bareMinerals reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(962 total reviews)

Neela Montgomery

56% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

bareMinerals has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 962 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The bareMinerals 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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962 reviews
1.0
Apr 17, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful products, great discount. That is all.

Cons

If Leslie only knew how the company has changed since Miles took over as CEO. The pay structure is well below what other companies pay for the same job functions. They forced the field to go to a flat rate auto allowance that got taxed then changed it back to mileage after many drove thousands of miles a month. Now they are getting pennies compared to what the federal guidelines require. There is absolutely no work/life balance. The field team works 10-15 hours a day between events and driving then spends their saturday nights after working events all day doing reports that take an additional 2 hours each night. The Company gave out no raises in 2009 but sold out to Shisedo for millions of dollars. Bare Escentuals is a very greedy company and ONLY to the higher ups in corp make money. Its truly sad how corporate they have become. the days of the 'girlfriend" brand are gone Leslie. If you only knew. It's only about the almighty dollar now. They had such a great thing going. They took the wrong turn. Very unfortunate. They are currently trying to make Forbes top 100 companies to work for. They sent out a corp survey last year before things got as bad as they are now, and saw they are NO WHERE close to ever getting there. If they were to ask again now, they wold get an even worse response

3.0
Dec 8, 2015

account manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good discount and allocation. Great products you can trust.

Cons

No growth same people in same positions after 5 years even with growth every year. Small counters just left. Can never get hold of anyone higher up. Feel ignored sometimes.

2.0
Feb 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The only pros I feel is worth posting at this point is the discount you get on the product and making your own schedule.

Cons

You have no life outside of BE On your days off expect to be on conference calls. Your DM call you regarding the business(again, on your day off). Can't even get off for a death in the family(was basically told things happen). Your micro-managed! The word manager is irrelevant. I was always worried to even go to the bathroom so I didn't miss a call from the DM and got questioned for leaving the area. Paper work! Paper work! Paper work all day long! I rather be more focused on spending time with the customer than worried about meeting deadlines! Isn't that the BE focus? The girlfriend atmosphere? Doesn't feel like it what so ever. No communication between BE and Department store. Your pretty much on your own. And if anything goes wrong the finger is pointed at you. There are NO drinks allowed at your area. Not even water? Ridiculous! Your expected to promote the business and advertise on a daily basis! This is NOT our job! There would be no need for such things at the counter if the company was exclusive and not all over the place(Sephora, Ulta, TV). Goals way too high to achieve. When made the monthly goal always asked why we didn't exceed over.

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