Good Starting Job - Hair Dresser/Stylist/Barber Sport Clips Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

It is a good company for you to start in barbering. It is a good way to gain experience with haircutting and working with clients. Also if you are looking for more of a retail schedule this is a good option.

Cons

Sport clips has a speciifc buisness model that they require you to follow which is fine but it does not let you branch out as a professional barber. The company also in my opinion exploits you and does not pay a good wage opposed to you branching out and becoming an idependent contractor.

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Sport Clips Response
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I appreciate your review and time at Sport Clips. Your feedback is valuable and I will share this with the team. Every location is owned by a different franchisee therefore compensation varies by location. Men's haircutting is our focus for training, however it is not strictly "barbering". Many of our team members are cosmetologists. Every team member should have the opportunity to attend training in their market. Sport Clips does have a process to ensue that each client receives a championship experience and to provide a path to success for our stylists. However, there is plenty of opportunity to make things your own. Each person brings their own personality and process to the table. We celebrate that! I wish you the best!

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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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

none, I have to say, if you're willing to work and make something of yourself and want to work for a great company that will recognize that. This is the place to be!

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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