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
Jan 18, 2013

Warehouse

Recommend
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Pros

The people at the hq are helpful. They listen to employees and usually will attempt to contact the person in order to fix the issue.

Cons

Poorly trained, vindictive management. My manager would insult his workers on a daily basis and the calls to hr would not resolve the issue. Favoritism is rampant. The benefits are a joke, the management pushes it really hard as if they would receive bonuses from your loss. As far as the benefits, the company runs a site that contains the contacts for the providers. The problem is that the contacts are expired. As far training, I was left to figure out procedures on my own. Pay is not good unless you sell a lot of equipment. I started with $8/hr after 5 years of employment I made a $1.50 raise.... while the management boasts about how much money the store is generating, they want you to work longer hours and will not pay overtime and holidays. If you have a family be aware that you are gonna work holidays and you cannot request that time off, as a matter of fact management might threaten your employment

1.0
Jan 11, 2013

Horrible Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They had great discounts for their employees.

Cons

There was no leadership or guidance in my job. There were a lot of politics in my department...a lot of cliques. It was a very immature place to work. They gave me a boss that had no clue what my job entailed. I would never go back. The worst job in my life!

3.0
Jan 1, 2013

OMG The Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Made a decent amount of money while working at Gc. The biggest music store in jacksonville

Cons

The hours sucked...long hours and salesmen stole alot of deals and didnt like to split deals

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