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Fender Musical Instruments reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(297 total reviews)
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Andy Mooney

71% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Fender Musical Instruments has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 297 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fender Musical Instruments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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297 reviews
1.0
Apr 25, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool history and some really great artist collaborations. Most people love guitar/music. You'll meet a handful of nice people here who are unfortunately being taken advantage of.

Cons

- Extremely cliquey workplace. High school level drama. - Mediocre pay that hits just average. You will need to fight for your salary in the beginning. - 60+ hour work weeks are a norm. - All employees go through burn out and panic attacks on a daily basis. - All of Leadership are YES-men. Because of this, everyone ends up suffering from extreme burn-out due to last minute project launches. - The Leadership team have absolutely no management experience. - A certain Director had a habit of throwing their team members under the bus whenever they were called out for a mistake. This is NOT what a leader does. - Tons of finger pointing during upper-level meetings. - Employees were treated like tools. They do not care for your well being or even bother trying to. - There is no culture here. Training is provided by HR to teach people how to be great leaders, but all of leadership has shown time and time again that they don't care for their employees. - If you care about your life, I'd advise you look elsewhere.

1.0
Apr 9, 2024

Nothing to see here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee discounts and employee sales.

Cons

Pay / benefits / managers and directors gate keep. Toxic leadership that knows nothing about their customers.

2.0
Apr 4, 2024

Get In / Get Out

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Passion for music, working with artists, WFH

Cons

Performance reviews only in place to track negatives / you could put up all the exceeds expectations you want but promotions are only available to those who play the politics correctly. Roles and responsibilities are irrelevant, take on more work/responsibilities until you quit. Reduction in force at least once a year since 2021, while continually adding more brands/new acquisitions/more workload for you without proper headcount.

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