Does Sally Beauty pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sally Beauty employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sally Beauty. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sally Beauty?

40% of Sally Beauty employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sally Beauty 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sally Beauty?

Beauty Advisor (673) , Sales Associate (506) , Store Manager (402) , Manager (111) , Sales Associate/Cashier (92) , Assistant Manager (80) , Retail Sales Associate (72) , Cashier (51) , District Manager (45) , Customer Service Representative (33) , Assistant Store Manager (31) , Beauty Consultant (29) , Color Consultant (27) , Beauty Associate (22) , Retail Store Manager (22)

What are the pros of working at Sally Beauty according to real employee reviews?

"Free products from Sally brands every month to get you familiar with what you're selling." ((in 186 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the manager is really understanding with my schedule since I’m in school" ((in 144 reviews)); "you meet great coworkers" ((in 109 reviews)); "Okay if very very flexible hours and genuinely interested in dedicating much of your energy and time to be a beauty sales associate" ((in 103 reviews)); "Employee discount, flexible schedule, first dibs on new products." ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sally Beauty according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and organization and they expect to to do way too much for what they’re paying" ((in 274 reviews)); "Store Managers do not reward top producers that are hard workers." ((in 185 reviews)); "The District Manager is awful she has 19 stores and can not keep up with them." ((in 61 reviews)); "• no work life balance" ((in 52 reviews)); "Pay is low, my only raise in 9 months was 17 cents." ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sally Beauty layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Sally Beauty layoffs and their outlook for job security at Sally Beauty in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Sally Beauty locations?

Denton , Houston , Dallas , San Antonio , Chicago , New York , Phoenix , Los Angeles , Austin , Columbus , Las Vegas , Jacksonville , Atlanta , Tampa , Sacramento , Pittsburgh , Charlotte , Philadelphia , Boston , Fort Worth , Nashville , Indianapolis , Reno , Portland , Miami , Salt Lake City , Kansas City , Albuquerque , Saint Louis , Detroit

Sally Beauty reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(3,538 total reviews)

Denise Paulonis

41% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Sally Beauty has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,538 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sally Beauty employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews

2.0

Sep 25, 2016

Abysmal training, insulting pay

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers were nice and helpful. Most customers were sweet and fun to talk to. Decent discount.

Cons

Unrealistic sales quotas. Lack luster training. Insultingly low pay for knowledgable employees. Company needs to realize you shouldn't expect much motivation out of its employees for 15hrs/week at minimum wage. Kinda hard to give a damn when you're not making enough to feed yourself for the week. But hey, at least you'll have nice smelling hair!

3.0

Jan 23, 2016

Sally salon services

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun to work with hair and beauty, with nice regular customers. Can take a lunch break when you want, not really a schedule to your day which is nice because you can sort of do what you want to do that day.

Cons

Bad management. 20% discount but anybody can get 20% off on VAT free day. Not enough training provided and was expected to reach unrealistic targets selling magazines that nobody wants to buy. Rota was always changed at the last minute. Not very good incentives and not very good pay unless you completed the hair or beauty training which I did and was there for over a year but was never signed off because they couldn't be bothered so never got the higher rate of pay.

1.0

Oct 13, 2015

3-Year Employee

Full-time sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

· Working with hair products · No qualifications required to get hired

Cons

· Minimal room for growth within the company · Long shifts - we were encouraged to work 11am to 9pm with only a 30 minute break · Low starting salary with 0.1% annual salary increases upon completion of performance review · Management is not hired based on management ability and is provided with very minimal tools to succeed at managing · Employee incentives cost employee shipping costs and are taxed

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