kidding me - Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
Mar 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

better than being unemployed, barely!!

Cons

Just writing a response to reading reviews. "Guitar Center" responses are such a joke! Someone in HR who has never even been in a store, having NO clue the God awful vibe, lies to employees, and overall abuse that abounds in every GC. You work there, you ARE a number. If you are a customer, beware that the salesman doesn't sell you, or convince you to buy something you don't need, just to make a sale. A practice that is encouraged by MANY in management, certainly not discouraged. It is absolutely the worst company I have ever worked for, and I spent 20 years in Big Box retail. Stay away, customers and job seekers alike. Now, watch someone in corporate respond to this with some ridiculous corporate rhetoric! Don't buy it!! P.S.- I worked in multiple locations. The Good Ole Boy attitude was the worst in CA, so I'm stating that as the city.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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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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