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1.0
Nov 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-leading company in string instrument rentals/sales/accessories -community of talent and passion -overall good colleagues and support at the entry level

Cons

- company hires over-qualified string players for low pay. Extremely hard to advance to comfortable financial circumstances within the company -high turnaround rate - managers in cahoots- creates an toxic environment of extreme distrust -high maintenance customers with unreasonable demands -company values the bottom line over a sense of good customer service and extremely hard to constantly argue with customers over things you yourself don't agree is right -questionable database of customer credit card information and methods of pursuing debtors -head of company lives off shore and is not involved or informed on day-to day activities Honestly, any time I hear a musician in my community is interested in working there I do my due diligence to tell them how paltry circumstances are for ex colleagues still going in day in day out. Seek anything else- it is a large business for the field and easy to get a job but I guarantee there is something else out there that will support you better. I am an active string player and go out of my way to not support smaller businesses with better ethics after seeing how they are.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Sep 9, 2025
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Pros

Mostly nice co-workers, some of whom are motivated

Cons

The CEO resents employees with original ideas The COO refuses to communicate with staff, fearing a negative reaction (which is a self-fulfilling situation: you don't commmunicate, people start to dislike you, etc.) If you're in "the club" of senior staff, you're generally OK and free to badmouth any employee who challenges you to think.

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