Was hired with high hopes of working for a company I love, but left because the job was not what I expected. - Task Team Ulta Beauty Employee Review

3.0
Aug 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Learning about new beauty products before they come out. - 50% off on salon services, and 25% off on merchandise. - Negotiable salary/hourly pay. - Chances to move up, or to work in different positions you may be interested in.

Cons

- Lack of direction when being trained. - Most coworkers I came across seemed unfriendly, and barely smiled even when around customers. - No benefits offered for part time employees. - You have to bring clear bags to keep your stuff in, get green dots on the bottoms of things you bring in from home, and a manager has to inspect your beg before you can leave work to make sure you didn't steal anything. Not only is it a hassle to have to wait around for an available manager, but it also makes you feel like a criminal. - Lack of hours, unless willing to work positions other than what you're hired for. - There are no employee discount cards. You have to use your paycheck stub to get a discount. Management also has to do the discount, which means you have to wait for them to come over to do it making people behind you wait longer in line.

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2.0
May 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits for full time employees from what I hear. hourly pay if commission goal isn't met which is nice for those building clientele

Cons

this could just be the case for my store, especially because it's a very high volume store, but as a stylist I don't feel valued at all. I expected this to some degree coming to a huge corporate salon, but the biggest issue is that they try to pretend they care about you. but at the end of the day, if you're not meeting the sales they want/growing quickly enough, they don't care about you as a stylist. if you don't already have an established clientele, business is highly unreliable as there is no late cancellation/no show policy. many services are underpriced in my opinion, making it hard to meet their sales goals as an entry level part-time stylist unless fully booked every day. all they care about is getting as many clients in and out and quickly and possible and they hire more stylists than there are chairs, making every day inconsistent and chaotic. the relative stability of hourly pay is commission threshold isn't met seems enticing for stylists still building a clientele, but the hourly pay is wildly inconsistent between stylists, even those of the same tier. as a stylist of over 3 years who moved and is starting over with no clientele, I make over $2 less per hour than a fellow stylist who just got her license a few months ago and started taking clients for the first time last week. you're better off working at a place like Great Clips or Hair Cuttery because at least they're honest about what they are.

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