies ACTUALLY are. This would be an intolerable issue with this job if my leadership didn't swiftly answer every question I ever pose to them.

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