Great Clips reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(4,141 total reviews)
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Rob Goggins

71% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Great Clips has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Great Clips employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servizi personali per i consumatori industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
2.0
Feb 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great Staff, tips can be okay at times

Cons

Our Manager was the only problem. When you take your authority to benefit no one but yourself, it makes for a very unpleasant & hostile work environment. To threaten your employees, not to bother going to the franchisee owner about you, that he only cares about the numbers, says something about your character.

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Great Clips Response
10y
We are sorry that you were frustrated with you manager while working at Great Clips. Since each salon in independently owned and operated, your concerns would be best addressed by the franchisee. You are welcome to email Jeanne@greatclips.com with the salon location & details. We will then forward your feedback to the franchisee for follow up with you. Thank you.
1.0
Feb 9, 2016

forced out

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Last salon was busy, great tips there. Amazing stylists to work with.

Cons

After 13 years was forced to terminate myself. The manager got away with talking to a client about "how disgusting I would look in a swimsuit", I was told how to eat, a shop pool party was cancelled because I was going to be there. The amount of torment that was allowed was ridiculous. People with that much self hate directed toward their employee shouldn't be in management. Franchisees did nothing about it. Was overlooked for management because she didn't "like" me even though I had the experience. After that many years still made less than $10 an hour and wasn't given my yearly reviews.

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Great Clips Response
10y
We are sorry to hear about your frustrations with the management. Each salon is independently owned & operated by a franchisee. If you would like us to forward your comments to the franchisee who employed you, please email Jeanne@greatclips.com. Include the location & we will forward it to the franchisee for you. Thank you for your feedback.
1.0
Feb 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good way to up your cutting skills, since its all cuts all day.

Cons

If you love working in a filthy salon this may be for you. If you want to scream at "customers" until they pick a cut you know how to do, this may be for you. If you want to be able to shave a childs head because your in a bad mood and dont want to deal with it, this may be for you. If you want to work cut-throat this is for you. If you want your schedule constantly changed so you dont build up clientele this is for you. If you want to do cuts 12 hours straight without a break during the sale, this is for you. If you want no manager or a bad manager, this is for you. If you want the owner to tell you its not his problem when something like the register is not working, this is for you. If you you dont like state board rules and regulations, this is for you. If you cannot live without drama everyday, this is for you. I gave it a try for a year, had a hard time with the no shampoo first thing going on, especially in an area where people dont bath regular.

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Great Clips Response
10y
We are sorry you were frustrated with your manager while you worked at Great Clips. Each salon is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. We would be happy to forward your comments to the franchisee who employed you. Please email Jeanne@greatclips.com with the location where you worked. We will then get this to the franchisee for you. Thank you for your feedback.
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