Used to be great, new CEO did 180 degree flip on culture - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

3.0
Jun 17, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Good schedules and relatively medium workload for retail

Cons

- New CEO has gutted much of what made company worth sticking around at. Laid off or fired many people to save money - New CEO has ruined employee purchase and financing programs which is what kept a lot of part time staff on board - New uniform programs go against the "Be yourself" ethos company was founded on - Corporate management can be both overly micro managing and inept at realizing what's going on in stores ate the same time - Many "In the field" jobs that people aspired to have and were vital to proper training and morale have been eliminated

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