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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 4, 2019

High turnover... No one stays here for long.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Musicians/bands stop by to perform sometimes.

Cons

High turnover. Finance departments have revolving doors, no one stays here very long. There is a lot of unnecessary chaos in each finance department. Due to high turnover the departments are understaffed so be prepared for long hours and extra stress.

1.0
Nov 30, 2021

Toxic Hustle Culture

Recommend
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Pros

The brand is cool and the employee discounts are nice.

Cons

There is zero work/life balance at Fender--it's the classic “hustle” vibe and no one respects anyone’s time. The execs share videos of kids opening gifted instruments or of rock stars playing a Strat to manipulate you into breaking your back for this company. Two colleagues who recently had children where praised for working late hours instead of being with their newborns. -There’s no growth potential because Fender “doesn’t do” promotions and loyal employees have to go through the interview process like their equity in the company means nothing and they’re not any better than some rando off the street. -Morale was super low on my team, demonstrated by everyone over 2 years leaving or trying to leave and even new hires having second thoughts. No one on the team was ever trained-- just thrown into work at full speed.

1.0
Sep 11, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cool products, some great people

Cons

Terrible Leadership at senior levels. Toxic, Sexist and Racist Culture

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