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
1.0
Jun 18, 2014

Horrible company to work for

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Pros

Met some great people, but that is not enough. There are too many horrible things to list, but basically this company wants you to work like a slave without fair compensation. The people who fancy themselves authority figures are morons.

Cons

This is a horrible company to work for. If you went to school and have a license, this job is beneath you. You will make more money at SuperCuts. The managers know that this is as far as they will ever go in life, so their way of feeling accomplished is by talking down to and mistreating staff, or commissioning one of their incompetent receptionists to do so on their behalf. Here's a tip: by mistreating the stylists, you are biting the hand that feeds you, because the work we do with our hands is what actually brings in the money. No matter how many fake corporate drones you have to write reviews about what a "wonderful" company this is, word has gotten out. The majority of your employees hate you. The blow-dry bar trend may not be dead yet, but truly talented people will not put up with the crap you guys offer, and your turnover will remain high. In your recruiting propaganda you claim to want to be like Nordstrom, well here is another tip: Nordstrom not only rolls out the red carpet for their customers, they are amazing toward their staff. In any customer service environment, happy service providers deliver great service. Not to mention Nordstrom actually pays their employees a fair wage. I'll have a good laugh when I hear about the first wave of lawsuits against this awful company.

2.0
Apr 20, 2016

Pay people more

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule, you meet great people (the clients and coworkers)

Cons

They DO NOT pay a livable wage to their employees and that is why the quality of the staff has declined over the years. This is especially an issue since they have all their locations in upscale communities. Many employees burn out because they are commuting from at least 30 minutes away(this is true for most LA locations). Moving up the ladder is very political and NOT based on merit.

2.0
Jul 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Made some really good friends while working here.

Cons

Their only concern is keeping hours low which translates into a lot of frustrated stylists and bartenders having to come into work and getting paid for maybe half of the time.

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