Bad Place to Work - Associate Manager Ulta Beauty Employee Review

1.0
Jun 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the discount of 25% is better than most places, and discount increase for one week near christmas.

Cons

Bad District Managers who run the company like its high school. Lot's of Upper Management (General Managers and Associate Managers) taking credit for "mentoring" lower management to get ahead, also they tend to throw anyone under the bus to get ahead. Growth potential not based on merit (ie how hard you work or length of experience) but on how close of "friends" you are with the District Manager or General Manager. Also LOOKS are very important to success at this job, ie if you look like a manager you can get promoted even if you don't meet the job requirements. They dont want to hire people who work hard and smart but people who will be a "Yes Man" regardless if it in the interest of employees or the clients.

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Cons

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Pros

Gratis There are good hard working people that want to do well. I am still there (barely) because I haven’t completely given up that things will be handled/addressed correctly for those not aligned with company vision and expectations. However after 5 years of inaction it’s hard to believe that positive change will actually and maybe just maybe Myself and others that are dedicatedI will be recognized vs taken for granted.

Cons

No furthering development Keep toxic (leaders especially) allowing unacceptable behavior conduct and violation of company code Communication is very poor…it’s inconsistent,For example managers are not provided with direct email accounts so it’s a community email box. This causes a large amount of information to be read by the wrong audience and is not communicated if read by the wrong leader

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