Guitar Center reviews

2.8

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,729 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 2,729 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
3.0
Dec 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy going staff, pretty relaxed environment. Cheap music gear for employees, and some fun sales contests from time to time. They keep their employees well informed on new products and let you toy around on them pretty regularly.

Cons

Sales are under compensated. You have to sell more than the amount you're being paid in your wages, so essentially you're a stripper who doesn't take their clothes off.

1.0
Dec 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flex time Gear discounts Hours Relaxed dress code Advancement opportunities if you are interested

Cons

Training is almost non-existant Commissions are biased toward assistant managers Constant overwhelming pressure to sell Number of work hours determined by the number of "extended warrantees" sold not by your over sales performance Store profit is far more important than the welfare of the associates HR in this company is in the Stone Age Should I go on???

4.0
Nov 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool Gear, Equipment discounts, fun environment, cool management. There are always opportunities for advancement if you are flexible and are willing work hard.

Cons

Don't think that it is all about playing with cool gear, at the end of the day it is a retail sales job. It is loud and hours are often long. I feel the money was bad, but considering the local market, all sales jobs are tough.

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