Working at great clips for hair — Reviews by Employees

I loved working here. I robbed these fuckers blind. Best job I ever had.

I actually use to work for Great Clips in Lima ohio as a stylist in 2006/07. I loved my manager and my job. The pay was decent for what i was making, the Manager was fun loving, hilarious to work with and always wanted to make sure that everything was running smoothly with no cauos. We had a strong team there, where we would pull shifts for each other if one was sick or kids were sick. The manager did not live close by but she would cover shifts or come in early to help out! The manager truley cared about all of us girls by giving love and caring to each of us. The location was awesome and work enviorment was so good that you actuallly enjoyed going to work. It was a great job and I miss it. I had to move away with my mother and the Great Clips in my area are not as great as the one in Ohio. My manager at the time made sure she took the time to have a going away party for me and gave me the most beautiful book with sayings in it to get through life, I will truly never forget her, she was one of a kind. My manager always made sure that we each had a life with our family as well as days off as needed so we could do what we wanted with boyfriends and friends and she always gave each and everyone the most respect ever by talking with you about problems working through them rather then blowing you off. She truley cared and It was the best boss i have ever had! So KUDOS to you GREAT CLIPS FOR SUCH A GREAT MANAGER and GREAT EXPERIENCE! and SORRY to the rest of you who have had bad experiences with great clips, im sure every employee has something bad to say about there employer wheter its great clips or hospital jobs, walmart, etc......

all i can say is wow.... this place is horrible its where hairstylist go to die.. the managers treat you bad the GM's are worse. they change the rules to fit who and what they like at the moment. for instance i colored my hair a bright manic panic color and my GM commented at a workshop that he loved the color. and the next day my manager told me i had to change the color because" Richard didnt like it".. even though it is not against the dress code policy and my manager informed me that if anystylist are seen sitting down during work we will be sent home and possibly fired, and to make matters worse we dont get paid for closing the salon the system makes you check out of work before you can run the end of day paper work and close the store

I was an employee of this company I have worked for other company's and make more money. You work very hard and a lot of times with out breaks. The turn over is very high and a lot of times the company is short handed. That makes a persons job a lot harder,When you have back to back customers. And they have hard to meet expectations of the employees.

great clips I used to work for cheated their employees. They have this 10=2 rule, if 2 or more stylist sit for 10 min with no cust someone has to clock out,,, meaning we ALL have to clock out in between clients, or you will get written up and moved to part time. Then come holidays,,,, no one gets paid because they say we didn't work enough hrs! Not that you can check because they may give you a pay stub every other pay day.The owners talk ugly to the employees, The sad part is all the employees there work very hard and give their all and work as a team to support each other. They are scared of the owners joe and christine kissick.
At one point, a part time receptioist ordered a pair of cutting shears from the owners and was later fired for stealing.... guess who had to pay for the shears? yep,,, all of us did, we won some money from corporate for breaking a record,,, they took the money from the shears from that..... we didn't hire him! When they remolded their greensboro location the stylist had to work in dust, paint fumes and very little air while they were doing electical.... Not all our booths were open, so being short staffed we had to work 9 hrs shifts with no breaks ,,, period,, we got clocked out to use the bathroom! I loved my customers and loved my team,,,, but it was like working in a sweat shop

Just an example of how much Great Clips Corporate cares about employees. Regarding swine flu, they sent out a notice that "denying customers service because they display one or more symptoms is not appropriate" which is completely opposite of the CDC guidelines to protect yourself from H1N1. In our salon, one of the stylists is pregnant, the most vulnerable group - I hope they know they just opened themselves up to BIG lawsuit if she gets seriously ill.

