Bluemercury reviews

2.7

47% would recommend to a friend

(541 total reviews)
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Maly Bernstein

37% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Bluemercury has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 541 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Bluemercury employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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541 reviews
5.0
Jul 5, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I've been with the company for 7 years in a top volume door and have had so much opportunity for growth. Upper management, in my experience, has always been very supportive and help to open the doors for more career opportunities when you work hard. Other pros are fantastic training, PTO, yearly pay raise, positive family-like environment, great retail hours, tons of free gratis, monthly incentives, benefits and 401-K.

Cons

Bonus structure is contingent on meeting your monthly goal. Standard in retail, however tough during slow months and can be discouraging. Also, the spa could use a little revamping to update to more advanced services and treatments to match up to local competition.

2.0
Jul 5, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The locations are nice, and the clients are great. You get a lot of good gratis. The product training is good , that is, if your manager finds it important to schedule regular trainings. It's a laid-back environment on a day to day basis, but very stressful when district manager shows up or says she's going to come in. Has the potential to be a good-paying, fun job even with all the cleaning and operations and stock but instead it creates an environment where the store manager can do as they please and play favorites.

Cons

No one has definitive answers to your questions regarding vacation or commissions or job duties. The company does not follow California labor laws. Managers/district manager are very very unprofessional. You feel like if you get on manager's or district manager's "bad side" you are at risk of being treated badly. Very negative environment. You can't view your clock ins/outs before it's sent to payroll. Hard to get a hold of anyone at corporate for information. Poor onboarding training. The environment creates lazy managers because there is no accountability; no one can tell the store manager anything. The estheticians are expected to help customers on the floor but are paid low hourly wages. Employees are expected to clean the entire store (mop floors, clean Windows and glass, dust/Windex shelves, clean restrooms/toilets, etc) after working 8+ hour day. They want us to exude luxury and elegance but event days have a $20 budget, most of which gets spent on the mandatory balloons. The company is always trying to cut corners, even at the employees expense. Company doesn't pay holiday pay. Hard to get time off because the stores are always short staffed due to high turn over rates. Not enough employees to have anyone cover shifts. Big sales like holiday party and summer party require employees to work 3+ consecutive open to close days. Inventory is also 930am to 11pm for some employees. Most stores have no break room, or even anywhere to sit on your lunch. Refrigerator provided is very small; fits maybe 2 lunches when there are 5 employees on average. Register and clienteling system is outdated and frustrating to customers. Customer information (name, address, credit card #) is left in unlocked "presale binders" for the big sale parties.

1.0
Jul 1, 2017

Retail hell

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Gratis, work with outside vendors. Good hours. Spa services. Some trainings.

Cons

What a joke. Seriously if anyone knows how bad retail can get, it's worse. -Micromanagement -Cliques -Favoritism -Upper management harassment (scare tactics) - no sick pay, no PTO (the benefits are a joke) They don't tell you during the interview how much operational duties you have to do on a daily basis. You are more of a clerk then a Makeup Artist. No freedom, no work/life/ Balance. One of the worst companies I've worked for. Ugh.

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