Extremely high expectations, low resources to be successful. Huge discrepancy, makes it hard to succeed. - Associate Manager Ulta Beauty Employee Review

1.0
Aug 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The occasional gratis (aka free products for brand training).

Cons

Little to no payroll. Just enough hours for your management team to be cashiers and run a sales floor and complete numerous other tasks, while trying to provide outstanding customer service. Lack of training/development to ensure you are successful. Most store managers are extremely lazy and expect their teams to run their stores. Compensation could definitely be better, they tempt you with a chance to bonus (it rarely happens). Never received a raise. As a manager you are held responsible for a lot (to run a store), however, you are not given the time or proper training to be successful.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Glorified babysitter when your team is incompetent Store can quickly become a wreck when one manager isn’t pulling their weight Too many hats in this role and way too overbearing. I thought I’d need to see a neurologist for migraines but it turns out I was just way too stressed in my role. ai. And a big push for more and more ai in the future.

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