Terrible boss, terrible compensation, terrible raises, and terrible opportunities to advance for most employees. - Business Analyst Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
10 Nov 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good discounts on musical gear, but I'm not a musician. People under the level of manager are normally good people to work with.

Cons

I have a boss who has made multiple employees under him quit and is still around. The company is a boys club and it's all about who you know. Company is controlled by Bain Capital so some people spend half their time updating Bain on progress instead of actually making progress on their projects. Employees, especially in higher up positions, are constantly "reorganized," resulting in some people being reorganized out of the organization.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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