If you think you have it bad- you should work for Ulta then you will love your present job!!!! - Operations Manager Ulta Beauty Employee Review

1.0
Nov 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The coworkers are delightful and the make up is great. Thats all I can say about Ulta so Ill save the other comments for below!

Cons

Well- if you want a promotion for the general manager position that your already doing for over a year total - your not gonna get it ( and you have been employed with Ulta for almost 4 yrs). Why? because ulta likes to hire external " friends " to fill these positions. What does Ulta pay for a four year degree and knowledge? The same amount that Race trac gas station pays their cashiers. If Corporate would get their heads out of the clouds and the president pay attention to employees- then Ulta would benefit by better business. Ulta would rather have "bodies" in the store as long as they only get 16 hours vs hard working dependable employees.And just some advice for District managers, when a MANAGER ask a question directly to you via email- DONT return a phone call and discuss managerial business with a temporary key holder while the manager that initiated the question is sitting right there and the DM does not even ask to speak to that person. Can you imagine the unprofessionalism? Whew- I could go on but then one might think im just an unhappy bitter employee. HAHA your right!!!

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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