Great place to work. - Cashier Ulta Beauty Employee Review

4.0
Apr 28, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I was a little skeptical when I first started working at the store because I had never worked in that kind of retail environment before. However, the training was extremely throrough and I appreciated being encouraged to test out all the products without having to buy them. Management feedback was very helpful, especially during the learning process since there are so many things to learn about cosmetics.

Cons

Moody customers and strict enforcement of dress code (which wasn't even that difficult to maintain, there was just little leeway). Also, if a customer wanted to do a return, a keyholder had to be buzzed up to the front, which could take awhile and make customers even more annoyed.

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Pros

Fun place to work, fast pace and always newness

Cons

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2.0
May 4, 2026
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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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