Every store and department is different - Sales Associate (Guitars) Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
19 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Worked guitars/accessories part time at a busy flagship store in the LA area. Learned a lot about gear, made decent money for part time due to the store having a lot of wealthy clientele. Got to play with a lot of cool gear, and meet some cool people including some celebrities.

Cons

A lot of the systems in place at the company aren't designed to help employees or customers. Computer/inventory system is hard to learn, commission system doesn't reward good customer service, and warranty sales are a big part of your evaluation as an employee. If you work at a slower store or with unfriendly coworkers it can be hard to make good money.

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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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