Horrible company to work for - Hair Stylist Drybar Employee Review

1.0
Jun 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Met some great people, but that is not enough. There are too many horrible things to list, but basically this company wants you to work like a slave without fair compensation. The people who fancy themselves authority figures are morons.

Cons

This is a horrible company to work for. If you went to school and have a license, this job is beneath you. You will make more money at SuperCuts. The managers know that this is as far as they will ever go in life, so their way of feeling accomplished is by talking down to and mistreating staff, or commissioning one of their incompetent receptionists to do so on their behalf. Here's a tip: by mistreating the stylists, you are biting the hand that feeds you, because the work we do with our hands is what actually brings in the money. No matter how many fake corporate drones you have to write reviews about what a "wonderful" company this is, word has gotten out. The majority of your employees hate you. The blow-dry bar trend may not be dead yet, but truly talented people will not put up with the crap you guys offer, and your turnover will remain high. In your recruiting propaganda you claim to want to be like Nordstrom, well here is another tip: Nordstrom not only rolls out the red carpet for their customers, they are amazing toward their staff. In any customer service environment, happy service providers deliver great service. Not to mention Nordstrom actually pays their employees a fair wage. I'll have a good laugh when I hear about the first wave of lawsuits against this awful company.

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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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