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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
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

1.0
Dec 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No pros, company runs people into the ground!

Cons

Daily chaotic environment, last minute requests due to disconnected leadership. Scheduling is a joke and production workers are expected to work endless overtime to fill the gaps created by poor planning. Reactive behavior is the norm as there is no containment efforts to resolve non-conformances. Local leadership only comes around to when they are in the hot-seat. Spanish-speaking only personnel are hired purposely to exploit and pay them minimum wage without it being contested. Never seen such a backwards place!!

1.0
May 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool brand with a great history.

Cons

Abysmal pay for the workload assigned. Teams sizes are purposefully kept "lean" to reduce opex spending, and burnout is very common. Zero accountability for team members who don't contribute their fair share to minimize team workload. No room for upward growth, even if you exceed expectations of your role or volunteer to take on more complex projects. Avoid working here at all costs. It's not worth the mental/physical toll.

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