hair stylist

customer service/sales representative

front desk receptionist

salon receptionist

salon manager

Drybar

For the short duration of my employment at Drybar, I found it to be a unique working environment that has both pros and cons as to what was needed from me for the success of the business.

The pros are as follows; 
-Fast paced environment that has you hustling and bustling to ensure the shop is in cyclical, functional operation
-You will have responsibilities that can drastically affect the performance of the shop, indicating your importance and impact 
-Learning about the company culture and opportunities it presents 
-Loose dress code to allow for self expression and comfort during working hours

The cons are as follows;
-Fast paced environment that requires timeliness from both stylists and clients which is never guaranteed
-Resiliancy to customer dissatisfaction and the ability to amend customer concerns while also being profitable (and having authorization).
-Problem solving due to company and timeliness mismanagement from both customers and stylists, thus being the first person to be questioned for any consequences that were not at your own fault
-Possibly unique to my circumstance, but consistent and direct manager support was not available for the first month and half of my employment, thus negatively impacting my potential success due to lack of authorization, training, etc.
-Lack of products available to sell which greatly impacted potential commission earnings (due to corporate allocation going to other businesses instead of franchised locations)
-Possibly unique to my circumstance, but there was no in-depth onboarding from an experienced manager, thus any knowledge for my role was primarily from one coworker in the same role as mine, self-learning through employee-made manuals (yes, my coworkers made the onboarding and product knowledge books for our franchise shop because such material does not exist or is not easily accessible), or through trial and error.
-Being overworked (one new hire quit shortly after onboarding due to several overwhelming first few days, which they had to work leaving a bad first impression).
-Rigid schedules with very little flexibility.

-And on a personal note, a family emergency occured and I was only made aware within 5 hours of my scheduled shift (at 6am in the morning, starting work at 11am I believe). When management was informed 20 minutes after I learned about it, I was allowed to attend to the matter but was reminded of the company time-off policy, which was 24 hours I believe. Again, during a family emergency I was reminded of policy. I have also come into work many times prior to this emergency on my personally requested days off and scheduled days off, with no other family emergencies happening or sudden leaves from work before or after this. Do with that as you will.

This company needs restructuring in terms of policy, staffing, and how it operates with regards to timeliness expectations from both staff and clients. It has the potential to be a great company, but until it addresses these internal issues, it's only hindrance to success is itself.

I am a hairstylist working at drybar  Waikiki Oahu.   are wondering what's it like to work at dry bar?? There is never clear simple answer.  But Dry bar is a really!!! A  great place to work for several reasons. If you are someone who just graduated from beauty school with no experience (but licence!!,must have working cosmetology or barber license to work at drybar) . wanting to gain experience and skills ? This is the place to be!!! Flexible scheduling, commission,free medical /dental(HMSA,KAISER),paid vacation after a year, sick leaves ,free employee  blowout ,40%off product purchase.  If you already have a job but wanting pick up extra hours for more income? drybar is looking for people to hire even for couple days a week (on-call) position. If you are someone in the industry with lots of experience? This is a place to really show-off you're skills. We also offer up-do's and braids as part of the service. This is great place to earn hands on experience for doing up-do as well. Management is great 👍. We have really down to earth mangers are friendly and professional. Upon hiring you will receive hands-on training with live model to learn drybar way to blow dry for 1 week. You will gets hands on training and continues supports from both management and drybar corporate (on-line) . I really love all the girls I work with!! They are friendly and everyone works together as a team. We love to take care our locals and make them feel like they are part of the family.  I am a mom with limited work availability!! I struggle to find job that could accommodate. My manager really worked with me to find schedules that I could work. So how much do we get paid? It is $15 for stylist! Yes it's minimum wage !! But you get cash tips ! So Roughly average out $25-30 per hours+plus commissions on basically every service you perform (product, membership,add-on,braids) . Best thing you will feel very empowered to take client From consultation to farewell once you finish you're training here. They will walk you through from A-Z when it comes to training. Remember!! You do have to abide by dry bar way to do things but you do have more  creative control with up-do's and braids. Very homey environment!! Everyone shares a chores and take pride in maintaining the drybar shops!! I have been working for a year!! There was definitely up-and down moments while working here but I learned to stay open minded.  Drybar is a franchised corporation. So there are rules and procedures to follow through. But  I feel that I have control over every client I service!! to create a best experience for them. So there it is!! Working at drybar is different for everyone!! But we have special bonds between our clients and stylist!  We do occasional fun  BBQ and hang outs  to keep things light and positive. They are always looking for new talent! You don't need any prior experience to work here! Dry bar will do all the training to set you up for success! 

When I first started at Drybar, I was impressed by the positive atmosphere and the opportunities for growth. I was promoted to manager and excited to develop my skills. However, my experience as a first-time manager was challenging. I received only two weeks of training, and the owner left for an entire month shortly after I started, leaving me with little upper management support.

