Pros
Meeting stylists from all over the country. The majority of your colleagues are great to work with although even they become bitter and disgruntled after the harsh treatment. Clients are nice.
Cons
Management, management, management. Dumb & dumber would be a perfect analysis for the manager and assistant manager for the NYC location. Neither has experience, one isn't even in the hair/cosmetology field at all. How can you teach what you don't know? The pay is $8.40 an hour, there are NEVER any breaks scheduled for the stylists and no pay raises in sight. Just a bunch of promises that are never kept. The other reviewers are 110% accurate in their descriptions of life at Drybar. The midtown location that I am at is filthy, brushes are NEVER properly sanitized and when they are finally cleaned, their interpretation of cleaning is combing the existing hair out of the brushes, it's done right next to the opened ice maker machine....which we use to make clients drinks. Management is never around when needed and you cannot get a straight answer out of either one them to save your life, not in person and forget about email. They constantly talk down to you and never appreciate any hard work or effort. No microwaves or any kind of ovens available in break rooms so you must go outside for your meals but are never allowed a 30 minute break because of the constant overbooking of appointments. This is a classic example of an entrepreneur taking advantage of the down economy by trying to get rich off the backs of skilled workers. While drybar shops are being opened constantly all over the country, the employees are being mistreated and worked beyond reasonable means with low wages and no breaks. I've cut my schedule down significantly and see myself gone within the next month.