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Musician's Friend

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I worked at Musician's Friend when it was headquartered in Medford, Oregon. - Assistant Buyer Musician's Friend Employee Review

4.0
Aug 9, 2012
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Pros

Musician's Friend has since moved it's operations to Westlake Village, CA as a part of Guitar Center. I worked for the company for three years when it was based in Southern Oregon. It had fantastic leadership, a friendly and informal work environment and a loyal, developed culture based around music and grass roots, employee driven community events. It was a highly valued employer in it's region (200+ employees) and brought a good number of top professionals into the area from outside who in turn spent money, volunteered in their community, raised families and generally made the region a better place (I guess not all locals would agree).

Cons

They had just cashed out (public to private) when I was hired. Bain Capitol (yes, the Mitt Romney version) bought them out and the culture has changed a lot since then.

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5.0
Jul 25, 2023
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Feb 17, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Most coworkers, including management are fun to work with. Employee discount is great. Work from home.

Cons

Extremely outdated systems. Stingy PTO. Work almost every holiday but Christmas. Laying off qualified employees immediately after unrolling new AI programs. Management roles are attainable, but there are virtually zero opportunities to grow above lower management. Many managers have been stuck in the same role for over 10 years.

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