Is Great Clips a good company to work for?

Great Clips has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 4,229 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 52% of employees would recommend working at Great Clips to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Great Clips have been left by employees working as Area Manager , General Manager and Management .

Does Great Clips pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Great Clips employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Great Clips. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Great Clips?

52% of Great Clips employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Great Clips 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Great Clips?

Hair Stylist (946) , Stylist (506) , Manager (363) , Hairstylist (250) , Salon Manager (231) , Assistant Manager (136) , General Manager (104) , Receptionist (98) , Hair Dresser/Stylist/Barber (66) , Store Manager (66) , Cosmetologist (53) , Licensed Cosmetologist (51) , Area Manager (44) , Front Desk Receptionist (32) , Stylist/Assistant Manager (32)

What are the pros of working at Great Clips according to real employee reviews?

"I make good money working for Great Clips and look forward to working here for many more years." ((in 211 reviews)); "Flexible hours so I could go back to school and get a BA and an MA." ((in 121 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and plenty of customers makes time fly!" ((in 115 reviews)); "Great for people who don't like doing chemical services ( I'm one of them)." ((in 113 reviews)); "Great training and very stable." ((in 108 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Great Clips according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low and they have a high turnover due to the drugs in and out the shop!" ((in 217 reviews)); "Poor management and little to no training" ((in 155 reviews)); "general managers do absolutely nothing (I saw my Gm do THREE haircuts my entire time working" ((in 88 reviews)); "There's no set schedule and it's against company policy to give you specific days off." ((in 46 reviews)); "Not enough weekend time off" ((in 40 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed Great Clips locations?

Minneapolis , Charlotte , Chicago , Phoenix , Austin , Atlanta , San Antonio , Tucson , Orlando , Salt Lake City , Nashville , Indianapolis , Louisville , Seattle , Portland , Tampa , Greenville , Cincinnati , Pittsburgh , Grand Rapids , Saint Louis , Greensboro , Knoxville , Las Vegas , Sacramento , Jacksonville , Oklahoma City , Wilmington , Milwaukee , Cleveland

Great Clips reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(4,141 total reviews)

Rob Goggins

71% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Great Clips has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Great Clips employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.4 stars).

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2.0

Jan 13, 2013

Poor management

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Pros

The salon was busy so tips were great and easy to make. It was a great starting salon to build skills and techniques. The salon also provided products to use.

Cons

Management didn't go by their own rules- taking excessive lunch breaks and hiding out in the office while customers sat in the waiting room. Reviews and evaluations were often fabricated or rushed.

3.0

Dec 22, 2012

Receptionist

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Pros

Stylists are nice, fun to sit in the back and talk when it's slow, some customers and wonderful to talk to and sweet and kind and all that good stuff.

Cons

The fake friendly "Hi, welcome to great clips!" and speaking as someone who does NOT cut hair it's ridiculous how fast they have to churn customers in and out. Standing literally all day, only time to sit = 30 minute break. Shitty pay not only for me (no experience) but for the stylists who have been working for great clips for years and make 50 cents more than I do.

2.0

Oct 21, 2012

Good place to start but you shouldn't stay because they don't pay

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Good training if your just out of school, they will teach you all the different haircuts you didn't learn in school

Cons

Your treated like an idiot kid that just got out of school and that is mostly what they hire. Actually, they will have no problem firing you because you are so replaceable........... they go to area schools to recruit young girls that don't know anything yet for just that reason, its a steady crop of new gullable stylist wannabe's that they can take advantage of....... this is why they don't give raises to staff that are dedicated and after going to school to be a licensed professional and continuing your education to keep your license this is an insult. Sad thing is this is just the way hairstylists are treated in general, its not just Great Clips, so go back to school and get a real career.

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