Guitar Center reviews

2.8

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,733 total reviews)
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Gabe Dalporto

28% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Guitar Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,733 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Guitar Center employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you get to work with and customers were the best part. Very good medical and dental as well. The training used to be good for management when they sent you to vendor training offsite.

Cons

Terrible upper management that doesn't seem to have ever worked in a musical retail environment. Unattainable bonus structure and way too much responsibility and pressure on store management.

2.0
Aug 6, 2015

Analyst

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are cool. You can wear jeans. That's about it.

Cons

Negative. Terrible culture being ruined by Corporate heads. Not what it used to be 7 years ago. Terrible benefits.

2.0
Jul 23, 2015

Organizational Structure Flaws

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great discounts on gear Wonderful opportunities to help people learn about music Massive inventory Opportunity to meet and work with interesting people

Cons

The structure of the organization is trying to evolve to keep from going bankrupt and stop losing high quality employees. These changes seem misguided and unfocused. 3 CEOs in 3 years. Very low employee appreciation and pay rate.

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