Guitar Center reviews

2.8

39% would recommend to a friend

(2,737 total reviews)
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Gabe Dalporto

29% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Guitar Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,737 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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3.0
May 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you enjoy playing music this can be a fun and fulfilling atmosphere to work in. "its cool" Discount on gear are great.

Cons

The pay structure has changed. The entire company is moving towards a more retail like structure. You will start with minimum wage which the chance to get more from yearly merit reviews and your total sales figures. You will get people who are just screwing around/making noise/ being annoying in general. GC can attract a very weird crowd. Moving up in the company doesn't pay as well as some other companies. I'm not in management but I they've pruned the over saturated management side of the company and cut down on the crazy bonuses...etc they used to get.

3.0
May 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Always fun to work in a music store. Knowledge training was great and the employees were awesome.

Cons

Depending on what department you worked in they had limits on commission. Base pay was minimum wage. Constant turn over of management. Upper management pushed sales purple to sell some really poorly made GC products.

2.0
May 8, 2015

Slave Labor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You'll meet some cool people who love gear as much as you. You get a discount on some products.

Cons

Without A.M. access you are limited to what information you can access. Crucial numbers to let you know costs (retail, wholesale, manufacturers, actual) are unavailable without an A.M. You need them to make almost all transactions. And while you wait, with 3 pissed off people who need your help and want to buy things, he is selling things in any department he wants to whoever he wants. You see, he's working off commission just like you are. The difference is he's hung around long enough to get those golden passwords that allow him to make a living while you never make above minimum wage, for lack of selling enough gear. Unless you have secondary income and just want to use the job as a way to make money and turn around and stock up on gear with your discount, this is a terrible job. If you like playing music going into it, you won't by the time you leave.

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