The company’s priorities seemed to focus primarily on labor costs rather than employee well-being. I often had to call off stylists at the last minute or rearrange appointments to cover breaks, and I was constantly on call—receiving texts and calls even when I was off. I could not take PTO because I was always needed at work, and the owners were never present to support me. My schedule changed three times in the first six months. Staff turnover was high, and I spent much of my time hiring due to constant policy changes. There were even attempts to avoid paying employee bonuses.

Clients could be demanding, and while the environment felt polished on the surface, it often felt “fake.” I genuinely enjoyed my coworkers and built strong relationships with them, but overall, it felt like the McDonald’s of the hair industry: employees are underpaid while owners spend on luxury items, citing labor costs as a reason they can’t offer higher pay.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This is a good place to start out, after beauty school. They train you to do all different styles they have to offer. Pretty easy to do, you just need to be quick because it gets REALLY BUSY. If you're running behind usually someone helps you or they'll move appointments around, just be ready to not eat until after your shift if you worked through your lunch. Personally, I didn't have a good experience with management but I recommend this place if you want something easy to do.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some girls are not booked for the appropriate time they need. You're supposed to be done doing a blowout at 45 mins, but if you have a girl that has TONS of hair and curly it's just not possible. Then you're late for the entire day.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Mean girl city, they say its drama free. There's two girls at san diego delmar location, that have terrible attitudes. One girl would make fun of me because I would use a step stool to help me work. Another would just be talking a whole lot of mess about EVERYONE, it just sucks because they're actually really good stylists but their attitude just plain out sucks.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Really busy, especially on Saturdays.

Typical Day was giving phenomenal blowouts to clients Maintaining your sales quota and membership numbers. Also daily cleaning of tools needed. Training and experience in express styling is thorough. Management is pretty much ok just at times not available to speak with. This alots to Sylist sometimes acting up. The pay is cool for part time, but hand something else to sustain your living expenses. Tips suck ! Clients are cool yet some very demanding with hair needs that are beyond our scope of services! The best part of the job is perfecting my styling skills and process. Also the way the shop is designed it’s hard For a jealous stylist to give your client the side eye while you’re working in order to discredit you to the client and make her uncomfortable enough to complain. Also if you’re not busy they let people take off early excellent idea kept trouble makers in the salon away. Also if you weren’t doing hair you had to stay off the floor and be in the back until called and do clean up duties. Great way of keeping salon gossip and nonsense away. Stylists hated it . I loved it though

The actual job is fun and makes time go by fast. But the management of course is always the start of an unenjoyable experience. They don’t give anyone outside of their “favored” people a chance to progress and move up in the dry bar chain even after showing interest. Because it is a new franchise location maybe it’s different but management definitely doesn’t have respect or empathy for the employees working there. There’s no lunch breaks, no 15 min breaks, they get mad if you ask for any time off, can’t sit throughout your work shift have to constantly be doing something or else management gets upset with your break time. Bartenders only get a few hours a week because they don’t want bartenders working Monday - Thursday. So stylists are cross trained to be also bartenders. Not really much appreciation and respect and understanding and flexibility. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
There's no best part to working for a company that does not pay you a livable wage, does not provide breaks in-between shifts or caters to Black and brown hair types and textures. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part to working for this company is servicing entitled white women with raggedy hair and tangled extensions and you are expected to wash, blow-dry and style their hair in 45 minutes or less. Talk about stressful. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The morale within the company is low because DryBar does not pay its employees well and there's a high turn-over rate within the company. 

As far as culture is considered, there is none!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You are over-worked and paid low. The end!

Doesn't pay enough to purchase my dignity and self-respect.  Often does not have the products to do the job well or timely, yet demands time and quality compliance. 

Extremely inconsiderate of stylists as human beings. 

No concessions for booking errors that require added effort and time.

If you love doing hair, you can work non-stop, but you WILL be taken advantage of and disrespected if you have a backbone. 

Often no shampoo or conditioner, and you are expected to cover unethical practices to remain profitable. 

Told to leave if you don't like it.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible company to work for , just awful , will not recommend at all 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything from A to Z , super super stressful , upper management and corporate are awful and super unprofessional 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible and unprofessional  and upper management and corporate are all over the place and no one are  on the same page plus they treat their employees really bad !!! Awful company to work for !!!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It totally sucked and super stressful!!!

Great place to get into the industry after hair school, very busy (most of the time) and people coming in are usually pretty thrilled with their hair after. Who doesn’t love a good blowout? I work in one of the busiest shops and the burnout is real. The physical demands of this job, in my opinion, are more than doing full service. It’s a hair assembly line and all of it is repetitive motion and very taxing on the body. If the body aches weren’t a part of it, I’d do 100 a week. I LOVE this part of hairdressing. It’s also a great part time gig if you’re working in another salon, or independently work in a suite, or do weddings etc. I recommend it, but only part time. 

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