I've never been more miserable at a job in my life. - Beauty Advisor Ulta Beauty Employee Review

1.0
Dec 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good discount, most coworkers are really awesome

Cons

management is sneaky and secretive about promoting favored enployees. If you're not a favorite, expect an attitude and no promotion. No promotion within, management just hires new people for the position you've been dying to have and then avoid you so they don't have to deal with you being upset over it. The customers are disgustingly rude if you work on register. You get paid barely anything. Nobody can live off $8.50 an hour. They expect you to bend over backwards and work like a dog for no compensation. Don't work here.

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Cons

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Pros

Gratis There are good hard working people that want to do well. I am still there (barely) because I haven’t completely given up that things will be handled/addressed correctly for those not aligned with company vision and expectations. However after 5 years of inaction it’s hard to believe that positive change will actually and maybe just maybe Myself and others that are dedicatedI will be recognized vs taken for granted.

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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