They only care about retail - Key Holder Sport Clips Employee Review

3.0
Jan 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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5.0
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Pros

Pay, schedule flexibility, growth opportunities, company events, benefits

Cons

The pay is excellent as long as you’re performance is strong and especially if your flexible with your schedule and full time. But if you’re not a good performer or super part time, this might not be the best place for you.

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Sport Clips Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience! We're thrilled to hear that you appreciate the pay, schedule flexibility, and growth opportunities at Sport Clips. It's wonderful to know that our company events and benefits contribute positively to your experience as well. We recognize the importance of performance and flexibility in maximizing your potential within our team. Your feedback about communication is invaluable, and we encourage open dialogue with appropriate leadership to ensure everyone feels supported. We're proud to have you as part of our All-Star Team Members and look forward to supporting your continued growth and success with Sport Clips. Thank you again for your kind words. We appreciate your time and contributions to Sport Clips.
1.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule and decent pay.

Cons

Team leader claimed to care about his team, but only cared about a few! Team leader cared more about employees, causing problems than the employees doing their job! Team leader got teary-eyed when an employee needed to be let go for being aggressive with another stylist! Team leader refused to pay out vacation time to an employee who quit, stating that it wasn’t policy and had never done before, employee who quit showed proof that it had been done before and team leader still refused to pay out vacation. Very few policy and procedures are followed per Sport Clips handbook, 100% would not recommend working for Sport Clips, especially at this location. Well hourly pay is decent, bonus on any level is nearly impossible, especially as a manager! As a stylist, you have to hit all three metrics to bonus at all, and as a manager, you yourself have to hit all the metrics, and you have to have at least one stylist who hits their metrics as well.

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