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Fender Musical Instruments reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(298 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 298 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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298 reviews
2.0
Feb 14, 2018

customer relations/direct sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working for the famed Fender brand. Dressing down and a casual workplace. Talking and playing Fender gear all day. Decent pay for what you do. Some really great people to work with. Some department is always getting free (good) food so your chances of swiping some leftovers is pretty good! There's guitars laying around all over the place so if you play, it's pretty cool. Jeff Belke is one of the greatest people in the organization and you would be blessed to meet or work with/for him.

Cons

Saying "hello" or "good morning" to people in other departments and they stare right through you and say nothing as they walk by, (it is Scottsdale btw-wanna be Beverly Hills if you don't know). Certain managers will try to humiliate you on the floor in front of everybody with impunity, just cause they can, lots of passive aggressive back stabbing. Incomplete or different micromanagement from different supervisors can be challenging at times. If they had any quality assurance keeping people in check the milieu might change for the better. The place has much potential for being a fantastic place to work and some really great people, but it is a stressful place with a lot of intangibles that need to be addressed, but it's too big and complacent to change. They try to make it cool and hip, but without a respectful human factor you roll the dice and take your chances. If you know you're good at what you do, "go for it!"

1.0
Dec 29, 2017

Luthier

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People in the production floor are luthiers and take pride of making the best guitars, good people working here.

Cons

Management in the last year has been bad and continue to worsen, no respect for people and the style is to blame anyone under reporting to them, there is no leadership but know-it-all-Managers most do not understand the difference between a J-Bass and a P-Bass, all the good leaders are jumping ship and is starting to hurt

4.0
Dec 13, 2017

Revoew

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good People in the company

Cons

Bad Managers in the company

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