Music & Arts reviews

2.5

25% would recommend to a friend

(573 total reviews)

Jeff Gottlieb

14% approve of CEO

11% positive business outlook

Music & Arts has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 573 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Music & Arts employee rating is 29% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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573 reviews
2.0
Nov 19, 2011

it's alright

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

work around schedules easily and the discounts were pretty nice if your a musician

Cons

the way everything is so scripted when talking to customers.

1.0
Nov 9, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with on the sales floor and the teachers are the real gems here. This is the best asset they have and they treat them the worst. Reasonable discounts, easy hours in the summer time.

Cons

They treat their employees like crap. They dangle the proverbial carrot in your face FOREVER! I worked with them for 10 years, gave up ever getting my own store after a year and a half and found another career in music education that promoted me 5 times into management. Kept my part time position for the discounts and gas money basically. I worked for the company before they were bought out by guitar center and it was a much better place to work. They don't promote from within very often, work you to death and never compensate you. Pay is well below what the workload deserves. Your days off often have scheduled rah rah sales meetings at 8am on Sundays which are mandatory. Churn and burn operation now that Guitar Center runs it! They don't care about their employees and that's why everyone leaves them every year. Great job for high school kids who don't care about being used and unappreciated.

2.0
Oct 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great experience in retail for future jobs Schedule flexibility is generally pretty good Co-workers are generally great people and fun to work with Guitar Center discounts are great Able to get discounts directly from companies

Cons

Commission is very low and only receive commission if your goal is met Goals are unattainable half the time Pays much less than similar jobs Employee morale is low Not many employees per location which causes major scheduling issues Poor benefits Typical "Corporate" atmosphere that gives its employees the impression that it doesn't care much about them

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