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European Wax Center

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European Wax Center reviews

2.8

38% would recommend to a friend

(4,270 total reviews)
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Chris Morris

29% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

European Wax Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,270 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The European Wax Center employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.2 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Jul 12, 2016

They will burn you out.

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Pros

It is really easy, repetitive work if you can catch on quickly enough. If you are lucky enough to get hired into a well run center, you will make some pretty decent money. Every center is different, but our center has a really baller pay structure when it comes to bonuses and meeting their standards. I have worked here 3 years and I have 2 weeks of PTO, can't hate that. Mind you, not every center offers this.

Cons

Every center is different, as much as corporate preaches "constancy". So you might get really awesome managers, or you might be up a creek without a paddle. We have a few centers in my city and some of them are a total nightmare. You wont know until you get there. My cons are mostly with the joke of rules corporate likes to implicate. Everything is scripted, they expect you to be so pushy with sales, if you're not on a coast line your store simply does not exists unless it is for something negative. Any negativity your invisible store has eventually wears out your manager who is probably breaking their back trying to put you on corporates radar (positively) and they eventually just get so burned out that it doesn't even matter anymore. I feel like all of the "inland" stores are corporates unwanted step children, they pay us little to no attention unless it is to scold us. If you are planing to become a waxer, I wish you the best of luck in your journey through the levels. The amount of services you have to do in 15 minutes is extremely difficult. I have seen so many wonderful waxers get burned out, or go on leave for developed hand problems. OH, there are also no benefits. Which is a joke considering how large EWC actually is. That a lone makes me feel like corporate is so cheap, and values us so little they can't even invest in some health care to keep us here longer. Some other cons would be pay period to weekend hours structure. The pay period was recently just changed to Sunday-Saturday. Why? So we can be worked both weekend days without being thrown into over time (mind you, most centers are open 8-6 on the weekend), so there goes any weekend life you may have wanted. The guests are mind blowingly rude. If you can not handle being cussed out multiple times a week because people don't know how to show up on time, this is not for you. There is no room to grow unless you decide to become a manager or open a center yourself and the turn over rate for employees AND managers is just terrible. Honestly, I used to love this place. I saw so much potential in my sales and the "brand", I was top 3 in the state 10+ times. Now a days, I can barely drag myself through the door.

1.0
Oct 18, 2015
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Pros

Scheduling is perfect if you're a student, commission is great if you are good at sales, and the guest are amazing.

Cons

EWC is everything that is wrong with retail today. They have a habit of treating their loyal staff like they treat their bad staff. They only see you as a number not as a human being, they watch your every move and if you forget one tiny bit of information you are written up. They look for reasons to keep writing you up, and give the nonproductive employee's second chances. They make racial sly racist jokes, that go undocumented and gossip about everyone. Upper management treats you like dirt, and always has a condescending response when you bring up an issue. I am so glad I put in my notice I couldn't work there another month.

1.0
Sep 11, 2015

Don't do it!

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Pros

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Cons

Where to begin, you don't get days off & you're like a slave to them. No breaks or lunch also. Making $8 an hour isn't worth it, much better off if you get a job at a regular spa or salon. Funny that all the "positive" reviews on here are from management or EWC not actual slaves who have worked there. There's a reason people are always quitting. My location had only been open a month & already had 6 people quit! DON'T DO IT, unless you want funny book material in the future from the crazy stories you'll have.

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