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Guitar Center overview
Guitar Center's mission statement
To build a vehicle that allows all associates and customers to achieve their goals, pursue their dreams, and reach their destiny.
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Guitar Center employee reviews
Based on 10 ratings
I loved helping people with music gear.
Management was shaky
Discount on music gear
Having to meet all kinds of people that are into music
Store manager that doesn't think realistically, sometimes rude customers, the occasional troubled people
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The area is organized and clean
If the company was more about students and the customers instead of the money and numbers
Having my resume printed and ready, dressing appropriately for the interview and arriving a few minutes early for the interview.
I loved working with other people about music and also having to learn more about music and other instruments as well.
Great coworkers who are passionate about music.
You're on your own for career development, it can be hard to find mentors. Pivots are almost comically predictable. Soft numbers can make it difficult to effect change. Execs talk about not managing top-down, but it's extremely influenced by top-down management. Has been known to have a fear-based, finger pointing culture among higher level management.
Discounts on gear, work from home Fridays.
Many are musicians who understand our products.
Real career development and mentoring, beyond LinkedIn Learning courses that are only available to management and above.
Decent compensation and benefits, on par with other companies of its size.
Guitar Center employees are very diverse, in my experience.
Dicount on gear.
Corporate managment, cut in hours, poor pay, lack of good inventory, union busting
Your crew and gear dicount
Employee discount
As a lesson instructor I am giving students the things they need and the instruction they need to reach the next levelneed to reach the nwxt level need to reach the enext level
Limited influence on operations
The atmosphere and the fact that music is literally my life helped a ton
Black Friday
Free stuff haha
Guitar center has a friendly and fun atmosphere
I do not enjoy the hours associated with Guitar Center. As a family man, I would like to be able to see my family more.
The employee discounts are extremely good.
Good management
The atmosphere can get Too Competitive in my opinion but most like that about a job.
Store discount is Great!
The people working there on the store level, and helping people get the gear they need to make the music they love
Corporate management is garbage, little attention payed to operations, and lack of pay increase over the past 3 years of working there
Gear discounts
The team at Guitar Center
- The founders of Guitar Center is Wayne Mitchell.
- The key people at Guitar Center are Ron Japinga and Wayne Mitchell.
Guitar Center rankings
Guitar Center is ranked #40 on the Best Construction companies to work for in California list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.
- #40 in Best Construction companies to work for in California
- #8 in Best companies to work for in Westlake Village, CA
- #1 in Best Construction companies to work for in Westlake Village, CA
- #3 in Biggest companies in Westlake Village, CA
Guitar Center salaries
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Guitar Center diversity
- Guitar Center has 10,000 employees.
- 20% of Guitar Center employees are women, while 80% are men.
- The most common ethnicity at Guitar Center is White (62%).
- 18% of Guitar Center employees are Hispanic or Latino.
- 10% of Guitar Center employees are Black or African American.
- The average employee at Guitar Center makes $32,038 per year.
- Guitar Center employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
- Employees at Guitar Center stay with the company for 3.5 years on average.
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| Rank | Company | Average salary | Jobs |
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| 1 | $67,887 | 0 | |
| 2 | $56,949 | 0 | |
| 3 | $48,700 | 0 | |
| 4 | $48,524 | 0 | |
| 5 | $48,449 | 0 | |
| 6 | $48,400 | 0 | |
| 7 | $48,199 | 0 | |
| 8 | $48,093 | 0 | |
| 9 | $48,030 | 0 | |
| 10 | $47,983 | 0 |
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Guitar Center may also be known as or be related to A & E Construction, Guitar Center, Guitar Center Holdings, Inc., Guitar Center Inc and Guitar Center, Inc.