I've never been more miserable at a job in my life. - Beauty Advisor Ulta Beauty Employee Review

1.0
Dec 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good discount, most coworkers are really awesome

Cons

management is sneaky and secretive about promoting favored enployees. If you're not a favorite, expect an attitude and no promotion. No promotion within, management just hires new people for the position you've been dying to have and then avoid you so they don't have to deal with you being upset over it. The customers are disgustingly rude if you work on register. You get paid barely anything. Nobody can live off $8.50 an hour. They expect you to bend over backwards and work like a dog for no compensation. Don't work here.

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Cons

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Cons

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