The discounts are amazing, but the constant change in policy and corporate structure puts stress on employees. - Sales Associate Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
2 Mar 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ability to network in the music scene. Good discounts on gear. Fun people to work with (for the most part). Can have tattoos, weird hair, whatever as long as you don't smell or have a wrinkled shirt. You get to be around what you love: music.

Cons

Benefits suck. Unclear path of advancement. Poor leadership skills on the part of corporate. Sexual harassment of females by customers and sometimes staff members.

Explore other reviews about Guitar Center

5.0
16 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Management takes good care of you

Cons

No complaints that I can think of

1.0
21 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All