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      Fender Musical Instruments

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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

      Ratings by category

      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
      3.0
      Apr 23, 2014

      Top heavy. Solid team members within a disorganized system.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun product, diverse array of projects, solid culture but it comes in waves, some great people

      Cons

      Morale is usually incredibly low, lack of communication and organization from the top down, no employee retention initiatives resulting in high turn-around rates

      2.0
      Mar 28, 2014

      Sad to see iconic brand being destroyed by incompetent CEO and Investment group pirates!

      Management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great to be around great instruments and friendly colleagues.

      Cons

      The company culture was good until the CEO was replaced. Larry Thomas changed all this. He has made one bad decision after another and replaced good people with his cronies from Guitar Center. They are disliked by the employees, their suppliers and their customers. The sooner they are gone, the sooner Fender can try to recover if it can.

      2.0
      Mar 6, 2014

      World's Greatest Underachiever Continues to Disappoint

      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fender is an American Icon and one of the better companies to work for in the MI industry. The products are timeless and the company is filled with talented people who love what they do.

      Cons

      The "House of Brands" is really a "House of Cards." TPG now controls 51% of this financially unstable company and will continue to bleed them out. Upper and executive management are long in the tooth and responsible for many of the financial issues coming to light now. The CEO will soon be replaced. It's a shame because he could have been a great leader for Fender. The last few years consisted of questionable executive management hires and not fixing the company's financial issues and infrastructure. Too much playing God in the marketing department and running other departments ragged catering to self-serving whims.

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