The least rewarding job I've ever had. - Prestige Consultant Ulta Beauty Employee Review

3.0
Aug 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent discount (25%) - Lots of gratis for prestige - Good relationships with customers - Received a raise for good review - Hinting at a promotion to Prestige Manager (Who knows, though!) - Sales aren't based on commission, so my team doesn't have to fight over the "good" shifts

Cons

- Severely understaffed in prestige and cashiers - We are a "lower" store so we get less hours, at one point I was getting NINE HOURS A WEEK! - Management treats our keyholder like a slave. She only closes, and almost always 5 nights a row (Wed-Sun!) - Being a lower store, we don't get full lines (ex. Benefit, Studio Gear, Iman) or much support from vendors. - It takes us months to get new testers of anything. - No recognition of any kind of job well done from management (except keyholder) - Keyholder is the only manager that has any relationships with our customers, also is the only manager to come out of the office for more than 5 minutes at a time - I get blamed for any fragrance theft, even if it shows I was in the middle of a makeover during that time!

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Cons

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Cons

No furthering development Keep toxic (leaders especially) allowing unacceptable behavior conduct and violation of company code Communication is very poor…it’s inconsistent,For example managers are not provided with direct email accounts so it’s a community email box. This causes a large amount of information to be read by the wrong audience and is not communicated if read by the wrong leader

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