Great Clips reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,137 total reviews)
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Rob Goggins

70% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Great Clips has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,137 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 Serviços pessoais do consumidor industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Apr 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The other stylists in the shop were hard working, decent people. Hair dressers are awesome.

Cons

Lower wages than a drive in burger joint, and average tips of $3 since their price points are lower than a beauty college charges. Fake "promise" of training and benefits. You only get them if you work 40 hours. They will NEVER schedule you for 40. (They'll work you 39.5, though.) They hire people right our of college, then expect them to have clipper cutting expertise, even though school that teach proper hair cutting, don't teach clipper cutting with guards. New employees are left to fend for themselves on day 2. Attitude of management and franchisees is that hairdressers are a dime a dozen, No respect for the profession when 13-17 min haircuts (from time of check in and including consultations) are expected. Everyone is really getting the same haircut. No training at all. I was sent out to cut hair the first day, whether I knew how to do clipper cuts, or not. Embarrassing "redos" with verbal critique in front of the customer and staff.

2.0
Jan 25, 2024
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

New out of beauty school, training. Hourly pay with some benefits at some locations. Tips can be good in some locations.

Cons

Schedules in-consistent each week. Inexperienced or non-existent management team, lots of drama. Management makes assumptions without asking employees. This franchise is not respected in the community compared to other franchises. Ten hour shifts in some cases which is hard on the body. 14 - 17 average haircut times if you like that. Better to do 2 haircuts an hour and build a customer base. Not all Great Clips offer productivity or commission pay or benefits to all if its employees. Ask questions before taking a job. If they are not worth giving a notice to when you quit, then they are not worth working for.

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Great Clips Response
2y
Since each salon is independently owned and operated, your franchisee would be the best person to address your concerns. Please contact them directly regarding any issues with employment.
2.0
Oct 22, 2023

Great Clips

Recommend
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Pros

Paid by the hour so there’s a guaranteed wage. Friendly environment. They offer more then minimum wage to start.

Cons

Highly stressful work days. Paid by the hour to do 2.5 haircuts per-hour to make company quota. That’s each client in and out your chair with a timed haircut of 13-15 minutes, and selling them product out the door. They seem under staffed all the time and don’t put enough people on the floor during busy weekends, puting more stress under employees. Two people on a busy day not allowing for lunches or being able to go to a bank to cash in change. There’s a lot of company policy’s and dress codes and employee rules. It’s above minimum wage, however I can go up the street and make four dollars more an hour at McDonald’s without a diploma. This is a state license required job that we have to pay to go to school for. I am extremely disappointed in this company in particular, you would think for a state license required job in a multi million dollar corporation that runs nationwide would pay they’re employees just a little more and have more people on hand to accommodate less stressful busy times.

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Great Clips Response
2y
Since each salon is independently owned and operated, your franchisee would be the best person to address your concerns. Please contact them directly regarding any issues with employment.
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