Great Perks for Musicians, but you would make more Busking - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
9 Sept 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great connections to other industry pros, gear companies, access to industry events (NAMM) etc. You meet all the local musicians in your area, great for forming a band, or reaching fans. Excellent company support for musicians, gear programs, contests, time off for going on tour.

Cons

The pay sucks. The hours are long. Upselling when not necessary, pushing people's budgets, pushing credit cards, competing with your coworkers, sucks. Also, as a woman I experienced

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Cons

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1.0
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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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