Not a bad job - Sales Associate Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
3 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Talk music and instruments during entire shift. Cool people to work with who share your passion for music. Awesome employee discounts.

Cons

Commission based pay which is very hard to reach unless you work in guitars, drums, or pro audio. I worked in accessories, so made minimum wage because those products are too cheap for one to make any commission. Also, computer system from the stone age.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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