The worst. - Stylist Drybar Employee Review

1.0
Jan 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

50% off over priced mediocre products. I am only writing more in the pros section to take up the 20 word minimum here.

Cons

Terrible Everything. The whole operation is a bust and the outlook for this company is questionable. Management is the worst, (no manager training is apparent here for almost everyone in a management position) my manager was extremely condescending while almost always walking into the shop late, and most likely hungover on the weekends, of course. They will work you like a dog for little to no pay and you will max out making around 27k a year if you are lucky. They give you NO breaks and the only thing keeping the Better Business Bureau off their backs is the lunch they provide on Saturday, otherwise this place runs like an ILLEGAL sweat shop. There is a rule in the stylist handbook saying you can’t leave your client unattended for any reason.. stylist who have had to use the bathroom have had accidents on themselves trying to obey this rule! One girl who did leave her client to use the bathroom was berated...Management does not care how overbooked you are or anything going on in your personal life, you are expected to be back to back taking clients promptly NO MATTER what. If you have a godforsaken “request” coming for you in 20 minutes and someone gives you a ticket anyways, you better figure it out because they don’t care. I saw random “requests” i didn’t know constantly on my books for the end of every shift i worked, while my coworkers got to leave early ..this was their attempt to make me quit I’m assuming, since i was one of the highest paid stylist. If you are making good money and costing them too much on payroll, they will stalk you until you mess up and eventually write you up for tiny things and let those write ups collect then wrongfully fire you( it’s what they did to a co worker they wanted to get rid of) They want to get you for all your worth here and you will not be treated as a human being. The worst place I’ve ever worked.. toxic is brought to a new meaning working here. Do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time, find something else.

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Cons

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Pros

The BEST thing about being employed as the hairstylist is that you do not have to worry about bringing/having a “BOOK” ; like in some cases where hair salons would prefer a new stylist to have a clientele base upon starting! Drybar hairstylist can easily build a “Booked & Busy” client based request if you follow these 3 tips: •SPEED (45min tops for the whole process)! •CONSISTENCY (Client consultation, Shampooing, Styling, ReBook)! •SCHEDULE ( wether you Full/Part time); Time Management is the key to maintaining your daily/weekly/monthly schedule!

Cons

Drybar is NOT your average corporate salon, they DO NOT like for hairdressers to sit around riding their CLOCK w/o nothing to do, they will have you clock out for the rest of your shift and send you home (ex.; if your shift is from 12pm-6pm and the salon slowdown around 2:15pm ( if you NOT cleaning, sweeping, restocking) they will send you home); literally, just putting you at 2hrs 15min for the day!! Highly played FAVORITISM (Depending on your “Home Salon” from District, manager to Salon manager ), *YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A VALID REASON * ( JEALOUSY or HATING either or both are very UNPROFESSIONAL in the workplace)!

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