Ulta Beauty reviews

Stop opening stores and focus on the problems you have in your current doors. Running a 10,000 square foot store on two person coverage (excluding the salon, who can't even see the customers or the door) is impossible and ridiculous. A half-hearted, "Welcome to Ulta," shouted from the cash wrap is not inviting, and neither is having no one in the store to help guests. How stores run on such a bare-bones staff even while comping double digits is beyond any comprehension. And don't get me started on loss prevention. You're so focused on internal theft, with bag checks and clear bags, but the thousands of dollars that go running out the door because of zero coverage is killing the stores. And then blaming it on store teams with the "where were you?" and "why wasn't someone in fragrance." I could go on for days.

How can I even begin to explain the cons? Poor work/life balance, poor upper management, idiotic HR policies, overly hormonal work environments. If you are a female, who, like me, does not like to deal with petty drama and other females, then STAY FAR AWAY. I was trying to train and develop our lead cashier, and when I caught her hiding in the backroom, she waited until I had two days off to basically make up a whole bunch of lies about me, which my GM took as gospel and WROTE ME UP FOR without even talking to me! They don't back their middle management at all. I have wayyyy too much retail management experience to deal with Ulta's stupid mind-games and murderous payroll expectations. DO NOT WORK FOR ULTA.