CosmoProf reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(764 total reviews)
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Denise Paulonis

47% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

CosmoProf has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 764 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CosmoProf employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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764 reviews
4.0
Jul 5, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Time was your own, can work with very little supervision, they let you manage your territory.

Cons

Expenses were all on your own. Not able to transfer easily to new territory, when employee requested change based on living situation.

4.0
Nov 27, 2016

Store Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benifits are good, bonus. Personable & Pleasant customers.

Cons

Don't pay there Managers enough or sales associates for work expected.

1.0
Oct 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free samples. Regular customers who start to feel like a family. Great retail hours Great 401k match 4% Vacation time after a year (that you'll never be able to use) Sick time (again, you'll never be able to use) Potential for upward mobility from the sales associate level, stops at store manager, and don't be surprised if you are passed up for someone from the outside.

Cons

No life outside of CosmoProf Lean staff so the manager is always working over 40 hours Even with the staff that steadily shows up, the amount of payroll hours they give for the work thats expected to be done results in the manager living at the store. Lazy district managers who don't do their job. Measly pay for sales associates (Minimum wage, even with a Cosmetology license) which prevents you from being able to hire the best workers, and if you find someone willing to work for pennies they leave after they find something better. Measly pay for Managers as well. Assistants get a dollar over minimum wage, and Managers get 12.50-14. High stress because of ordering, managing, correction counts, hiring, planoguide changes, and customer demands. Impossible to take time off, and if you don't use it your vacation hours don't rollover into the next year. Impossible to speak to upper management about issues going on in the district because ultimately they were the one who hired the problem. Raises are a joke. 30 cents a year, which is abysmal.

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