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
1.0
Oct 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discount is not bad, free spa services, gratis and training is not bad.

Cons

First off the pay is terrible if you are a seasoned cosmetic professional, under $20/hr is a disgrace. You only make a bonus of you make your store goal and you house skin care brand goal, but they are both so high you never see that bonus. Constant focus from upper management as to what you did wrong, never on whAt is being done correctly. All the owners of the company care about is opening new stores/ going public so all the new location get the grease and the existing stores are with out supplies and stock.

2.0
Feb 19, 2013

Dissapointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great networking Good gratis Flexible schedule No competition between co-workers

Cons

Poor management No respect for key employees Hard to advance Low pay Disorganized No transferring outside of other districts, you have to re-apply and get re-hired by the district manager of the district you are applying for. This happened to me. I was moving to a different city and I had applied to a higher volume store in that city and was offered a position by the manager. I had a replacement lined up to take my hours at my old location, and was to start as soon as possible at the insistence of the manager of the store I was going to. A few days later, I received a phone call from my own manager saying that there was a mistake and I didn't have the position in the store I was moving to and that I no longer had a position at the store I was leaving either as it had been filled. I was the highest seller of the store I was leaving, never had any issues with getting written up or any trouble yet no one could give me a reason why I now found myself without a job. They will expect you to come in on your days off They will expect you to work 10 hour shifts in a free-standing store completely alone, making it impossible to take state mandated breaks or use the restroom. You will have to travel to other locations.

1.0
Feb 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The customers and vendors are great. They are like a family.

Cons

No growth, obnoxious upper management: inconsistant, rude and cut throat environment, underpaid management and sales associates (no one...not even managers make over 25 an hour), no respect, shady decisions, oh yeah...they spy on your facebook, linked in, myspace...you name it, completely self involved, talk behind your back to other associates and managers (are we in highschool....really???) upper management spends more time on the phone and shopping than with you working on your development/ business...just walk into a store on a saturday and see for yourself.

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