Sephora has endless possibilities if you have the drive. - Cast Member Sephora Employee Review

4.0
Feb 28, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Working there will give you a lot of experience with the beauty industry. After you have worked there you will feel more confident. There is room for advancement and growth but you have to work very hard and the hourly pay is not that great compared to similar jobs in the area. The training that is given to you while working in Sephora is priceless, a lot of money and time is spent on trying to train the employees. Good managers will try to grow you into a manager yourself if you have the drive in you. Did I mention the free products you receive while working there? Bins and bins of free product!!!

Cons

The hourly rate is low compared to similar jobs. Some of the managers are incompetent and slide under the radar for a long time before being disciplined. It is very easy to go unnoticed for years at Sephora unless you really put yourself out there for a promotion, but I guess that is all about the drive of the individual.

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Cons

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Pros

Loved learning more about products and working with most of the other team members. Helping people find products that worked for them was really fun.

Cons

Managers are WEIRD. They play favorites and will talk about it while you are standing right there. Practically make you beg for hours. If you are anything other than the current viral makeup style look, you will get less opportunities. Leadership acts like mean high school girls. Working here took away a lot of my passion for the beauty industry for a long time. Also, when it comes to gratis - why are you letting certain managers walk out with 4 bags of things that they have hand picked? Then leaving whatever they discarded to be handed out??? Constantly had missing gratis from my bag because of managers going through the products they wanted. Scheduling is not flexible or even makes sense. Whoever they like gets better shifts. Would constantly have extra shifts added with no notice until an hour before the shift. Or shifts taken away because a favorite wanted them.

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