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      Draconian, right wing purchased scam front. - Department Manager Guitar Center Employee Review

      1.0
      3 Aug 2011
      Department manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Commissions can be decent, as long as you put in more work than it is worth to earn said commission.

      Cons

      Unpaid Saturday morning meetings due to commission draw, ie: coming in from 8am until 10am to be harassed about not selling enough scam warranties. You'd get paid two hours pay and lose two hours of commission on your draw, thus appearing for free. Also, draconian standards that are always a detriment to your pay such as docking your commission for not forcing enough customers to purchase enough scam warranties, but never receiving a bonus for doing well in selling them. The promotions are also detrimental in that they often give you a better draw but have less time to sell, thus cutting your pay to take more responsibility.

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      5.0
      5 Feb 2026
      Sales associate
      Recommend
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      Pros

      *friendly environment *great discount deal *lots of opportunities to connect *Good opportunity to get comission *Tour Leave

      Cons

      *hours / shifts get cut *Sometimes understaffed, sometimes overstaffed *Competitive salaries because of selling Protection Plans, Credit Card Applications and Lessons

      1.0
      21 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      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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