Used to be an awesome place to work.... But these days, unless you enjoy being dirt poor and overworked, forget it. - Sales Associate, Assistant Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
Apr 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The discount and the people you work with.

Cons

Commission structure now is a total joke. They demand exponential sales out of you, which will more than likely lead you to minimum wage paychecks. This happened since it was bought out by a company called Bain Capital, which was founded by Mitt Romney. Back when the buyout happened, I went from making on average of $40k a year, which dropped to $15k overnight.

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Pros

Very flexible with hours working.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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