If you’re a musician—living room or professional—and have ever walked into a Guitar Center store and gazed upon the walls of guitars, floors of drum kits and racks of gear, you’ve probably thought, “Wow, what a place for a day job.”
That’s what thousands of Guitar Center workers thought when they began work at one of the world’s largest musical instrument retailer’s 220 stores in the United States, but since Bain Capital took over the chain, the workers say pay and working conditions have plummeted.