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
Mar 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You have the opportunity to earn Commission(Based on Sales Performance). You get to be near all types of musical instruments(Mostly beginner models). Opportunity to work in different locations and travel.

Cons

Micromanaging from Upper Management(anyone not working in a store location). You must make daily Cold calls to sell product and services. Company does not recognize experience and has little reward for long-term employees. Pay is not equal to the level of knowledge and expertise required to do job effectively.

1.0
Mar 22, 2022

Dodge this Bullet

Recommend
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Pros

The coworkers I met there are still friends and I keep in touch with them. The employee discount at guitar center was nice too.

Cons

Almost everything you can imagine. Management doesn’t care about you. To them you’re just a sales goal. They expect you to treat all customers like a number as well and they encourage you to exploit people for money.

2.0
Apr 9, 2021

Would Never Work Here Again

Recommend
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Pros

Easy to move up because of their high employee turnover. I also liked the discounts on products for employees because I'm a musician myself. My only solace for the disorganization of this company was a select few of my fellow employees. We suffered through the stress together.

Cons

In my personal experience, it was tough to work for this company as a whole. I did not feel the respect they claim to have for their employees the entire time I worked for them. I expected as much though, seeing as they are a shady corporation with the guise as a small business popping up everywhere buying mom and pop shops. The only reason I started working there and gave them a try was because my old company was purchased by them. I was asked to go above and beyond the job description for an hourly position that didn't pay as well as it should've. HR was a mess the entire time I worked for them (2018-2020), they changed who was running the company and HR several times. It was difficult to get any staffing changes done, hassling the higher-ups and HR with several emails and calls was the only way to get responses in a timely manner. In the end, I stayed on furlough as long as they allowed me after COVID-19 shut everything down. They let me go quietly without letting me know in October the same year. (Only reason I knew was from my bank statement saying "Last Paycheck") I'm glad for this though, I'm better off without them, especially my mental health.

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