Incredibly Fun Place To Work - Accessories Sales Associate & Operations Associate Guitar Center Employee Review

5.0
15 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Incredibly fun work environment and coworkers/management, Helping fellow musicians get the gear they need to create their music is very rewarding and often creates lifetime bonds with customers, Staff and management is there to work and make money but have an awesome time working together while doing so

Cons

Sales compensation was difficult in accessories and often didn't pay more than the starting hourly rate since it was commission based over a certain amount of personal sales amount and was a low percentage of commission at that for that department. Operations pay was hourly and low for how much there was to do sometimes.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

Very flexible with hours working.

Cons

Difficult to stray away from Hal Leonard curriculum sometimes, but may be different now.

3.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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