Owners do not care about their employees - Hair Stylist Drybar Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Most of The stylists are nice. There is a guy there that is a mean girl. He’s the golden boy so the owner doesn’t see it.

Cons

Horrible base pay. Cameras & microphones everywhere including break room. Not telling your employees that you have cameras & microphones in their break room. Owner telling Bartenders not to run the clients credit card for tips because it costs them money. Owner is cheap and is not ordering products to sell and lying and saying they are on back order. So we cannot make commission. Owner does not know how to run her business. Constant favoritism to people who kiss her butt. Checks are always wrong for everyone in salon. Overbooking so you cannot even take a bathroom break. Regular employees start at $9 an hour and they lie and tell you with your tips you make a minimum of $25-$40 an hour which is BS. No matter how much you work it’s never more than $15 with tips included.they also only pay their leads $11. There are no benefits and no days off. You are worked to the bone. If you miss more than 10 days in a year including vacation you are fired. They literally make you work while you are sick or they lose money. Thry do not let you have printouts of your daily sales & tips therefore they can take them away without you knowing. Newer Bartenders giving other people your tip’s because they are not paying attention. They keep your cosmetology licenses locked up so you do not have access, which is against the law. You do not make enough so you normally have to work two hair jobs and they tell you that you have to get a duplicate license. They make you work on people with open wounds on their heads. They are in violation of so many state board regulations. They let some of the stylists do blowouts whichever way they want and they never get in trouble but they are OCD with everyone else.

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5.0
Jun 25, 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
Jun 22, 2026
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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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