Dream gig for a musician but unsistanible and unstable - Gear Advisor Guitar Center Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Get to talk to people about music gear and pro audio(+ if you're knowledgeable in this field. - WFH - Good start for getting into sales. Most leads are warm but some leads are actually cold calls. It all depends on the campaign. - Employee discounts

Cons

- Ever increasing expectations and goal metrics which are not reasonable to hit in this down turn in consumer spending. Commissions don't get paid out until 45 days after products ship out(given that products come in stock from backorders). Loss of commission payout happens when items are returned. - Raises don't make sense considering I sold close to $900k in sales and was given a smaller raise than I was the previous year which I made less than that in sales. Too many factors on the commission structure was designed to ensure I got paid out less. - Expectations change CONSTANTLY. Started out as an outbound gear advisor and the sales floor combined with inbound when I hit the floor. A promise was made that we would make more money but my paystubs show otherwise.

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5.0
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Pros

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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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