Worst management I've seen - Assistant Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
Apr 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great discounts. At the time it was base cost +10% on most items. Like-minded co workers. Lots of aspiring musicians and interesting people.

Cons

"Fading" hours - essentially every dollar you made on the clock you would have to pay back with your commission. If you ended up making more commission than your minimum wage salary, they would pay you the minimum wage and the difference in commission. Things like closing shifts (an hour of working with the store closed), merch parties (several hours after the store closes before sales), and morning meetings were all 'Faded' against commission. In addition, most new employees don't even understand this until after their first month there when they DON'T get a commission check or it's less than $50 for the entire month.

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5.0
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Pros

Very flexible with hours working.

Cons

Difficult to stray away from Hal Leonard curriculum sometimes, but may be different now.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Sweet deals and discounts Coworkers are very pleasant to work with Good as extra income Good for aspiring musicians to network with experts of the industry

Cons

Obsolete softwares Scheduling system software that is thenmost imperative tool as of it will be the backbone of a lesson lead for your team of instructors success it's also somewhat obsolete amd constantly crashing both IT and Upper management are aware. IT is very diligent and pleasant to work with but Upper management expects their lessons lead to work and deliver at 100% capacity while they continue to have an operating system that only works at 75% capacity, just beware of that and if you're willing to work under those conditions. With that put there go at your own discretion. Nobody gets Christmas/winter holiday vacation time off, also go at your own discretion on that one especially if you have kids and family looking for work-life-balance.

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