Discriminatory Hiring practices - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
Mar 29, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None that I have seen

Cons

Guitar Center practices economic discrimination in their hiring/promotion policies. According to Guitar Center you are ineligible for management positions if you have a low credit score. Their justification for this is that people with a low credit are a security risk because they might steal from the company. How many struggling musicians out there have a low credit score? Well if you do Guitar Center thinks you must be a thief. I do not believe that any company should be able to base hiring decisions based on credit score. If you think this way to please let Guitar Center know how you feel.

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