Owner is a hothead - Hair Stylist Great Clips Employee Review

2.0
May 23, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work at salon level, decent tips, busy environment, great for out of beauty school for experience with haircuts. Flexible scheduling. Salon manager is wonderful. Owner is different

Cons

The owner is crazy, at minimum. During COVID times he told me that he would not keep my position (last week of may to June 5th) unpaid, when I asked because my daughter was out of school and her dad was deployed. When I was offered another position I asked the owner if I had a job still at great clips and he stated “I’ve taken this as your voluntary resignation. you must think I’m stupid, I’ll be contacting UI tomorrow”. He filed an appeal against the unemployment claim and lost, without me even going to the court dates. Also, I’m 25 with carpal tunnel and tendinitis after working there for 3 years. Doing 25-30 haircuts in a 8 hour shift just to make 50$-100$ in tips isn’t worth it.

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Great Clips Response
5y
If you would like to share more, please email customerservice@greatclips.com and we will forward it to your franchisee. Since each salon is independently owned and operated, the franchisee would be the best person to address your feedback. Thank you.

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5.0
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Pros

Supportive team, flexible schedule, good tips, learning opportunities, friendly customers

Cons

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Great Clips Response
4mo
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, and for everything you're doing for the team!
5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Flexible schedules, 401k, health, & dental benefits, bonuses (based on salon performance, base wage with poetional to hit commission on service & product sales, fun friendly & welcoming environment for employees/customers, continuing education for growth in the industry, professional career growth with Great Clips (depending upon your franchise)

Cons

Haircutting exclusive so if you enjoy other services in the industry (chemicals, waxing, updo styling) this is not the place Franchised salons, so salons are ran differently.

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Great Clips Response
3d
We appreciate you sharing your experience and all that you do to support your salon every day. Thank you for being part of the team and for everything you do to create a GREAT experience in the salon.
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