The most enjoyable hard work in retail sales you'll ever do. - Sales Training Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
16 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent training program compared to other M.I. retailers. Great employee pricing. Fastest growing M.I. retailer means opportunities for advancement are improving. Best infrastructure in the industry makes it easy to get gear for people. You can make a lot of connections here. Great healthcare coverage.

Cons

Starting pay is very low. You work every single holiday and for extended hours. ZERO 401(k) company match.

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5.0
16 July 2025
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Pros

Management takes good care of you

Cons

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1.0
21 Apr 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

- Plenty of capable individual contributors doing real work. - The brand and the business itself are legitimate — the problems are organizational.

Cons

- Senior leadership is politically driven rather than outcome-driven. Strategic initiatives stall out, and leaders spend more energy assigning or shifting blame than actually diagnosing and fixing problems. - Some parts of the org operate on deference to the top. Honest assessments get softened into whatever narrative leadership wants to hear, which makes real cross-functional work difficult. - Senior leaders do not consistently advocate for their own teams. When things get political, self-preservation takes precedence over backing the people underneath, and capable managers end up exposed.

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