"getting fired from this job is exactly what my resume needs... NOT" - Anonymous employee Ulta Beauty Employee Review

2.0
Apr 28, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Gratis!!! Willing to schedule around school or kids gain great knowledge (if you want to go find it)

Cons

poor pay make employees push Instyle and club membership have to mop floors in dress clothes funeral style dress code little to no advancement opportunities poor communication betweeen levels of management always on camera, Bag checks and patdowns just to go to break but there is no camera in the office to watxh the managers so see if they are working No trust of employees or customers 4 missed punches and you are FIRED!!! No matter your position customer survey is a poor picture of customer happiness No loss prevention in store, associates are required to do it no formal training for cashiers about products or services freight is never done on time so customers can get what they come in for

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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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