Sport Clips reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(2,476 total reviews)
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Edward Logan

69% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Sport Clips has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,476 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sport 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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2K reviews
1.0
Jun 3, 2021

Don't do it

Recommend
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Pros

The only good thing about this company is that the men tip good. The pay isn't bad if you work allot of hours.

Cons

You have to attend a week long class before even starting on how to cut men's hair(even if you already know how to) they don't pay for transportation. You have to buy all your own shirts a different shirt for everyday and the shirts aren't cheap. You have to sell a ridiculous amount of product. If you don't sell enough they will constantly threaten to fire you and cut your hours. They will also make you come in for a class before or after your shift Everytime you don't sell enough so you can learn how to be more pursuading and pushy about selling hair products. Most of these women that have worked here a long time are extremely petty and agressive their whole life is sports clips and full of sports clips drama. So pathetic. They talk about it outside of work it's like they eat,sleep, and breathe sports clips, it's hard to get away from the company once your in. It's like a cult they don't want you to leave. They will do anything so you don't leave switch your store etc.etc. it's almost impossible to get permanently fired from this company. It's a extremely demanding job, it will literally suck the life out of you, you never get weekends off. There are no set hours and they work you so much you can't have a life. If your not selling enough products that is. If you don't sell you won't be able to to live. They will cut your hours if you don't sell enough products. They want you to keep the conversation around sports and hair products. You have to be extremely pushy to get people to buy them. The products are expensive and hard to sell sometimes. They put guys on the spot and make them feel guilty or belittle them if they really can't afford the product. I felt sorry for so many men when because of how mean and minulaptive these women were to them. They only care about selling hair products not about the customer or his/her feelings. I would never work back there again, I swear I still think about it sometimes I compare it to leaving a abusive relationship because that's what it feels like when you leave. They put a extreme guilt trip on you, they will blame you for everything ! Say you were the problem and your not good enough to work for them because you just can't keep up with the other girls that are pushing hair products, yet they will on the other hand try to talk you into switching to another slower store. Crazy people don't do it ! Plus if you can't cut men's hair that well they will constantly trash talk you.

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Sport Clips Response
5y
Thank you for submitting your review. I am sorry to hear that you did not have a good experience at your location. Each store is owned and operated by a different store owner.
1.0
Oct 7, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people that have no idea they’re giving money to a terrible company.

Cons

They mess with your hours, if you get too close to 40, they adjust your time. They treat you like a child if you do anything off policy they threaten to fire you without even discussing why you did what you did. Also expected to take people 10 minutes after close.... why even have a closing time?!?!

3.0
Jan 22, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-Hourly Pay Guaranteed -Great Classes for Beginners -Easy access to talk to owner and higher management when you have issues -Very Flexible to your schedule -If you work long hours, they will usually give you a good length break, not just a quick 15. -If you just began cutting and are fresh out of school, they are patient with you and will work with you to get better USUALLY.

Cons

-They make commission impossible to hit, and they change it back and forth. Used to be “hit these numbers and you’ll get extra.” Then they literally told us they are paying us too much so they made the commission all or nothing. You have to hit retail, shampoo %, and service dollar per hour to get ANYTHING, which could result in only 25¢ extra an hour. -Even when you do hit commission, you don’t get a normal % like most salons, you get extra cents or dollars per hour for just that paycheck IF you hit the minimum numbers they give you -they give you a key and call you “key holder” which basically means you get to act as a manager without the pay -to become a manager/AM they only care about sales. Doesn’t matter how many cuts you do or how good you are, they mainly care about shampoo numbers and retail sales. Which causes bad stylists who are good sales people to become manager. -they hire people that are not good at cutting and give them way too many chances before getting rid of them. One girl messed up 15 cuts in a week and my team had to “watch after her” with no sort of discipline at all.

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Sport Clips Response
6y
I appreciate your time at Sport Clips and your feedback. I will share this feedback for review and consideration. Please take note that each store owner has a unique compensation plan. Have you discussed this with your store owner?
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