Does Ulta Beauty pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ulta Beauty employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ulta Beauty. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ulta Beauty?

55% of Ulta Beauty employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ulta Beauty 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ulta Beauty?

Beauty Advisor (3198) , Prestige Beauty Advisor (808) , Lead Cashier (517) , Sales Associate (397) , General Manager (361) , Hair Stylist (328) , Salon Manager (247) , Benefit Arch Expert (200) , Operations Manager (192) , Cashier (191) , Retail Operations Manager (181) , Retail Sales Manager (178) , Prestige Manager (174) , Task Associate (168) , Manager (152)

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

"Another great benefit of working at Ulta is the benefit of 25% off of all items sold at Ulta (including perfume and prestige items)." ((in 529 reviews)); "I have great coworkers and that's pretty much the only thing keeping me here." ((in 503 reviews)); "Not hard to get a hang of and the people you work with are probably great." ((in 481 reviews)); "free product often from Ulta and three times yearly from Clinique (Plus extras once and a while)" ((in 254 reviews)); "Fun work environment and pretty easy" ((in 242 reviews))

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

"Poor management and they want you to bother shoppers in the store and try to get them in your chair." ((in 1143 reviews)); "The pay is low and doesn’t really equal to the sheer amount of work that you do." ((in 1020 reviews)); "My associate manager and General Manager would follow and radio us to watch all black guests" ((in 635 reviews)); "Long hours and coworkers were not reliable" ((in 461 reviews)); "No work life balance despite being told to "put our mental health and selves first"" ((in 363 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ulta Beauty layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Ulta Beauty locations?

Berazategui , General Belgrano , Salta

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Ulta Beauty reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(13,943 total reviews)

Kecia Steelman

59% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Ulta Beauty has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 13,943 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ulta 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

14K reviews

2.0

Jun 14, 2019

Frustrating

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunities for advancement in a variety of different directions. The company's growth is impressive in the retail market. Tons of gratis from vendors.

Cons

The company talks a lot about customer experience, but is very operationally heavy. Then there is the added complexity of running two different businesses, salon and retail. This makes finding the right fit for GM's and especially DM's difficult. This makes the company stand out in the industry, but hard to find managers that can integrate all the initiatives. This combined with redundant and overly complex processes are a big part of why GM turn is so high. Having half of the attendees to the GM conference first timers, is not because the company is growing that fast.

1.0

Dec 6, 2018

IT

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

some of the people and not all of the time

Cons

back stabbing and crawling their way to the top. no one knows what they're really doing and no one works as a team. disjointed horrible place to work. no opportunities within at all.

Ulta Beauty Response

We would like to hear more from you; please contact our We Care, Let’s Talk line at 855-478-5821, thank you.

4.0

Feb 28, 2018

I love my job, but...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I am a manager. I know the in and outs of all merchandise. I have been well educated on the products. I make a huge impact on my store. I get a team to over see. There's also %25 employee discount. I normally have early shifts at my location. I have a great understanding of how the retail world works when it comes to planograms, RTVs, OOS, Cycle Counts, inventory, opening/closing, cash pick ups, ect. I have a huge say in how things are stored in the back room. I feel important and useful at my job.

Cons

The biggest challenge as an MSC at ULTA Beauty is that as we are managers, as far as I know we are not full time salary managers. That means all and I mean ALL the responsibility of an associate or prestige manager but NONE of the benefits. No paid time off, no vacation time, no personal time, no sick days. So because of this I feel less valuable and less power as a manager.

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