Pluspunten
You have the opportunity to play with a large range of hair, skin, and nail products. It's great for a product junkie like myself. Free product giveaways happen regularly. The company offers product training classes that you can use to further help you sell products. This job is great for a highschool student or a beauty school student who only needs part-time hours. The salon offers hourly vs. commission and booth rent opportunities. The store hours are nice as far as retail is concerned... I never leave later then 8:15pm.
Minpunten
The pay is minimum wage with almost non-existant opportunities for pay increases. The managers have first grabs on hours so the rest of the staff is left with limited part-time hours... like 15 hours per week. Overtime is a no-no if you are an hourly employee. Beauty consultants have sales goals that are unrealistic in the face of the sour economy. Management pushes Gold Card sales and then they are the ones who get bonuses if we meet our goals. The products are overpriced and slow to replinish... our store is always out of our best sellers and it's embarassing to turn down sales to frustrated customers.