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      Guitar Center

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      1.0
      Nov 1, 2012

      Guitarmart here we come.

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun loose Work Culture. Discounts for Musicians, opportunities for networking. GAIN opportunities which have deeper discounts and Gig/ promotional references for your band.

      Cons

      Since the buyout, the changes have been all over the place, and mostly for the worse. They have lowered our hours to part-time status from most companies' regulation standards. Removed management bonus incentives which have created an unfair compensation for the extra work. Too many new stores has drained each store of customer base already spread thin by lack of floor coverage. (Customers walking out from not being helped in a proper employee to customer ratio.)

      1.0
      Oct 31, 2012

      Avoid at all cost

      Former it leadership westlake village
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      discounts on merchandise. Good comradere. The ability to learn new technologies and drive new projects

      Cons

      dismall benefits. Bought by Bain Capitol in 2007 all downhill from there. Outsourced to incompetent East Indian IT. Freeze on raises for years. increase in management at mid to top levels. Way to many Directors and VPs, its laughable. All corporate events cut or scaled back. I could go on and on

      3.0
      Oct 22, 2012

      It's an OK short-term job

      Operations associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Relaxed environment -Consistent hours in operations -Operations promotions are quick, as long as you're willing to move

      Cons

      -Low wage for Ops Associates -Operations crews are understaffed (this is a chain-wide issue from my understanding)

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