Smart move after Beauty School - Hair Stylist Drybar Employee Review

4.0
12 Dec 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Smoothest move after beauty school. You can utilize the finishing techniques through out your career. Good side money too! They work with you on your schedule. It's also a set schedule, so you always know when you will be working. The Facebook group helps a lot with schedule pick up and releasing your shifts! What the clients have you can have some too ( cookies, tea, ect..). There's games in the break room, I like how relax the environment can be. In-between clients you can just sit in the break room and relax, they have pillows! I love the smell of the products, I always leave work smelling great! I love the theme of the salon. Think Audrey Hepburn! Quality brushes and tools! Training is fast and you learn some useful techniques. Instead of throwing away products, they give it to you! They also reward you with goodies! Stylist decide with each other on back work. You get to meet a variety of people. Giving someone a great blowout and boosting their confidence can be rewarding!

Cons

Really hard on your body. My hands hurt pretty bad after work from gripping the brushes all day. We are standing a lot and have no mats, with chairs that don't get very low. I'm a short person (5'4) my arms get a work out! Pay is okay. Management seems overwhelmed and seems like they could use more help. They are not always present, so it's weird to me when the bartenders are pretty much in charge. You don't know how much you made in tips at the end of the night. Again... Just hard on your body.. Very small break room. Demanding and very picky clients Products make your hands pretty dry. Sometimes no breaks (Duh, hair world) I feel like we deserve to get paid a little better. We work pretty hard.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

A Leadership team that is always supportive - Trust me, you think they wouldn't be flexible because of how high of demand they are.. but they ARE. So grateful to have found a place right out of school. I also am making more than I did at my restaurant serving. The consistency of training and gaining my skill since I'm new out of Cosmetology school, I greatly appreciate the help and support.

Cons

June is a little more mellow.. Not as many clients like the typical 8-10 per day.

3.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The BEST thing about being employed as the hairstylist is that you do not have to worry about bringing/having a “BOOK” ; like in some cases where hair salons would prefer a new stylist to have a clientele base upon starting! Drybar hairstylist can easily build a “Booked & Busy” client based request if you follow these 3 tips: •SPEED (45min tops for the whole process)! •CONSISTENCY (Client consultation, Shampooing, Styling, ReBook)! •SCHEDULE ( wether you Full/Part time); Time Management is the key to maintaining your daily/weekly/monthly schedule!

Cons

Drybar is NOT your average corporate salon, they DO NOT like for hairdressers to sit around riding their CLOCK w/o nothing to do, they will have you clock out for the rest of your shift and send you home (ex.; if your shift is from 12pm-6pm and the salon slowdown around 2:15pm ( if you NOT cleaning, sweeping, restocking) they will send you home); literally, just putting you at 2hrs 15min for the day!! Highly played FAVORITISM (Depending on your “Home Salon” from District, manager to Salon manager ), *YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A VALID REASON * ( JEALOUSY or HATING either or both are very UNPROFESSIONAL in the workplace)!

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