A dying company that refuses to make change or take care of its employees - Assistant Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
11 Apr 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great experience in learning hands on about gear - Great if you want access to gear for cheap to supplement your gear needs - Generally great for meeting like minded individuals (staff and customers)

Cons

- Failed to address systemic problems with playing favorites, retribution towards those who do not tow the line or speak out. - Complete inconsistency when figuring out pay and commissions for close to 3 years during a "pilot" period which ended up just being scrapped - Massive problems with supply chain keeping stores properly stocked and maintained - Massive problems with stores having access to multiple levels of gear - Massive company debt - Impossible to make a living wage unless your a top seller with minimal - Little movement for growth

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5.0
16 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Management takes good care of you

Cons

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3.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Sweet deals and discounts Coworkers are very pleasant to work with Good as extra income Good for aspiring musicians to network with experts of the industry

Cons

Obsolete softwares Scheduling system software that is thenmost imperative tool as of it will be the backbone of a lesson lead for your team of instructors success it's also somewhat obsolete amd constantly crashing both IT and Upper management are aware. IT is very diligent and pleasant to work with but Upper management expects their lessons lead to work and deliver at 100% capacity while they continue to have an operating system that only works at 75% capacity, just beware of that and if you're willing to work under those conditions. With that put there go at your own discretion. Nobody gets Christmas/winter holiday vacation time off, also go at your own discretion on that one especially if you have kids and family looking for work-life-balance.

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