Owned by Bain Capital...The epitome of "corporate"...but its supposed to be about music. - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

Got to work with so many people

Long hours during holidays were rough

Employee discounts are the biggest reason why people work here, as the discount is really good.

Your experience working at Guitar Center will largely depend on which store you work at. Some stores have a good management team and employees and are fun to work at. But a lot of stores do not have a qualified management team and they have a staff that is not fun to work with. My location needed a new store manager and instead of promoting the ops manager who knew the store better than anyone else and was with the company for 15+ years working at multiple locations, corporate instead promoted a customer service lead who had been with the company less than 2 years and didn't have management experience. These are the people that corporate decides so often to run their stores.