As far as retail goes, this is a very pleasant environment to be in and I enjoy going to work! - Anonymous employee Ulta Beauty Employee Review

5.0
16 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Store environment : Working with all the girly products is FUN FUN 25% discount on products 50% discount on salon services Gratis Customers are generally happy to be shopping at ULTA so most of them are very nice and appreciative of your help. 99% are really pleasant at our store. Manager seems accommodating to availability of part time staff. Fragrance testers mean you can smell great for your entire shift !

Cons

Training was minimal as there are no hours budgeted for it. It's on the job training which can be challenging for employees and customers who have to deal with your learning curve. Selling magazines at the register is annoying but most customers are used to such harassment and take it in stride. Coupon restrictions confuse customers and employees alike. Get ride of or make clearer, aka spell out ALL Exclusions specifically. Customer surveys : Employees are hounded about the % positive when it is mostly angry customers who complete the surveys. They are usually angry about coupon policy or availability (which is out of our store's hands). Must be walked out with your "clear bag" by a manager at the end of your shift. This can take 20 minutes if mgr. is busy which you do not get paid for.

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Cons

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good benefits for full time employees from what I hear. hourly pay if commission goal isn't met which is nice for those building clientele

Cons

this could just be the case for my store, especially because it's a very high volume store, but as a stylist I don't feel valued at all. I expected this to some degree coming to a huge corporate salon, but the biggest issue is that they try to pretend they care about you. but at the end of the day, if you're not meeting the sales they want/growing quickly enough, they don't care about you as a stylist. if you don't already have an established clientele, business is highly unreliable as there is no late cancellation/no show policy. many services are underpriced in my opinion, making it hard to meet their sales goals as an entry level part-time stylist unless fully booked every day. all they care about is getting as many clients in and out and quickly and possible and they hire more stylists than there are chairs, making every day inconsistent and chaotic. the relative stability of hourly pay is commission threshold isn't met seems enticing for stylists still building a clientele, but the hourly pay is wildly inconsistent between stylists, even those of the same tier. as a stylist of over 3 years who moved and is starting over with no clientele, I make over $2 less per hour than a fellow stylist who just got her license a few months ago and started taking clients for the first time last week. you're better off working at a place like Great Clips or Hair Cuttery because at least they're honest about what they are.

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