Sally Beauty reviews

3.1

38% would recommend to a friend

(3,531 total reviews)
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Denise Paulonis

40% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Sally Beauty has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,531 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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1.0
Dec 20, 2018

Everything is going downhill

Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes you get free samples

Cons

Illegal activities such as threatening to fire employees if they don't come in to cover other stores on their days off (my coworker had a doctor's appointment and couldn't; they made her reschedule her appointment). Corporate wouldn't let us order store supplies for 2 months so we didn't have bags. I had to give one stylist her items in a giant trash bag. Also I was told I would get a performance review (meaning raise) six months after starting and then get yearly reviews, but they keep changing the policy so after a year and a half I still won't have been reviewed. Also they keep cutting hours and yet giving us a larger workload. As part of "rebranding" each store has to be painted. The company expects the store managers to paint the entire store alone but hasn't given any extra hours to use for this. I guess this works if you're on salary, but managers in my district have been switched to hourly, and some have resorted to working off the clock just to finish painting the store in time so upper management doesn't give them write-ups. I give this company two years tops

2.0
Dec 6, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Sampling New products , working with fun people

Cons

The management is awful , several different presidents over a short period of time , unreliable upper management , no training , constantly cutting hours , won’t hire full time employees unless your store makes 660,000 a year . Constantly changing policies , on dress code , the new brand standards is a joke !

1.0
Nov 17, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing. The only pro was I lived close to work after my 9.5+ hr/day shift.

Cons

* They require no cosmetology knowledge to be advising customers on complex hair coloring issues & problems, which makes for lots of stressed out, return customers, needing other products to fix the damaged & unfixable. As the only cosmetologist in my store, it's very stressful for me to help those who were given horrible advice & continue to be given so. * The caliber of employees, including management, is stunning awful, but that's what you get when you pay lower than Target & just want a grunt to work the register & be a body on the floor for the required hours. * Lots of employee theft, poor work habits, like sneaking out without clocking out, drinking during the day, breaking all sorts of rules (like no food or drinks at the register). * Little to no training. You're thrown into working the floor & using the POS. If you have little to no retail experience, their outdated training vids on the store iPad (the only training you'll get) & outdated POS will leave you bewildered for a couple of weeks. Add to that, no one at my store does the same thing (like exchanges) the same way... turns out, both were wrong. Some also think it's allowed to take gifts with purchases customers don't want... it's not. * Hours are horrendous. You must be available 8:30am-9:30pm, work split shifts, be scheduled some nights, midday & opening shifts. Added to that, in my store, closing & opening procedures were done differently, some wrong. Coming in as a mngr & trying to organize this mess is ridiculous. * Far too much understaffing. * Overall, if a new store mngr or advisor, you feel abandoned & frustrated by not getting straight answers for even menial tasks.

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