Hair Mechanix reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

Tiffany Morgan

80% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Hair Mechanix has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Hair Mechanix employee rating is 20% above average for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.4 stars).

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26 reviews
2.0
Apr 28, 2024

It’s cool at first

Recommend
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Pros

Great money, cool clients, and decent shop vibe. They hire pretty much any licensed female stylist, regardless of your experience with men’s hair (but they have no formal employee training) so it’s an easy place to start out. It was a great place when I first started, the owner (despite things listed in “cons”) did seem to genuinely care about her employees for the most part. She did a lot to help a lot of us, especially during covid.

Cons

Poor communication, pretty toxic leadership, they try to prevent your clients from finding you when you move on to your own or a different company. The owner of the location I worked at tended to gossip a lot, spread some misinformation, and seemed to try and play employees against each other sometimes. They only hired women (and they seemed to prefer physical appearance *ie your hair, body, how desirable they thought the target demographic would find you* over actual talent) despite MANY experienced male barbers interest in employment, which isn’t very inclusive. Rarely fully staffed so you’re expected to work on your off days if somebody calls out.

1.0
Mar 30, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the other workers are nice, rare but nice.

Cons

Not enough clients, terrible employees (not contractors because they treat you like an employee without the pay) Owner doesn’t know how to run a business and keep employees. High turn over rate. No surprise there. Too many people working on a slow day during the week to make it worth going to work. Catty and clicky, unhappy woman.

2.0
Mar 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

They were usually somewhat steady with walk ins which made it easy to build a clientele. Mostly laid back atmosphere

Cons

Tell you you’re an independent contractor but then make you work set hours. Give you commission and make it based on performance but then also charge you credit card fees and other weird fees out of your credit card tips. Something you wouldn’t know unless you check your numbers in the computer, which usually only management has access to. Drama, drama and more drama. None of the girls could seem to get along when I was there

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