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Fender Musical Instruments reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(297 total reviews)
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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
Mar 23, 2019

Sander Polisher AVOID

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Pros

The say many promise but nevers true

Cons

MANY contrary points to work at Fender: 1. Start too early 4:30am only por reason to get second shift people 1:30 start. 2. Give you many times go-home because no parts ready from other shift. 3. Supervisor cheat and to give favoritism to bad workers for list order numbers from other people’s work. 4. Never hire direct, only by temp agency ALL PROMISE LIES LIARS. 5. Many bad decisions by Scottsdale AZ managers because they never see nothing.Never come to the job,never know nobody and don’t care these job. 6. Someone pass a quality bad but complain about it to Supervise and say I don’t care then terminated for complain. 7. Push you working hard for Christmas then lay off 3weeks no pay for holidays. You don’t like they send you home. 8. Agency send many bad people to you, have to train, then supposedly they don’t do good blames to you fault. 8. Hires the people don’t even have a English or skills, but pay same $12 since 2005. 9. Say health benefits never offer. 10. Say me a hire-direct 60 days but they quit the temps all same time before 50 days all liars

1.0
Jul 10, 2016

Time to Sell, TPG

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fender is an American Icon and innovator in the musical instrument industry. The brand will live forever and there will always be a demand for the products.

Cons

Old management was inept and some are still in charge, new management came from big name companies like Nike, etc. but they don't have a clue about the musical instrument industry or how to run Fender.

1.0
Aug 31, 2015

What goes around....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

In correction mode. May finally be on the road to saving the brand.

Cons

What TGP is doing to Fender now is very similar to what Fender did to KMC. Don't recall any Fender folks crying foul back then. Only difference is that KMC was on track and making steady profits (regardless of what LT disciples claim) as opposed to Fender's steadily growing debt of 2-3 hundred million. So Fender was actually long overdue for the current restructure and current employees should be grateful. They are saving the brand.

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