Decent place to work, but hard to advance - Anonymous employee Ulta Beauty Employee Review

2.0
Dec 15, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company with strong performance in difficult economic times. Job security due to how well the company is doing, as long as you are performing up to standards.

Cons

Pay below similar positions at other companies. Hard to advance and/or get promoted. Performance indicators linked to review are not what your abilities reflects. You can receive low marks due to circumstances that you cannot control (ex. vendor issues, unpredictablity of retail market, etc) Company is growing and doing well, but does not see that trickle down to employees in the forms of promotion or raises.

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