Does Sally Beauty pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sally Beauty employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sally Beauty. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sally Beauty?

40% of Sally Beauty employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sally Beauty 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sally Beauty?

Beauty Advisor (673) , Sales Associate (506) , Store Manager (402) , Manager (111) , Sales Associate/Cashier (92) , Assistant Manager (80) , Retail Sales Associate (72) , Cashier (51) , District Manager (45) , Customer Service Representative (33) , Assistant Store Manager (31) , Beauty Consultant (29) , Color Consultant (27) , Beauty Associate (22) , Retail Store Manager (22)

What are the pros of working at Sally Beauty according to real employee reviews?

"Free products from Sally brands every month to get you familiar with what you're selling." ((in 191 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the manager is really understanding with my schedule since I’m in school" ((in 144 reviews)); "you meet great coworkers" ((in 107 reviews)); "Okay if very very flexible hours and genuinely interested in dedicating much of your energy and time to be a beauty sales associate" ((in 100 reviews)); "Employee discount, flexible schedule, first dibs on new products." ((in 43 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sally Beauty according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and organization and they expect to to do way too much for what they’re paying" ((in 282 reviews)); "Store Managers do not reward top producers that are hard workers." ((in 178 reviews)); "The District Manager is awful she has 19 stores and can not keep up with them." ((in 59 reviews)); "No training was provided and the DM sucks." ((in 55 reviews)); "• no work life balance" ((in 47 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sally Beauty layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Sally Beauty layoffs and their outlook for job security at Sally Beauty in 2026.

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Sally Beauty reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(3,538 total reviews)

Denise Paulonis

41% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.7

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Sally Beauty has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,538 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sally Beauty employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Jun 1, 2012

always changing, with little to no answers for employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great perks such as free products, product knowledge (you learn quick) if you work hard they like to promote from within.

Cons

Process of getting promotion is out of control. Training and doing the promoted job without pay for a long time. Loss of communication with higher management and everyone seems burnt out when it really is a fun place to work.

3.0

May 19, 2012

A good starting point for retail management

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of job education. Good incentives for management. Free products to try, free trips for you and a companion to places like punta cana and mexico.

Cons

Long hours and days. Very small staff and not enough hours given to properly staff store with. A lot of times you must work part of your vacation week unless you have air tickets and are going across the country. For such a large company the salary is not worth the hours you must put in. Always will be on call 24/7 365 so you will always be tied to work and not have much of a social life. Rarely get to use vacation time cause it must be taken a full week at a time.

3.0

May 19, 2012

Okay.

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Free products monthly -Rewards bonuses by selling certain products

Cons

-Pay -Not enough hours -Poor training -no advancement -employees are just a number (my manager is horribly rude to customers yet still works there because her numbers are decent) -computer systems are terribly old! no scanners, no debit, need to call up a number if a customer forgets their membership card.. its 2012 people!! **If you do not know much about hair color (did not go to beauty school), helping customers with haircolor can be tricky! need to know about toners, bleach, what base to use to certain colors out of hair..and customers will come back and complain that they're hair did not come out how they wanted. if you know about haircolor then great!

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Jobs at Sally Beauty

Beauty Advisor (Inside Sales) Sally Beauty 10141

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Beauty Advisor 03413 (Inside Sales) Sally Beauty