Stuck in the 80s - Just Another Cog Guitar Center Employee Review

2.0
Feb 8, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Most people are what musicians would call "chill". Laid-back atmosphere, good wages, etc. Some of the below-the-line advertising is fairly basic, but it seems to get the job done. Many employees are ex-rockers, which can make for some interesting lunch conversations.

Cons

For a company who needs to project the anti-authority that rock music imparts, Guitar Center is pretty straight-edge, and somewhat stifling. In this way, work can pretty dull/ mind-numbing. Also, there's no real grasp of web 2.0 concepts, which can be frustrating, esp if you're younger, and your boss has no clue what myspace/youtube is, and refers to it as "the internets"

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Pros

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Cons

Your experience working at Guitar Center will largely depend on which store you work at. Some stores have a good management team and employees and are fun to work at. But a lot of stores do not have a qualified management team and they have a staff that is not fun to work with. My location needed a new store manager and instead of promoting the ops manager who knew the store better than anyone else and was with the company for 15+ years working at multiple locations, corporate instead promoted a customer service lead who had been with the company less than 2 years and didn't have management experience. These are the people that corporate decides so often to run their stores.

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