Ulta Beauty reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(13,963 total reviews)
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Kecia Steelman

59% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ulta Beauty has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 13,963 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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14K reviews
1.0
Dec 18, 2012

What a waste of time!

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Pros

Fun working atmosphere (on the rare occasion you get to work) - opportunity to learn more about the products) - clean, bright atmosphere

Cons

Hired twice as many employees than they needed when store opened 2 months ago. Got plenty of hours during set up and Grand Opening then virtually nothing since. We were led to believe that a "part-time job" would be 15-20 hours a week now, if you're lucky you'll get 4 hours a week and many weeks NO hours at all. Store managers say that upper mgmt. is making them "cut hours" and they don't have any budgets to work anyone. I've been the only employee in the retail part of the store and have been sent home to have the managers do all the work including cashiering. Most of the shifts for Black Friday were cancelled and I have had ZERO hours during the Christmas rush ... sure can't expect any after the holidays, either. I have to go through the humiliation of calling in every Friday and being told I'm not scheduled for the next week. I really love this store and just want to go into work and help make it a success but I feel like I'm being treated like dirt and strung along. This is the unprofessional outfit I've ever experienced!

3.0
Dec 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good Employee Discount, decent management pay, vacation time starts accruing right away. Good advancement for hard workers.

Cons

Placing a retail business model on a service industry (salon), unreasonable labor cutbacks at busy times, unreasonable sales goals, atmosphere of hostility from corporate level down. Poor health insurance for full-timers who are not management or higher-level stylists. Company thinks they own you, wanting you available all the time - not good for a hairdresser whose customers need them to be there on a regular schedule.

1.0
Dec 15, 2012
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Pros

Career opportunity if you want to be a slave forever.

Cons

Horrible upper management. No training hours. Apparently they only care about money not about employees. No hours. No communication.

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