Just another corporate salon with the attitude that nothing is ever good enough. - Hair Stylist Sport Clips Employee Review

1.0
Feb 3, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent tips and hourly pay compared to other franchises. Flexibility in scheduling.

Cons

This used to be a really awesome company to work for, but over the years they are totally going dowhhill. All owners seem to care about is how they can make more money. They increase stylists "minimum expectations" constantly so it's harder and harder to make bonuses... (for example i have worked for 3 different sport clips franchise owners and have yet to see ANYTHING from bonuses) Once your salon as a whole comes close to hitting the "goals" they raise them even higher. I work at one of the best and busiest sport clips in the state of illinois, and even though our client retention is awesome and our numbers are great they keep pushing our minimum retail and backbar numbers to where we cant reach. They could care less how your customer service is, they just want you to push push push and upsell everyone. And when you dont they write you up and cut your hours. The hours are also completely inconsistent. I was hired as a full time employee, yet one week i will have 35 hours and the next 13. No respect for stylists, it becomes a very stressful working environment. Oh and their "5 point play" for customer service is absolutely rediculus. If you follow everything they want you to do, you sound like a robot. Even the clients laugh about it. As a whole the company is a joke. DO NOT WORK HERE!!

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Health Insurance and 401k definitely help. A lot of hairdressers are moms and some of them single moms, so these benefits help a lot! My team leader and area manager are amazing at helping and keeping me feeling good about how I'm doing.

Cons

none, I have to say, if you're willing to work and make something of yourself and want to work for a great company that will recognize that. This is the place to be!

1.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No pros beside it being a paycheck

Cons

Wasn’t allowed to have colored hair as a stylist, franchise owners in Arizona push their conservative beliefs on employees, didn’t even allow facial piercings, as time goes by and I’m working at an amazing salon and being treated for what I’m worth, being valued and paid an actual living wage, being allowed to express my individuality, being able to finally find somewhere where I’ve been able to blossom in my 8 years of hairdressing, I’m realizing just how awfully sport clips treats their employees, absolute joke of a wage for the productivity, work, and hours they expect, started here fresh out of beauty school and was constantly undermined, a lot of workplace bullying, favoritism, outcasting stylists that didn’t fit the perfect Sportclips “ideal.” Unless you want to be a slave to Sportclips, and constantly told cut faster cut faster sell more sell more and creating an uncomfortable experience for the stylist and client, making it feel like a sales job, it’s such an outdated way to operate, to hit numbers for the commission you’d have to sell like a car seller and do 10-15 minute haircuts for hours on end. don’t work here. Not to mention the average tip clients leave is 5-7 while you get a minimum wage hourly. Just a spit in the face.

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