If you value your sanity, don't do it. - Sales Associate/Makeup Artist Bluemercury Employee Review

2.0
Jun 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great gratis, great product knowledge, you get to be the first to try new products, owners are nice, and customers are usually alright. Pay was nice.

Cons

The management is atrocious; they are not team players, they are buddy-buddy with the DMs to make themselves look good and the sales associates look bad, they will make you stay hours past your shift even if you can't, and they will never give you direct orders or criticism. Managers do not take into account your personal life for scheduling and will just give themselves whatever hours they want and leave the employees with no time off. The benefits are a joke and so is commission. When I was hired I was told that I would have the opportunity to grow into another position that I am qualified for, and well, they lied and I never got it.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Business hours and get to meet some great clients

Cons

Lack of recognition for hard workers. No pay increase. Some employees are getting paid 30+ an hour at most stores and complain about a couple of cents from pay increase where people like myself is getting paid $10 less with no pay increase. Full time employees will do the most work more than anyone else, including management. Management also receives the most recognition over the employees that do the most work. This company has been bought out by Macy’s so I don’t think they care to hear what employees have to say.

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