Ulta Beauty Reviews

Cons

They are Not very forth coming On your pay scale and commission. Most people Pay with Credit or debit cards these Days. And They Will Include your tips At Creating The Percentage they will pay you. And if a Tip Is Handed to Cashier on cash They will enter in the system and you will receive on your check. Alot of stylists Are not warned about this. And you really have to work A lot Hrs and Find time to Go through The hoops To Move up the latter. I love hard work and Many hrs. Especially If building. It was Very discouraging. you are also surrounded By So many brands. But will only. Receive credit For the Certain lines they have contracts with for use in salon. But you Really Have to adapt to this. Cause I love what I love. And If I am selling something I have to believe in it. So often my retail Commission wasn't what It would have been if I could have received totals On Everything I sold. I eat breathe sleep this industry.

Cons

Horrific Culture amongst district and general managers, horrible communication/support/definition Of expectations, extreme workload (specifically operationally), extremely poor training/education structure, over complicated process and resolution infrastructure, overly complex scheduling system, under qualified district leadership, lack of accountability held to general management, huge gap within leadership teams, non existent career path development.

Cons

Requires standing almost entire shift, Base pay is not on par with cost of living and merit based raises are often stingy and/or not given in a timely manner. Management is often lacking & store has high staff turnover and is often grossly understaffed. Proper security staff is lacking relative to high shoplifting/"smash & grab" incidents continuously recurring. Necessary store supplies are often neglected & often not received in a timely manner when ordered. Communication is often not thorough between management, corporate & store levels on most issues. Corporate greed tends to rule in this large company. Unrealistic goals and expectations are set & employees are pretty much set up for failure because of it. There is no cancellation policy or fee (and therefore consequences) for late cancellations/no-showing to booked appointments (which only hurts the employee). Does not always live up to its "values" in most aspects.

Cons

Too many corporate rules, they start very little pay, they are constantly cutting hours due to 'budgeting' but they still consistently hire new people due to corporate policy. Overall this is only a good temporary job if your in college or a side hustle but it is very hard to grow in the company and have consistent hours and decent pay. Pay raises are also very little and very sparse.

Cons

Absolutely NO benefit of staying in this company longterm. If you are promoted internally, be prepared to become the lowest paid employee in the store as new hires continually get higher starting wages while you are denied even a minuscule raise. Ulta relies on its longtime workers to all do the job of management for subhuman pay, and they know they can force more work and pressure onto loyal workers while withholding living wages because they rely on the type of employees that don't complain to do the majority of work. Stores can have multiple OSHA violations and corporate will drag their feet to fix them- IF they fix them at all. If you're looking for a short term seasonal job you will probably get by without any issue aside from the regular hazards of retail but do NOT make this place your career. They will use you until you have nothing left.

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Very close minded (in my time there, seen firsthand racism, transphobia, ableism), cliques and mean girlesque behavior

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They hired prestige vs drug store beauty advisors based on who applied first, not based on knowledge or desire. I had years of makeup/beauty/cosmetology knowledge and was made to work at the cash register while they had people selling/applying makeup who had no experience what so ever. It is a bit ridiculous.

Cons

Corporate, no individual creativity, and hard to grow on services that are outside the scope of the store

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Not enough hours Heavy workload for little compensation Management is lazy High employee turnover rate

Cons

The workload does not match the compensation. They expect a lot from their associates. We are responsible for pushing the overall sales of the store, but we do not reap the benefits as we don’t earn commission or regular bonuses. Considering that the workload, the pay is not necessarily worth it to me. This job is great for young people interested in the beauty industry, students, etc., but if you are an adult with responsibilities, it is hard to make a living with these kind of wages at part time hours.