Good start for beauty industry, not a place to invest time into; once you have the experience, leaving is best option. - Cashier/Prestige Consultant Ulta Beauty Employee Review

3.0
Feb 9, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Very comprehensive place to learn about ALL areas of beauty: Skin, Color, Hair, Appliances, Body, Nails. Discount is one of the best in the industry. The huge array of brands is nice because you become familiar with where money is being wasted on PR instead of product.

Cons

Worst pay and gratis in the industry, benefits for only full-time employees, raises are inconsistent and mostly non-existent, management is always changing and very political, so promotions are unreliable.

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Cons

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Pros

Great discount Gratis is good but having worked for Sephora as well, theirs is way better. Fun customers most of the time

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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