Worth it to get discount on gear, and great day job for musicians but not a place to start a career at all! - Customer Operations Assistant Guitar Center Employee Review

2.0
Aug 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

1. If your into music it can be fun to work at 2. The hours are good especially for a retail job 3. As long as the days are spread out you get off almost any day

Cons

1. The managers are horrible at communication and are never consistent 2. You get a lot of grief from customers about checking gear and receipts 3. The managers play favorites and can be unfair 5. Getting a raise or promotion is almost impossible unless you get lucky

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Pros

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Cons

Difficult to stray away from Hal Leonard curriculum sometimes, but may be different now.

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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