Horrible Moral - Store Associate Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
16 Feb 2016
Recommend
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Pros

not a thing I can think of that exists anymore that hasn't been taken away except for the fact that I am still employed - for who knows how long until the ship finally crashes.

Cons

After a decade of service to this company I no longer feel appreciated. My sacrifices of relocating seem to be unimportant and my tenure a non-point. The new garde has virtually laid off/fired just about everyone with talent and experience in favor of "restructuring" - which is just a polite way of saying "bringing in cheaper help". Complete disconnect between what the corporate office and senior managers "think" store managers should be doing and what is actually achievable in this business model they have created. More things to do than humanly possible - and unreachable bonus goals to boot. Morale is at an all time low. Every manager I know working for the company right now is looking to jump ship. No trust left between store personnel and those above. A real mess.

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