Many ups and downs but overall, a decent place to earn a living. - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
20 Mar 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great environment and cool people. There are great opportunities for self directed individuals. If you a a musician it's like working in a candy store. There's no where better to work if you want to build up a nice collection of cool gear.

Cons

There is a mis guided sense of performance and accountability. The review process seems forced and not very genuine. Upper management is making great strides to correct the errors of the past however this is also accompanied by moving to quickly or not moving quickly enough. Management has a very unclear perception of how the customers view the company as well as how the line level associates view the company.

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Pros

Got to work with so many people

Cons

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1.0
29 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business outlook

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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