Worst job ever - Hair Stylist Sport Clips Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can make okay money

Cons

They like to burn out employees but hate giving them overtime pay, they focus on quantity instead of quality, management will guilt trip you to come to work when you are sick, there is no work life balance at all, they expect you to do a haircut in less than 15 minutes but if you get a bad review online they punish you, stressful and overstimulating work environment, management is unapproachable and contradictory of what they say or teach, they take away chairs to sit down in and expect workers to be standing all day, pay is okay but not good enough for the stress and hard work and the muscle aches I get after work. They let rude clients walk over the stylists and won’t give us the freedom to turn those people away, if you are fresh out of school they throw you on the floor without proper training and then punish you if you mess up, management will not take employees frustrations and feeling in consideration. Benefits are garbage.

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Sport Clips Response
9mo
Thank you for sharing your insights about your experience with us. We appreciate your feedback regarding work-life balance and management practices. It is essential for us to create a supportive environment, and we are committed to ongoing assessments. If you'd like to discuss further, please reach out to HR. Your input is valued as we strive to improve. Please note that each store is independently owned and operated under our franchise model, which means experiences can differ by location. We take concerns about management and workplace culture seriously and encourage open communication to address any issues. Your feedback is important, and we will share it with the appropriate franchise leadership.

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5.0
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Pros

Health Insurance and 401k definitely help. A lot of hairdressers are moms and some of them single moms, so these benefits help a lot! My team leader and area manager are amazing at helping and keeping me feeling good about how I'm doing.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

No pros beside it being a paycheck

Cons

Wasn’t allowed to have colored hair as a stylist, franchise owners in Arizona push their conservative beliefs on employees, didn’t even allow facial piercings, as time goes by and I’m working at an amazing salon and being treated for what I’m worth, being valued and paid an actual living wage, being allowed to express my individuality, being able to finally find somewhere where I’ve been able to blossom in my 8 years of hairdressing, I’m realizing just how awfully sport clips treats their employees, absolute joke of a wage for the productivity, work, and hours they expect, started here fresh out of beauty school and was constantly undermined, a lot of workplace bullying, favoritism, outcasting stylists that didn’t fit the perfect Sportclips “ideal.” Unless you want to be a slave to Sportclips, and constantly told cut faster cut faster sell more sell more and creating an uncomfortable experience for the stylist and client, making it feel like a sales job, it’s such an outdated way to operate, to hit numbers for the commission you’d have to sell like a car seller and do 10-15 minute haircuts for hours on end. don’t work here. Not to mention the average tip clients leave is 5-7 while you get a minimum wage hourly. Just a spit in the face.

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