Pros
Paid time off, benefits, education. Large client population. Product discounts? Good for building clientele. I'm struggling to come up with more here.
Cons
Everything that wasn't listed in the cons section. Morale at my salon was incredibly low. People dreaded coming into work. Management was constantly changing. The policies were constantly changing. It was hard to keep up with, and incredibly confusing. Management would gang up on you, and tell you that everyone in the salon was saying something bad about you. Fellow stylists would say they hadn't. Promotions were based on politics and popularity. Retail was strongly encouraged with little incentive other than promotion. Personal information was shared and used against you. There was little-to-no autonomy for stylists. Management was young and untrained. We were constantly running out of product. Everyone in the salon was brought to tears at least a handful of times while working there. We were encouraged to tattle on each other. I was told that the owner, Patrick, had said that if we didn't sell enough, he would replace us with people who would. The management has little respect for mental illness or extenuating circumstances. I just really can't express how awful it was to work here.