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      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

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      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      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
      4.0
      Apr 30, 2014

      don"t forget about the other brands.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Fender is an awesome american brand and its great to say "I work for Fender" . Mr Thomas has an open door policy and its great to be able to stop him in the hall and talk, he very open to that.

      Cons

      If you work for one of the other brands you don"t get any respect from the Fender guys, they seem to think we're not worthy.

      3.0
      Apr 30, 2014

      Fender could be great

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The only pro about this company right now, is the name and its history. Mr. Thomas is a strong leader with a history of success. The proof is the first 3 years of his tenure Fender had record breaking sales. I am not one his so called “GC cronies” but an MI veteran who has seen the good and bad of Fender as well as the industry.

      Cons

      Unfortunately Mr. Thomas’ senior staff did not support him and did nothing but disrespect every decision and made no secret of it. It started when he stated that he wanted to close the Scottsdale office and move it back to California. The backlash of not doing it killed any chance he had of long term success. After he made that statement Larry made a lot of enemies here. Yes, Fender would have lost 90% of the staff here in AZ but only 10% of this staff is worth keeping. The culture of the industry as a whole is great however Fender does not display any of this culture currently as everyone is running scared. I did not know Larry very well but I really liked the direction he wanted to go. Too bad he did not get the support he needed. Maybe he should have wiped out the entire senior staff and started over. Fender would be better off.

      5.0
      Apr 28, 2014

      great place to work.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      really great brand that everyone is interested in hearing about. its always fun to tell people you work at Fender and always sparks an interesting conversation.

      Cons

      lots of change in senior management. lately you never know who's getting cut next.

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