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      Guitar Center

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      Guitar Center reviews

      2.8

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (2,732 total reviews)
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      Gabe Dalporto

      28% approve of CEO

      24% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.4

      Compensation and benefits

      2.4

      Career opportunities

      2.1

      Senior management

      Guitar Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,732 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
      Feb 21, 2012

      Great culture, low pay getting increasingly worse!!!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Room for promotion(manager looks good on resume) Good benefits(eye, health, employee assistance) Great atmosphere Cool gear to be around

      Cons

      Low pay getting worse Surprise changes in pay with no warning, with expectations of a large paycheck Friendly, you can do anything attitude if you are writing numbers; treated like stepchild if you are not

      2.0
      Sep 23, 2011

      Great atmosphere, but terrible place to work

      Department manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Networking with other musicians, being around some cool gear, knowing the latest gear to come out, super good discounts. People looked up to you.

      Cons

      Terrible pay, WAYYY over worked, countless metrics and quotas that are required to be hit on a monthly basis, micro managed, low accountability.

      2.0
      May 16, 2011

      Vibrant, fun and busy.

      Operations
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Other employees. Most are generally very fun to be around. Many new contacts in the music world. Immersion in music if that is your thing. If it is not, why be here? Exposure to a great variety of low to mid level musical equipment. Ability to get gear at a decent discount, (despite the low wage preventing having the money to do so). Flexible time off when necessary. Ops has good hours as opposed to sales and management.

      Cons

      Low wages and no career advancement. Sadly, for all its benefits, this is a dead end job. Noise. Lots of it. A total cacophony. To be expected in the music biz, but a lot more than is necessary. Too often some goofball cranks the "Vibe" way more than needed. And the Metal noodlers. Good grief. Get a rig for at home to try every scale at mach one. Staff with a lack of dedication and enthusiasm. I understand the low wages can cause complacency, but whatever you are doing in life should be done well and with pride. Many try hard to do the right thing, but I feel the lack of appreciation from all of management up to corporate causes this lack of enthusiasm. This is not WalMart and the fake enthusiasm is a bloody joke.

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