No Advancement Opportunities or Raises. - Anonymous employee Ulta Beauty Employee Review

2.0
Dec 7, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent starting wage. (My) Co-workers were friendly and easy to get along with. You're not pushed to make sales unless you're down a considerable amount.

Cons

No raises or recognition at all for hard work, so don't go out of your way for them. Low hours. Rare advancement, the entire time I was there, only two people were promoted, but other than that, they brought in inexperienced (in both the cosmetic world and in managerial skills) "managers". Even if you tell you're manager of something, and she ok's it or tells you "that's a terrific idea!" and it could impact you negatively, you take the heat for it, NOT the manager.

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