A kitty cat company trying to be a tiger - Cashier/Task Associate Ulta Beauty Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The discount is nice - Gratis (mostly samples) - Customers for the most part value and trust your opinion. - On the weekends or during the holidays, the lines are long making time go by pretty fast and making it easy to meet your goals.

Cons

- During the weekdays it's dead and you're still expected to meet your goals - Hours are cut if sales are down, which is unfair if sales have little to nothing to do with you. - Pressure to sell magazines to customers who are clearly angry that you even asked. - Coworkers are mostly females and gay men, making the environment sometimes catty. - You get the feel from upper management that all associates are disposable. - GM is a joke. - Hours are given seemingly on a whim, not according to how well you do your job. - People are fired for ridiculous, petty things while favorites routinely get away with murder. - The discount is better at Sephora, the products are better at Sephora, the clientele is better at Sephora...and yet, you're constantly having to come up with reasons why customers should shop here. It's exhausting.

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