Everyone is replaceable! - Associate Manager Ulta Beauty Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

You get a discount (25%), discounted salon services, get to see and learn about products before they're launched, paid days off for certain full time positions.

Cons

They prefer to hire from the outside so there is not a lot of room to grow. You're expected to follow and embrace their "values" ( which are actually very realistic and could be a good thing) but upper management and corporate has a hard time following them. Nobody that works in the corporate positions are familiar with the beauty industry/salons so that is very frustrating.

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