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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
Jun 24, 2015

Uncomfortable Truth

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Top Pro is the people. I should say that one more time. The People. So many of us care. On the surface, this is a dream job. Wouldn't you expect Fender to be in the "Top Ten Places to work"?

Cons

Mass extinction of the people that made this brand a market leader. It's been widely discussed here, but the CEO shuffle has been very challenging. 7 Weeks ago, it was announced that the Product Marketing & Marketing Communications group were being moved from Phoenix to Hollywood in a years time. The product team was informed that in 2 weeks they would be presented with "relocation packages". No word as of this date. --7 weeks-- the moral has bottomed out. Many dedicated people have simply moved on to other firms. Looks like word will be coming, but nobody has any faith that we will be offered the cost of living increases that can make this possible. So the people that created the value will be walked into the sunset--tortured on the way. Lastly, we were informed today that we must sign an agreement to mandatory arbitration or be terminated. Which is inarguable slanted towards the employer. This is the way you will be treated. We have come a long way from "be yourself, be different" It's no longer about the employees. You can't argue that employees matter when you have had this many people sitting in limbo for an inexcusable amount of time.

1.0
Feb 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Instrument discounts (guitars, etc.), employee sales with special pricing, nice office in hollywood

Cons

C- suite in digital seemed to make unethical decisions in the daily. Working here was like high school where gossip ran amuck and managers showed clear favoritism

1.0
Oct 30, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall I wouldn't give any star to this company. Typical greedy company that uses their popular old brand to flash their employees and customers. Unless people are into guitars, rock and drugs, people should stay away from working for this company. There are good people working at their manufacturing facilities but stay away from their corporate offices where all the snakes of toxic management works. Typical white and one or two just to say they have diversity. Unless you are part of their Mafia otherwise you will be benched no matter how much contribution you do.

Cons

How many bad things can one person write in a review. Let's start with saying that management prefer to grab a guitar and play while doing a review or weekly 1-1 meetings . This happens often, no matter what level they have, From CEO to low level managers. Very unprofessional. Every department have leadership issues. Company is about image for their investors not about people.

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