For a Store Director, your job is never done and upper management does not understand how challenging it can be - Store Director Sephora Employee Review

3.0
Jun 30, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Sephora does care about it's employees, but seemingly more at the lower level. Plenty of opportunity to move up if you are just starting your management career and they give you a lot of opportunity for growth if you put forth an effort. As a Store Director in St Louis, the DM and RVP have not been Store Directors in their past so a lot of miscommunication or a lack of general understanding of the job, time involved in completing tasks, very high expectations.

Cons

As a Store Director in St Louis, the DM and RVP have not been Store Directors in their past so a lot of miscommunication or a lack of general understanding of the job, time involved in completing tasks, very high expectations. Sephora always has about 3 or 4 "focuses", which makes it hard to focus on just one thing and get it mastered. Despite the great client service, it seems clients are never happy, which leads to more stress.

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Cons

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Pros

+ monthly training gratis + brand and product training + exposure to working with luxury brands + technology device supplements role

Cons

- unstable hours / unstable income - part-time employee classification has a wide weekly hourly gap (e.g., 15-29 weekly hours) and the availability expectation is that of a full-time (e.g., required to be open 4-5 a week, open to close) - minimal career growth if wanting to become full-time within the same store

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