I work for this company for quite a while.They do not listen to employies needs they do not care..... about there workers and the pay is awful. One person is expected to pull all the weight while others get by with out doing anything, You can not give good customer service when you are short staffed and they expect you to be perfect no matter what the sitution is. The turn over is everyday.The customers are not happy when they come in and see new faces every week. They have impossible rules to try and meet the requirements on.There is absolutily no trust from the establishment. No matter how hard you work you do not bring home enough money to provide for your self much less a family. But yet they keep adding stores.Go figure

I've been a "real" hairstylist/colorist at a full service hair salon in an affluent area for 8 or 9 years. After I took a year off from working I decided to get a part time job @ Great Clips. I was thinking, steady customers, hourly wage, no need to rebuild my clientel right away, etc.
I'll tell you right now, don't do it! The entire back room is full of statistics. They keep track of your every move, down to how long it takes you to clean your station between clients. As a very experienced stylist it was humiliating when the little redneck managers would stand over me and watch me do hair cuts, commenting at every snip of the shears.
I even once had to go stand outside with a sign on a busy street that said "low wait time! Great Clips!".
I was fired within about a week. I'm 30 years old and have never been fired from anywhere. When they let me go they said they just didn't have time to teach me the "Great Clips way". Very silly place indeed...

Horrible place to work. Most Great Clips are being bought up by middle eastern or other foreigners from third world countries who think that they can intimidate and threaten your job if you don't live for your work place. They buy up these places, change pay (closing incentives) without notifying employees, they change the product commission from 15% to 5% without notifying employees, change the posted schedule every couple of days and expect that you change your plans accordingly, refuse to give anyone 2 days off in a row, no raises or even reviews for that matter, won't turn on the air conditioner even at 80 degrees and tell you to pack up and leave if you complain, expect you to come in early to blow-up baloons and put out signs all over the parking lot without clocking in, stay late doing closing duties AFTER clocking out, schedule you to work until 9 even though the store closes at 8 (they want it to look good in case corporate came in and looked at the schedule)and it makes it look like you have more hours when you don't, and they send you home early nearly everyday when it is slow. The owners can't speak english so they can't answer phones or interract with customers without seeming pushy or idiotic. They hire people from their country who can't speak english either and screw-up customers hair because the consultation is useless. These are the facts as I have experienced them. Still considering working for Great Clips?

Pay: I am full-time flex. I give 100% every day. I pick up other people's slack. I cover for them, I clean up after them, etc. My average paycheck every two weeks is $350. Yeah. Live on that. You will be given quotas to meet in terms of product sales, cut times, down time, return customers, how many times you breathe a minute...and if you don't meet these (which you won't, because they are unrealistic) your job is threatened and you will not get that illusive 50 cent raise they promised you after 90 days. Should you be lucky enough to meet the quotas, don't get too excited. The moment you slip, there goes your raise. They'll take it away.

Respect: I approach my superiors with respect. I work hard. I get ignored in return. Sure, I respect authority figures...now if only I could find some.

Benefits: Kaiser. Give me a break. And it's more pricey at $80 a check for a single person than any insurance I've ever had through an employer. They offer you a 401(k), but I'd like to meet the girl who retires off of Great Clips.

Job Security: There is none. I've been threatened to be fired 3 times in the past year. If the other girls don't like you, they WILL get rid of you. Bar none. You are expendable. There are millions of naive girls applying every day. You mean NOTHING to this company.

Work/Life Balance: I have no life outside of Great Clips because I am scheduled six days a week with two split shifts a week. A split shift means you open - go home and stew about the fact that you don't have time to do anything before you go back to work - and then you close. And don't coun't on getting out of there at close because you HAVE to take every jerk that walks in up until the minute. You're usually looking at an extra hour of work for - get this - $1.50 "closing" pay. And nine times out of ten I get called in on my day off to cover for someone who doesn't feel like going in that day.

Career Potential/Growth: Non-existent.

Location: About the only perk you'll get from working in a Great Clips is it's like Starbucks...one on every corner.

Co-Worker Competence: Expect to pick up everyone's slack, cover for them, watch them take a million breaks a day, blow smoke in your face while you're eating, talk smack, and generally just act like it's high school and they don't have to do anything. But tell them you would appreciate a change and they'll have you fired in no time flat. Don't go to the boss either, 'cause chances are, they're drinking buddies.

Work Environment: I have arthritis from doing this job for ten years. I've explained that to my co-workers and boss numerous times when they insist on keeping the thermostat at 66 degrees. I can't seem to make them understand that cold temperatures affect the joints and make it nearly impossible for me to do my job. No one cleans up after themselves in the break room so expect to eat in hair and filth unless you can escape to Taco Bell. It's much cleaner there. And chances are, the one who never makes the mess is the one who cleans it up out of sheer disgust.