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PARTICIPANTS
342
TOTAL
RATINGS
9188

Sweetwater Environment Employee Reviews

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

As stated before, the people! Additionally, Sweetwater being an audio retailer, aligns with my passion for music & audio.

Review from HR Dept

Hard working and on mission together to serve customers

Review from HR Dept

I appreciate the level of professionalism amongst the employee population. If think this leads to a positive and healthy work environment.

Review from HR Dept

Again, everyone is very hard working and for the most part, self policing. Managers really don't need to micro-manage.

Review from Operations Dept

working together, diversity , and positive people

Review from HR Dept

They focus on work life balance, care about the well being of the employee and my family.

Review from Marketing Dept

The pride that everyone has working here

Review from Sales Dept

The culture here strikes the perfect balance between having fun and getting things done. The genuine compassion and love people show for one another make it truly special.

Review from Marketing Dept

Even when we are heavily focused on profitability and how to spend efficiently, our organization continues to ramp up the number of employee benefits and trainings, including BetterUp coaching for managers which is expensive yet so helpful

Review from Marketing Dept

Me and my coworkers love what they do and so we actually enjoy the work and care about the results.

Review from Marketing Dept

Community, people, flexibility and family orienter atmosphere

Review from HR Dept

We really care about our team and their wellbeing

Review from HR Dept

We have the opportunity to contribute to art being created! Friendliness is the default, hard work is seen everywhere.

Review from HR Dept

The people. The people. The people. ALWAYS!

Review from HR Dept

Fast-paced work, challenging tasks, AMAZING people!

Review from HR Dept

everyone helps out each other all the time

Review from HR Dept

How friendly everyone is - being able to strike up a conversation with anyone/everyone being comfortable to approach regarding a question, problem, or area of interest.

Review from HR Dept

We have a real commitment to doing the right thing and going above and beyond for each other and our customers - from company leadership all the way down.

Review from Admin Dept

There is an energy when you walk thru the building. With a workforce of extremely talented and creative people, you can't help but have a great culture. It's the people that make this company.

Review from HR Dept

We hire some of the greatest people in the market who are truly passionate about this industry

Review from HR Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Not culture, but I would encourage Sweetwater to continue looking at time off policy. Overall the benefits package is solid, but that is an opportunity for improvement. The culture is solid. I would say that while we say we communicate well, there are pockets within the company where that's not true

Review from Engineering Dept

Mentorship and equal opportunity for women

Response from Sweetwater

While there is still more work to do, we're making positive strides. Across Sweetwater, we hired 346 females last year. 75 females earned promotions. We have numerous females in VP and higher positions. Keep adding your voice! - Jeff Ostermann, CPO

Listen to employees. There is one set of rules for managers and a different set for the rest of us. Senior managers are all conservative white men. There is no diversity, no representation, no encouragement or promotions for women or minorities.

Review from Marketing Dept
Response from Sweetwater

I'm sad to hear your view on this. 75 females earned promotions last year. We have numerous females and people of color in management and higher-level positions. We keep working hard in this area and won't let up. - Jeff Ostermann, CPO

Review Sentiment at Sweetwater

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94%
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6%

About Sweetwater's Environment

A+
84/100

Where This Score Ranks Sweetwater's Environment

TOP
5%

In the Top 5% of 2025 similar size companies on Comparably

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Not enough ratings to compare against companies in Fort Wayne, IN

1st

1st place versus 4 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Sweetwater is considered positive by 93% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 182 employees. Sweetwater ranks in the Top 5% of 2025 similar sized companies (1,001-5,000 Employees) on Comparably.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Department - Customer Success
    +4%
  • Department - Sales
    +3%
  • Experience - 6 to 10 Years
    +3%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Department - IT
    -5%
  • Department - Customer Support
    -4%
  • Experience - Entry Level
    -3%

How Sweetwater's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 322 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less2%
862%
1033%
121%
More than 122%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
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Extremely fast37%
Comfortably fast57%
Moderate5%
A bit slow1%
Bureaucratic0%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive93%
Negative7%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
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Yes50%
No50%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes82%
No18%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less72%
5-10%19%
10-25%7%
25-50%1%
50%+1%
What % of the time are you bored at work?
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