Some great perks at too high a cost - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are a musician (and most employees at the stores are) you will love the gear discounts and the ability to go on tour and come back to your position. Most people you work with are fellow musicians and good people to connect with and network.

Cons

Very old school commission structures which foster aggressiveness and backstabbing with the customer as a second thought and low hourly wages for those not in sales with extremely high performance expectations.

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Pros

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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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