Sephora reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(9,619 total reviews)
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Guillaume Motte

81% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Sephora has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,619 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sephora employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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10K reviews
1.0
Apr 3, 2018

Color Cast Member

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Free Makeup -Brand knowledge that can help you better your skills if you freelance -Fast thinking enviroment

Cons

-Complicated management system. You literally don't know whos in charge on any given day. And asking will get you in trouble. I often received contradictory statements from different managers "you have to email me that information" + "email is not a valid way of sending information here at Sephora" were both stated to me from two different leaders. -Sephora as a brand has a great list of core values that make working for the company sound amazing. However they do not actually abide by such values. Sometimes even completely ignoring them. -No commission or cash incentives unlike most "beauty counter jobs". -They focus on poor customer service. They have you wear a headset and make sure you spend no more than 10 minutes with a customer. And even if you are selling someone $400 worth of stuff they want you to leave that customer and will bark in your ear to do it. -Working in a space that is prodominantly females = catty and mean. Lots of talking behind your back even from managment. -Not allowed sick days. They will find a way to fire you if you are sick during a busy season. Despite promoting a "work life balance" -Hygiene is terrible. They dont clean the product properly that they actually apply onto customers. They only use 70% alcohol to clean product when 99% is the only acceptable percentage to clean. Brush cleaner they use does nothing and they never give you time to deep clean your brushes.

2.0
Mar 28, 2018

Work perks, management sucks

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Gratis -Lots of makeup/skincare to play with

Cons

-Unexperienced management -Salary wasnt impressive -Favouritism

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