Guitar Center Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The people here, particularly at the Manager level and below, are fantastic."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't."

What don't you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The people above manager level, directors etc..., are by-and-large unqualified and/or incompetent. People from different departments approach collaboration as if their dept. has to win, rather than work with others. This creates unnecessary obstruction, argument and the inevitable throwing of someone under the bus when things don't go as planned."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We need management that understands musicians, should be musicians themselves, which our dept. director is not, and therefore he does not really understand the issues our customers care about or how they think. Management in marketing should also have marketing experience. There are people here who have no real experience or knowledge of the field running the show. This is insane."

"I love my job, but the management is not allowing us the opportunity to grow or apply our skills in the proper way."

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"I work at the Guitar Center corporate office. I like the coworkers and the chance to implement a cutting-edge network across such a diverse collection of working sites such as retail, distribution centers, data centers, and corporate offices."

What don't you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The management and culture have shifted from the Whatever It Takes attitude, to the Get It Done and Fix It Later attitude. I am not given the freedom to perform my tasks at the level to which I am accustomed, and I don't work well when my name is attached to projects and implementations that aren't as I had designed, and subsequently are sub-par."

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"A great place to work, one of the best jobs I had in my life."

"Great company to get your feet wet, don't stay too long."

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"Meeting new people in the field."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Sell Sell Sell. Network with others around you and move on."

What don't you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The money was never worth the work, was taken for granted, given false promises."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Too much overhead = Low paid employees = Frustrated customers."

"Very laid back environment with great coworkers, however compensation is poor."

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The working environment is very laid back."

What don't you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The pay scale and commission plan."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Increase employee compensation and in turn increase morale."

"GC is a great company. Not a lot of growth for a sales person."

"A fast paced environment that pushes your skills and abilities to improve."

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The open mindedness of everyone who works here. The people make it a great environment to work here and it's a great place to meet musicians and artists alike."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Come in with an open mind and ready to push your skills while having fun."

What don't you like about working at Guitar Center?

"The distance and location of the offices. I'd rather work somewhere where I may commute on a bicycle or closer to home so I can save gas. Public transportation would be good too, but it's pretty far from my current apartment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Senior management could use some education to catch up with technology and their target audience. Seems like they're still stuck on the same methods, but they try to keep up."