FUN JOB!!! For those who really love retail - Sales Associate Sephora Employee Review

4.0
Feb 8, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Free product GRATIS!!! The education you recieve about products and education about retail stragegies is out of this world. You get to learn about make up artistry too. Great discounts. Meeting a lot of great co workers, and learning so much about the beauty industry. Amazing place for networking for the beauty industry too.

Cons

There is no work/life balance. It is really difficult to get promoted. It was abundantly clear that only backstabbers and friends get promoted. You have to work really hard to get sales because you have to do much more "consulting and educating" than other retailers. If you do not like being micro managed, then do not work here! You will be micro managed for everything...what you say, where to go, what to do....they call it "coaching".

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5.0
Apr 21, 2026
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Pros

Management was nice, people I worked with were nice, fast pased enviroment.

Cons

Hard to request off at times and a lot of demmand.

3.0
Mar 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Loved learning more about products and working with most of the other team members. Helping people find products that worked for them was really fun.

Cons

Managers are WEIRD. They play favorites and will talk about it while you are standing right there. Practically make you beg for hours. If you are anything other than the current viral makeup style look, you will get less opportunities. Leadership acts like mean high school girls. Working here took away a lot of my passion for the beauty industry for a long time. Also, when it comes to gratis - why are you letting certain managers walk out with 4 bags of things that they have hand picked? Then leaving whatever they discarded to be handed out??? Constantly had missing gratis from my bag because of managers going through the products they wanted. Scheduling is not flexible or even makes sense. Whoever they like gets better shifts. Would constantly have extra shifts added with no notice until an hour before the shift. Or shifts taken away because a favorite wanted them.

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