It's okay - Anonymous employee Great Clips Employee Review

2.0
Apr 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You are on the floor immediately and making money. I worked with some great people and I even loved our district manager. Working here got me back on my feet after a bad year concerning employment. I loved my manager❤️

Cons

They work and work and work you until you drop. Redundancy in just doing one haircut after another. You are productive but it's not fulfilling work. Not the best clientele and have they no consideration by standing over stylists or getting too close. A "get what you pay for " attitude with some stylists. Shift work makes your schedule unpredictable on a daily basis where schedules were changed with no notice. The pay is very low especially for the amount of work that's expected. It's assembly line work. The reward for hard work is that you get to work harder and harder. There is no reward for selling their prepaid cards, being a high producer or going the extra mile. No work life balance due to too erratic of a schedule and rarely do you get any weekend day off. No color services are offered. You cannot flourish artistically as a professional and the high turnover speaks volumes. Open until 9:00 PM...

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Great Clips Response
10y
We are sorry to read about your frustrations while working in a Great Clips salon. If you would like follow up from your former franchisee, please email Jeanne@greatclips.com with the location where you were employed. We will then forward it to the franchisee to contact you regarding your concerns. Thank you.

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