The good, the bad and the worse - Stylist Drybar Employee Review

2.0
7 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

HR is amazing. The salon IS very accepting of different personalities/styles in terms of they love crazy hair, and piercings and tattoos and different clothing fashions.

Cons

Your fellow stylist are a bunch of "mean girls" with bad attitudes, your pay is horrible for how hard they work you with OFTEN not have any break all shift even on doubles or maybe ONE 30 minutes on doubles, doing 7-8 clients in a row without having a minute to use the bathroom, drink water, take a bite of food you ordered 4 hours ago, bartenders steal commission and tips, its constantly under staffed and people wait 15-35 minutes for blowouts on a daily basis so not only do your clients already have bad attitudes but it takes the bartenders almost the whole blowout to grab their drink. Some stylist are SLOWWWW so you will finish your 6th blow dry while other people are finishing their 3rd so you are working twice as hard for the same pay and same break time.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A Leadership team that is always supportive - Trust me, you think they wouldn't be flexible because of how high of demand they are.. but they ARE. So grateful to have found a place right out of school. I also am making more than I did at my restaurant serving. The consistency of training and gaining my skill since I'm new out of Cosmetology school, I greatly appreciate the help and support.

Cons

June is a little more mellow.. Not as many clients like the typical 8-10 per day.

3.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The BEST thing about being employed as the hairstylist is that you do not have to worry about bringing/having a “BOOK” ; like in some cases where hair salons would prefer a new stylist to have a clientele base upon starting! Drybar hairstylist can easily build a “Booked & Busy” client based request if you follow these 3 tips: •SPEED (45min tops for the whole process)! •CONSISTENCY (Client consultation, Shampooing, Styling, ReBook)! •SCHEDULE ( wether you Full/Part time); Time Management is the key to maintaining your daily/weekly/monthly schedule!

Cons

Drybar is NOT your average corporate salon, they DO NOT like for hairdressers to sit around riding their CLOCK w/o nothing to do, they will have you clock out for the rest of your shift and send you home (ex.; if your shift is from 12pm-6pm and the salon slowdown around 2:15pm ( if you NOT cleaning, sweeping, restocking) they will send you home); literally, just putting you at 2hrs 15min for the day!! Highly played FAVORITISM (Depending on your “Home Salon” from District, manager to Salon manager ), *YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A VALID REASON * ( JEALOUSY or HATING either or both are very UNPROFESSIONAL in the workplace)!

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