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
1.0
Jul 13, 2019

THE WORST SALON TO WORK AT

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Pros

No pros here. This place is terribly run by management. Don’t go here :)

Cons

Horrible management. Most of the shops in NYC are mice infested, roaches, Completely unorganized. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TALENT HERE. The products are cheap and do nothing for the hair. If you suffer from skin allergies, don’t come here. This place is a complete joke too. It’s the McDonald’s of the hair industry.

3.0
May 2, 2019

It's a stepping stone

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Pros

STYLIST: -You learn how to work with all hair types -You learn how to communicate better with clients -You learn how to understand what the client wants even if they don't know how to describe it. -You get a better sense of what salon life is like working at place like this based on different client needs and personalities -You pick up on speed -You learn how to sell products. BARTENDER: -You learn communication skills -How to work the Booker System (Which most salons use) -Learn how to work with scheduling conflicts -Learns how to sell products and additional services -Learns how to diffuse situations and keep clients calm when they might be seen late.

Cons

STYLIST: - Always over booked and understaffed. - Poor pay, you only get the whole $15 if you don't get tip and/or if you take vacation and sick time. You will only get paid $13 and hour plus they take money out of tips on card for tip credit. -Not allowed to take breaks, even if you are feeling sick from not being able to eat. -Appointment scheduling had changed from 45 to 30 min. to make room for more appointments. Not everyone has 30 minute hair so the pressure is always on. -clients are allowed to disrespect staff -Even if the client is in the wrong, the client is always "right" and will be rewarded *Not every location follows State Board protocol when it comes to sanitation. I highly recommend that you take care of your own brushes and clips for that reason. * BARTENDER: - Gets yelled at by clients constantly during rush hour times and on busy days. - Multitask cleaning the whole shop and serving drinks while never leaving the front. - Does not get to participate in certain raffles amongst staff -Very under appreciated - Constant schedule rotations sometimes by week other times by month. -Difficult to take time off.

1.0
Apr 7, 2019

Overworked and underpaid

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Pros

My coworkers for the most part are great

Cons

Recently changed from 45 minute blowouts to 30 and they're telling me that they're experimenting with booking even tighter than that. Clients wait for sometimes over 45 minutes for their appointments to start. No chance of ever getting breaks on Saturdays then they want you to stay late to help with all the overbookings. They think we're robots and not humans. Meanwhile managers never step in and help they just stand around watching the chaos and reap the benefits of our hard work. Also they just upped the prices of the blowouts by $4 and only ever give stylists at max a 75¢ raise every year.

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