Fender Musical Instruments Reviews
Updated May 13, 2022
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Pros
- "There are some great people at Fender who are passionate about the company and want to do a good job." (in 29 reviews)
Cons
- "Senior management just does whatever they want knowing that whatever program is put in place is only a fad and will be changed within 18 months anyway." (in 4 reviews)
- "Have turned over 3 CEO's, each with different ideas what direction to take the company." (in 4 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great Company. Fast paced but fair.
Cons
No glaring cons. Like a lot of companies, growth opportunities can be challenging at times.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
at least its not production work.
Cons
the items you have to move around are heavy in the mill
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Employee discounts and a standard large company benefits package.
Cons
Large corporation. You're just a cog in an enormous machine. You are expendable and replaceable.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Benefits were good. Some of my peers were amazing. Average pay.
Cons
High turn over rate. They dont put value in their employees. Constant management changes.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
-good culture -gain experience in processes
Cons
-needs more members in engineering team
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
The brand is cool and the employee discounts are nice.
Cons
There is zero work/life balance at Fender--it's the classic “hustle” vibe and no one respects anyone’s time. The execs share videos of kids opening gifted instruments or of rock stars playing a Strat to manipulate you into breaking your back for this company. Two colleagues who recently had children where praised for working late hours instead of being with their newborns. -There’s no growth potential because Fender “doesn’t do” promotions and loyal employees have to go through the interview process like their equity in the company means nothing and they’re not any better than some rando off the street. -Morale was super low on my team, demonstrated by everyone over 2 years leaving or trying to leave and even new hires having second thoughts. No one on the team was ever trained-- just thrown into work at full speed.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Access to cheap guitars. Wok with cool people/ musicians. Surrounded by music.
Cons
Upper level does not understand the value of product design. They see design as people who create logos, bandjam posters and beautiful mock-ups. The key leader of digital product doesn’t know how to play guitars nor basic knowledge of music theory. Make design decisions without design background, only based on personal taste and $$. No one can answer the question of who are our users? No official study about the users and personas. Poor user research and Usertesting process due to lack of knowledge and support from the upper management. Key leaders doesn’t know what is the difference between UX and UI design. Doesn’t know how to use technology. Micromanagement and toxic design review process. No one dare to express their honest opinions while the The person is in the room even false decisions are being made.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great legacy brand. Good people on teams, and some nice perks.
Cons
Toxic company culture Poor communication Highly corporate
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Chill work environment, not super formal.
Cons
Management asks for too much a lot of the time and I saw upped management go off or yell at other managers from time to time.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
good pay and hours and the environment is great
Cons
communication between workers can be better
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Fender Musical Instruments has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 227 reviews left anonymously by employees. 75% of employees would recommend working at Fender Musical Instruments to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.
75% of Fender Musical Instruments employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Fender Musical Instruments 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Fender Musical Instruments to be workplace, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be career development, senior leadership, management.
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