Bartender review : WORST COMPANY I HAVE EVER!!! WORKED FOR!!! HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK - Receptionist Drybar Employee Review

1.0
Jan 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great co workers, Long shift hours, flexibility , easy to get your shift covered if you want to go somewhere.

Cons

Poor management Superly underpaid Blamed for everything long wait till your break no raises lots of hard work for low slave pay I have only been working here for a couple of months and i must say this is the worst job i have ever had. It is not just me either, a lot of my co workers say the same thing we are majorly UNDER PAID. Right now i am a bartender (receptionist ) and my job title should be supervisor or manager. We do everything!!! the "managers" just sit upstairs in their little coop and text on their phones, email, eat whenever the hell they want, relax while I whose a receptionist is checking in clients while its busy, putting stylist on their lunches, taking payments, getting clients drinks, oh they want you to talk to clients too! half the time clients don't even want to talk they want to be left alone but they want us to keep bugging them! Also we will open the shop super early in the morning and "managers" whom are paid way more than us don't come in the shop till noon or 1 pm after their well rested and they also leave before we close the shop. oh by the way receptionist are paid $10 an hour for working as managers. Closing shift you have to clean everything, inventory, deposit the cash drawer, count money which is a freaking headache. Allie is the founder and i must say while she's swimming in her 40 million dollar business she better wake up pronto because if you do not start treating your employers with respect and paying your stylist $8.50 YOUR BUSINESS WONT DO WELL!.. When she was doing blow outs at peoples homes I'm sure she wouldn't appreciate working all day for $8.50. if you keep treating your workers bad your business will flop! Also they can be a little racist as well! sometimes stylist will talk about not wanting to do african american hair! very disrespectful to say. Dry bar has a lot of different races that come into this business and seeing only white faces in the look book can be intimidating. be diverse! this place wants to be all high end and only open shops in rich areas but are paying their workers off of Mc donalds salary. AGAIN IF YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF AND WORK ANOTHER JOB I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY.

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Pros

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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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