Sell, Sell, Sell. But get nothing for busting your ass. - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
19 Jun 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Discounted gear Learn a few thing and meet new people.

Cons

Im a salesman, not a house cleaner. So why should I have to clean the bathrooms. Especially when I make 7.70 an hour. Favoritism Commision is a joke. Advancement? Hell, the managers make less than I do. Bust your ass to move to a different department but they just higher someone new instead of moving you over. My store manager sleeps in his office all day but gets a $1500 bonus every year. All the local music stores around here shut down one by one when GC went in.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Employee discounts are the biggest reason why people work here, as the discount is really good.

Cons

Your experience working at Guitar Center will largely depend on which store you work at. Some stores have a good management team and employees and are fun to work at. But a lot of stores do not have a qualified management team and they have a staff that is not fun to work with. My location needed a new store manager and instead of promoting the ops manager who knew the store better than anyone else and was with the company for 15+ years working at multiple locations, corporate instead promoted a customer service lead who had been with the company less than 2 years and didn't have management experience. These are the people that corporate decides so often to run their stores.

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