Sweetwater reviews

4.2

81% would recommend to a friend

(541 total reviews)
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Mike Clem

90% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Sweetwater has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 541 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Sweetwater employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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541 reviews
5.0
Feb 2, 2014

Sales Engineer

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Pros

Extensive training, autonomy, solid company, the more you put in, the more you make

Cons

Commission sales; up and down.

2.0
Feb 1, 2014

Money, money, money!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some fun perks that most places don't have. On site gym (free, with a free personal trainer), free movie rentals, on site hair and massage parlor (overpriced), free arcade. That's where it ends.

Cons

Training is a complete fail. NO ONE is trained adequately, leaving everyone who knows how to do their jobs stuck with teaching every single noob what to do. All the managers claim to have an "open door policy." But as soon as you recommend an idea, you're shot down. Every actual change is made by morons who aren't involved and don't understand the process. Pay SUCKS unless you're in sales. I started at like $8 something an hour and five plus years later, I haven't reached $12 yet. And there was a pay freeze a few years ago, but now there is a multi million dollar expansion happening? Hmm.... Management is psychotic. Raises happen once a year and they fire a ton of people right before they have to give them raises. They hire "part time" employees so they don't have to pay benefits, then force them to work more than full time hours. You're not allowed to have a life outside work because you never know how many hours you will be held for. You're black listed if you quit and are pretty much forced to move because you can't get any other jobs in the area. This place has become WAY too corporate and it's all about money. The employees DO NOT MATTER. And this is only the tip of the ice berg.

5.0
Jan 23, 2014

Fast paced

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Pros

The campus! Plua, the people are incredibly smart, like-minded, musicians who are genuinely good people.

Cons

The pace. Many thrive under the pressure but some can't keep up.

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