Stay away from buying & planning - Anonymous employee Bluemercury Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Ugh literally nothing except I adored my peers

Cons

I am here for the job seekers. The people...probably young women...who saw a posting for a job at BM in merchandising and thought, "omg dream job!" I am here to tell you: stay away, stay away, stay away. No amount of love for the beauty or luxury goods industries can make this place worth it. You're WAY better off just finding a job you like that pays well, then being a beauty enthusiast on your own dime. I've never seen anything like the corporate office culture at Bluemercury, specifically in merchandising (buying & planning). Just do yourself a favor and look on Linked In at how long people last at Bluemercury on those teams. Hint: it's not long. Hint: they all did basically the same jobs. The company just cycles through talent on about a 11-15 month basis. You will be desperately searching for another job if you join the team. Some free beauty product isn't worth the tears, dirty offices, nasty tone of voice, bizarre & unreasonable expectations, crazy behavior, micro-management, etc etc etc etc STAY AWAY

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