Great Perks for Musicians, but you would make more Busking - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
Sep 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great connections to other industry pros, gear companies, access to industry events (NAMM) etc. You meet all the local musicians in your area, great for forming a band, or reaching fans. Excellent company support for musicians, gear programs, contests, time off for going on tour.

Cons

The pay sucks. The hours are long. Upselling when not necessary, pushing people's budgets, pushing credit cards, competing with your coworkers, sucks. Also, as a woman I experienced

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Cons

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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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