Ten great years. - General Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

2.0
Sep 27, 2013
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Pros

Discounts on gear. Meeting amazing people both customers and co-workers. In previous years, mentorship and the entrepreneurial spirit was alive and thriving and employees and management alike could build a career on the back of hard work and dedication.

Cons

Poor management. Busted infrastructure. Diminishing customer experience. The path to front-line employees' financial security has diminished greatly over the last five years due to faulty data manipulation by senior management. Too many "promotions" actually involve pay cuts.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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
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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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