Clinique Reviews

Pros

Self improvement, team work, learning, client engament, just over all fun place

Cons

Not a con towards the company itself, just retail in general. Holiday hours are treacherous

Pros

Super clean and professional workplace. Working in a huge well known department store definitely helps with traffic stopping and sales for the Clinique counter. Plenty of training and educational opportunities so that you can know the products you’re selling. Raise after 3 months if you perform well in sales and then annually raises. (Not sure how much of a raise yet. The clinical setting sets Clinique apart from other...

Cons

On your feet A LOT. Long hours due to it being a retail setting.

Advice to Management

Offer more info on when training classes are held. Inform your consultant of the amount of pay raise they will receive if applicable.

Pros

great discounts on all ELC brands, health benefits, decent PTO, some great team members, well known company and brand so it looks great on your resume

Cons

Very disorganized and lack of direction, huge turnover in all departments (almost everyone I know is looking to get out), stressful due to the lack of leadership, no loyalty whatsoever for long term employees. Also, unless you're a director and above you probably won't get promoted until you've slaved away for 2+ years (aka slow to promote for most people). They think they're being "innovative" but they're old school...

Advice to Management

Roles with constant turnover, you should look at the common factor. Usually it's the same Directors or VPs that have held the role for way too long and have no experience in people management. There should be an anonymous review of upper management by all team members (not just a one way street). If given the opportunity, I would have liked to provide feedback of how my directors can/could improve as team leaders.

Pros

The products sold themselves and making the sales was easy because I genuinely loved and believed in the products Gratis every 4 months Great coworkers at my location

Cons

Encouraged to use shady sales tactics by management in order to make goals

Advice to Management

Just because someone has higher sales doesn't mean they're a better employee - they might be manipulating customers into making purchases they shouldn't

Pros

Fair commission scale, lots of training

Cons

Pressure to Open credit accounts

Pros

Love the people. Making people feel great. Education is amazing. Learning about products and skin care is at the elite level. Just wonderful place! You must love makeup !! Skin care. You must take care of yourself. Your skin. It’s imperative.. dream job for a woman that loves to learn. - sell and receive beautiful products

Cons

None so far - this is my first week with the company so far is amazing !

Advice to Management

So far so good! I’m 100% new! Week 1

Pros

Great benefits, initiatives, salary, product discount, good place to learn to apply outside.

Cons

Huge company, very conservative, processes are antiquated, little reward, no culture, there is always "no budget", yet CEO stays in $7K/night villas when traveling.

Advice to Management

Work on inclusivity.

Pros

Helping customers every day. Wages, commission & Product allocation every month

Cons

No control of ordering our own stock for instore replenishment, money being lost as a result.

Advice to Management

Give more control to the account manager to order what stock they need for each spacific Store.