Drybar reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(1,087 total reviews)

Amanda Clark

26% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Drybar has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,087 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Drybar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.3 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Nov 14, 2017

Styling is fun, management terrible

Recommend
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Pros

High quality products and hot tools make styling fun. Generous employee discount on product/tools. Free services. Mostly nice clientele, and good tips. Pay is minimum wage (12.00 in Los Angeles) but if you sell lots of product and get tips, the pay isn’t bad. I averaged about $22/hour once commission and tips were factored in.

Cons

The hourly pay is minimum wage, and management sucks. You are treated as a number and not a human. On busy days we would be asked to take lunch after only 1 client, so that we could be available the rest of the day. They will also force you to take a lunch even if you only have a 3-4 hour shift. This is so they won’t have to pay you for 30 mins if the salon is slow. This is ILLEGAL. On slow days you will be asked to come in and work for 2 hours and then be sent home. Some days I was asked to clock out early and still work for a while so that they wouldn’t have to pay me my earned overtime. And not to mention, I was DOCUMENTED for calling out sick!!! They require 8 hours notice to call out sick. That is a ridiculous policy, and should you have an emergency, or come down sick, prepare yourself to receive angry and hostile text messages and documentation from management. How this company is run is extremely unethical, and I would save yourself the headache and stay away. There is a reason no one stays at DryBar longer than 1 year. 9 months in, and very few had been working there longer than I had.

1.0
Aug 3, 2017

Poor investment of people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Can be a fun atmosphere

Cons

Lack of respect for time (employees & customers alike) Lack of integrity from upper management Unreasonable expectations

2.0
Jan 30, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-The other stylists are the only reason I still work for this company at this point. We really are like a family. -Sometimes you'll meet clients with connections for other business opportunities -ability to pick up shifts to make more money

Cons

-You never work all the hours you're scheduled to work. Majority of the time you are told to come in later, only to work for 2-3 hours then sent home when you're no longer needed. -When you are sick, you are still expected to come into work. I had a contagious stomach virus and was told I still had to come into work because there was no one to cover my shift. I came in for 1 CLIENT after an hour commute and told I could go home after because it was slow. Needless to say several other stylists got the same sickness from me when it could have been avoided. -They expect you to be a stylist, a servant, and a maid (THEY EVEN TRY TO GET YOU TO CLEAN WITH TOOTHBRUSHES AND Q-TIPS) under minimum wage.(They use your tips to say they pay you the full minimum wage). -When it is busy, you are never given a break. Managers harass you while you're doing your clients to go faster because they have extra books open and leave us overbooked. -No commission on the actual blowout itself. So unless the client buys a product or tips(Which they often don't do one or the other) You make nothing from that time you spent working on the client (Besides the low hourly pay). The commission on braids, updos, and other services are low as well for the amount of work you put into it. - You are still required to find coverage when you ask for vacation time months in advance(they can even deny your vacation time if you don't). -The busiest times are in the holiday season so the job leaves you financially unstable most of the year. The only way to make a decent living is picking up extra shifts at other busier locations and working pretty much 6-7 days a week or doubles.

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