M·A·C Cosmetics Reviews

Pros

Discount for the employees were great . Training

Cons

I didn’t have any con while working

Pros

Discount, decent products, and good if you love makeup and this isn't your primary source of income.

Cons

Don't expect to ever make a livable wage here as an artist. Any promotions will lead you farther away from time doing actual makeup application and more with back-end corporate responsibilities. This job is suitable for someone who doesn't really need to work or looking for very part time and hands on experience applying makeup (which is being phased out anyway). You are expected to attain large sales goals depending on how many days you work that week. If you happen to call out sick or are ill one day, you are still required to achieve the initial sales goal pre call out, so basically never be sick. Expect to be told to be able to multitask and attend to every customer when staff is extremely short in an environment where it used to be double. This brand has been a slow burn for a long time and for good reason. Old business model, lack of innovation and keeping up with trends, comparable if not better products available at lower cost at Ulta or any drugstore. This company used to value artistry but that ship sailed a long time ago. It might have been great when the market was less saturated but its demographic is essentially people who don't like change. It may not happen as quickly as Morphe but I forsee this brand shutting down more stores in time and they have no one to blame but themselves.

Pros

Creative, fast paced, community and goal oriented, great effort placed on training and expansion of product knowledge

Cons

Long hours standing/awkwardly bent to do makeovers, clients are often difficult and demanding for little respect paid to the artist/professional. Also retail hours and expectations in general are the pits! Every weekend, every holiday - work life balance was nearly impossible.

Pros

When it was at its greatest; * Staff Development * Trainings * Products * Playing with makeup

Cons

Things began to change in, not to say change is bad, but when you have no direction as to where the company is going it was awful! Had 5 bosses within a year time span, kept having to train on new initiatives all while being expected to make plan and all your other responsibilities. It was never enough, always wanted more, more outsourcing, more events, more coaching all with less staff!!!

Pros

Great gratis, a lot of support from upper management.

Cons

Not worth the pay, artist turnover was high.

Pros

Great training & lots of learning available

Cons

Scheduling isn’t great and too many weekends and late nights

Pros

It’s better than grunt work in food service

Cons

If you’re a bored stay at home housewife looking for a part time job, then this is for you! You’ll work a max of 20 hours a week, all sprinkled out throughout 5 days! 4 hour shifts? Yeah! If you’re a grown adult with REAL bills, good luck working here! You have a max of 20 hours a week, all sprinkled out throughout 5 days! 4 hour shifts! You bet you gotta sit in I5 traffic for an hour to get there, and you really get to see what skills you have since they give you astronomical sales goals! Which by the way, if you don’t meet you will get fired! Which honestly? Might be a better bet at this point since you just might luck out on unemployment:) Oh, and you don’t get any extra compensation for doing full faces - if someone slips you some cash, your manager will not let you take it. Not a good company to work for.

Pros

You learn so much people skills working for customer service! It is also a huge advantage learning on how to do makeup on different skin types!

Cons

The company asks a lot from you with little pay.

Pros

The 40 % Discount Getting free product

Cons

More focus on sale then artistry Very little training in the art of Makeup

Pros

The benefits are great and the discount is 60% off.

Cons

No work/home life. The corporate expectations are out of touch with reality.