Drybar reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(1,082 total reviews)

Amanda Clark

26% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Drybar has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,082 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Drybar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.3 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Oct 10, 2014

Tricky, tricky.

Recommend
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Pros

- Your usual shift will likely contain the same team members (weekday, weeknight, weekends). You quickly become family and mostly get along. - if you are good, talented, and well versed in communicating with your client, you will have a strong following of clients. You look forward to seeing them and speaking with them like a friend. - free blowouts during the week (during off time and must be clocked out) - 50% off products and tools - flexible with hours, specific shift needs, time off, etc. (stylists have an easy time, receptionists have a semi-decent attempt at this, but any higher titles have a much harder time with this) - expressive dress code. Lenient (maybe TOO lenient), stylish, fun, tattoos/piercings/oddball hair color & cuts are all encouraged. - rating system sent to clients as a push to get monthly bonus. Although small, it's a nice gesture. Get it 3 months in a row, you get a paid day off. - very good introduction to the beauty world. Great to do directly out of Cosmo school.

Cons

- corporate and upper management are completely clueless to the individual shop struggles. - has lost it's luster within the last year or 2. - high employee turnover rate. - shop managers and assistant managers are grossly overworked and underpaid. They are not required to have a Cosmo license or have hair experience because it "isn't a necessity" for them to be on the floor. They lack a relationship with their team due to a disconnect in work knowledge. - they have a "master stylist program" that has become increasingly disheartening. Many quit because of a misleading job description. They are required to have open schedules and no longer have client taking privileges because they are promised a huge impact job that will require their constant presence and help. In the end, you basically become a glorified receptionist/assistant with no hands in hair. - poor work/life balance in higher positions. You have to be willing to give up any chances of a social/home life if you want to work in the management or training teams. They have no flexibility or promise of a set schedule. You must make yourself available on phone and email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - must be "obsessed" with the Drybar way, otherwise they will never notice you. No raises, no chance of promotion. - managers and assistant managers have no qualms in showing favorites and have inappropriate/unprofessional conversations.

1.0
Jan 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great co workers, Long shift hours, flexibility , easy to get your shift covered if you want to go somewhere.

Cons

Poor management Superly underpaid Blamed for everything long wait till your break no raises lots of hard work for low slave pay I have only been working here for a couple of months and i must say this is the worst job i have ever had. It is not just me either, a lot of my co workers say the same thing we are majorly UNDER PAID. Right now i am a bartender (receptionist ) and my job title should be supervisor or manager. We do everything!!! the "managers" just sit upstairs in their little coop and text on their phones, email, eat whenever the hell they want, relax while I whose a receptionist is checking in clients while its busy, putting stylist on their lunches, taking payments, getting clients drinks, oh they want you to talk to clients too! half the time clients don't even want to talk they want to be left alone but they want us to keep bugging them! Also we will open the shop super early in the morning and "managers" whom are paid way more than us don't come in the shop till noon or 1 pm after their well rested and they also leave before we close the shop. oh by the way receptionist are paid $10 an hour for working as managers. Closing shift you have to clean everything, inventory, deposit the cash drawer, count money which is a freaking headache. Allie is the founder and i must say while she's swimming in her 40 million dollar business she better wake up pronto because if you do not start treating your employers with respect and paying your stylist $8.50 YOUR BUSINESS WONT DO WELL!.. When she was doing blow outs at peoples homes I'm sure she wouldn't appreciate working all day for $8.50. if you keep treating your workers bad your business will flop! Also they can be a little racist as well! sometimes stylist will talk about not wanting to do african american hair! very disrespectful to say. Dry bar has a lot of different races that come into this business and seeing only white faces in the look book can be intimidating. be diverse! this place wants to be all high end and only open shops in rich areas but are paying their workers off of Mc donalds salary. AGAIN IF YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF AND WORK ANOTHER JOB I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY.

1.0
Feb 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The friends I have met are some of the closest friends I've ever made at a work place. Some of the more valuable clients that come in are wonderful and tip generously. You really can't beat the flexible schedule especially great for those who like to freelance. The shifts are short 8-2 or 2-9. Fun atmosphere, the locations are in really cool neighborhoods/locations. You'll likely get to blowout a celebrity once or twice especially here on the west side locations (Brentwood, Pali, Santa Monica, Marina del rey) You're allowed to offer your color services to your clients which is great when your trying to build your clientele in that area. Plus you can hop around to the different shops and pick up shifts. Bottom line: cool friends, good tips (when clients are generous) snacks and hip locations.

Cons

They work you like an animal, no lunch breaks and clients back to back. They expect appointments to a 30 minute window so they can get more clients in which means more money in their pocket. Just expect to make minimum wage plus tips (Which averages out to about $60 a day). Tips range from $5-$10 with the rare occasional $20 tip. They don't give raises. Clients are allowed to demand outrageous preferences and walk all over us stylist. The slightest complaint will instantly result in a free blow out, then you get scolded like a child. (They have this part figured out to a science) Don't expect to grow with the company unless you like tattle-telling on others to kiss face with the owner on her instagram or buddy with the managers. They only promote those "obsessed" with the company and owner, not those who are hard working and actually deserve a promotion. They only have health benefits for full time employees (basically management) which they'll make sure they start cutting your hours so you only work PT. We've fired our shop assistants and cleaning crew at all shops which means stylist now have to slave over all the clients, clean the bathrooms, brushes, shampoo room, back room etc..... you get the point all for $9.00 wow. How is this even legal? Expect your body to be completely abused by the horrible work expectations doing clients back to back holding a heavy blow drier for 6+ hrs constantly rolling the brushes. It's not worth it! The amount of pay you make compared to the hard, physical work you're pulling doesn't equal out. Bottom line: poor work conditions, no breaks, terrible pay, unfair favoritism per management.

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