Drybar reviews

I worked for Drybar for a month short of a year full-time (in the begining) and part-time (towards the end) and I have to say that all the issues in the former review are the same ones I faced. They work you to the bone with no breaks for basically minimum wage (8 hourlys). I used to work 11 hour days without a single break (Im being completely honest). You dont ever feel like they are looking out for you and everyone you work with is disgruntled about it. The only people happy to be there are the ones who are "in the inner circle of management" because their egos get stroked by the higher ups and they are making a higher salary. The managers are hired based on their friendships with other management and they are in no way hired based on their skill as salon managers. Infact most dont even have a stylist background. They talk down to you and expect you to work hours without a break while they hang out in the back and socialize. The reception staff is hired solely on looks so if youre not cute dont bother applying. On top of the that the receptionists are incompetent with no experience and will mess up the books and undermine you in front of your clients. They lure you in with the promise of growth and financial security but none of that ever happens. Because of the high turnover rate they are now offering a $100 bonus to stylists who bring in their friends to work at Drybar. If the friend stays for a month then youre supposed to get the money but they never ever give you anything. The company goes through staff like toilet paper. Out of the 35 stylists they hired to open our location, only 5 or 6 were still there a year later (and those people have cut their own hours because they are so sick of the place). There is no room for growth as a stylist since they dont offer raises unless you become a manager. As I stated earlier you have to be friends with someone to even get promoted.The shop can be very "clicky" and it causes drama. Drybar management is inconsistant. They are lenient towards their friends. Ive seen stylists (who are buddies with the mangaer) come in 1 hour late (on multiple occasions) for their shift on and get no repercussion while another will be 5 mins late (once) and get written up. The company claims they want you to be skilled and learn the "drybar way" of blowdrying hair, but they are inconsistant about training so newer stylists have no idea what they are doing and other more experienced people have to jump in a correct it. More than half the staff is unlicensed. I stayed there for a year because I liked my cooworkers (the stylists) and because I could meet new clients to take to my full-service salon. I would advise anyone who applys here to steer clear. If you do work at Drybar only do so to build your business at your full service salon, as you will not get the opportunity to grow as a stylist otherwise. This company honestly disgusts me with their treatment of the stylists. What upsets me is how they say they are a great company and they are such a great place to work at and ,most irritating of all, how they claim they CARE about you. ITS ALL LIES!!! I wouldnt be so upset if they would just be frank about how crappy the job is.

They give you time off, because it is unpaid,they do not offer pay raises or benefits. They only have two days they are closed and it is Thanksgiving and Xmas and they do not pay you for these days.The only individuals that get a pay raise are the assistant manager and the manager. They do not have a lot of diversity and they never promote anyone but whites. I work in a salon in California, have for a long time and they only hired a few blacks since I've been here. They say they promote good workers, but they don't! Drybar puts individuals in management who have no experience at all managing stylist...not to mention that there are managers being promoted who haven't even been licensed cosmetologist for at least a year. If you disagree with anything that they say, you're not being a team player and they find ways to kick you out. As an employee, if the salon is busy they WILL NOT let you break your required breaks...they overwork you and then get upset when you mention that you are hungry after no break. Our breakrooms are the size of a 6x8 closet, mind you that most salons average about 12-16 people working at one time. We can't have a microwave or even a toaster oven for lunch so they almost force us to eat somewhere else, we can't have a clock in the salon due to it doesn't go with the look, no foot mats which would be better on our feets considering we're standing all day and they constantly over hire. Instead of payiing you what you're worth as an employee, they give you only $8hr and hold maybe 1 contest a week for 1 person to win and every once in a while they take us out to make us forget about the little pay we get. It is a fun place to work but the pay is HORRIBLE! We were given an employee review for the first time a couple of months ago since opening Feb 2010, mind you all we got was a review and no pay raise! What's the point of a review if you get no pay raise! They say they have no money for raises, but at the same time they spend thousands of dollars on wack music every month, they waste money on products we don't use on customers because of complaints, they buy unecessary overly priced equipement and they over pay the unexperienced managers that they hire. We don't get properly compensated because managers and assistant managers are getting paid all the money, when they do less work. The drybar is highly over rated. In California they actually bring clients in from the streets and offer them free stying to make the salon look busier than it actually is and they continuously run specials that bring them little to no money nearly every month. I'd be successfull too if I gave away free services on a monthly basis!