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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
Sep 18, 2017

Once a great place to work, now, not so much

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The cool factor is huge, great products, decent discounts, most coworkers are great, rock stars occasionally stroll through. CEO appears to have solid plan to attempt to grow the company in a shrinking market.

Cons

Guitar market is not getting bigger so budgets swing. The person sitting next to you could be gone tomorrow or tomorrow it could be another new person to train. Depending on your department, extreme and constant pressure. It's not uncommon to find people doing 60+ hours every week, working from home after hours, taking calls after hours, and working weekend, yet still manage to find themselves behind. The work/personal life balance has swung considerably.. There are cliques and if your part of the right ones, you'll find life a little easier. Find yourself on the outside and you'll have a difficult time. And if you love meetings, then this is the place for you. There are meetings to talk about the next meeting. If your department is behind a metric, expect a weekly or daily meeting and be well prepared for it or it will go bad. Management seems to roll every few years (not that some of them didn't deserve it), so get used to constant directional changes.

4.0
Sep 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, good working environment, good portfolio, good salary, the company is an industry leader that make job more easy, easy to find partners.

Cons

Centralization of the operations, in the past years the company has been cutting expenses and has get rid of almost all the more experienced workers, now the company is full with new professionals that they don't understand the business, the brand history and its emotional connection to their customers.

4.0
Aug 21, 2017

Good medium company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Location, Products, Friendly environment, Fun

Cons

Training incomplete, Manager not focused

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