hair stylist

barber

salon manager

barber/stylist

cosmetologist

Knockouts---Haircuts-For-Men

While working at Knockouts I was not only falsely notified about receiving a higher position but we were so understaffed I could almost never get requested days off. I was told one thing from management and another from the owner. The communication was extremely unprofessional and the pay was not worth it. At this job you work as a receptionist, cleaner, marketer, and stylist all in one. I have no problems with these duties, but they were not detailed in the job description when applying and the payout was not adequate to the amount of work put in. Even if you are the top in retail sales and quotas at the store they do not give incentives and your commission will never raise. There is no room for growth here and the personal details of coworkers and their lives is not kept confidential. Also, no scheduled breaks, you must go out to market because the clientele is limited, and ideas of improvement will not be taken seriously. A lot of the clients were decent but at the end of the day who you work alongside and for matter more. Tips are sometimes okay.

I worked her for 5+ years. The pay, as far as haircut chains are concerned, is pretty decent, though the pay scale, bonus opportunities, and base pay changed frequently and you'd end up making less money as certain things changed. New hires often made more than employees who had been there for years, even some managers. The owner has never done hair or worked in a salon, so they lacked an understanding of how salons worked. Lead managers were often incompetent, shady, and had so skill for haircutting which was embarrassing. The dress code and environment was cool. Unfortunately the worst part is the owners would bring in people to "shape up" the salon and these people were rude, unkind, and treated stylists like they didn't matter and were easily replaceable. We had a really good talented team for a while, but the owners and corporate ran them off with unfair business practices, lack of advancement, and lack of benefits. Only a week of PTO was able to be achieved a year, no health insurance, no short term disability.

This location is extremely slow and understaffed. Owners have completely neglected this location (printer has been out of in for 2 years, dryer nearly caught fire since they waited a year and a half to blow out dryers after being informed, back sink has been clogged for almost a year and has collected sitting water). Completely understaffed and no support from owners or Knockouts corporate. While I was employed at this location, my manager and myself were the only stylists, owners wanted us to be open at least 6 days a week with no overtime (physically impossible) so we decided to close for weekends. It was impossible to get days off because there is no one else there to cover. You also do not receive any benefits and don't receive regular raises. All in all, a terrible company to work for. I only stayed because the manager is a nice person and needs help.

I used to enjoy my job at knockouts  but am now looking elsewhere.  Stores are extremely understaffed and as a result employees are over worked. There is supposed to be a work life balance but that isn't the case lately.  Some employees call in repeatedly with out consequences, especially now with covid and store managers can do nothing to enforce attendance policies.  High risk employees can not ask clients to wear masks as they prefer not to offend the client and when an entire salon is down with covid the 1 or 2 stylists left are supposed to keep the shop going full speed. 

I worked there for a few months. Pay is okay however always short staffed, they expect you to work with no breaks. A Manager took 4 hour lunches with being under staffed to handle personal issues. Granted we all know how unexpected this industry is, some days you are slow and other days it's a mad house. If you work 10 hours you would think you were allowed to sit and eat your lunch without being asked to take a client or reprimanded for doing what's entitled. The owner wants you to work past your scheduled time. They close at 8pm, if a client walks in at 7:45p she wants us to take them after working 10+ hours without a scheduled break. I've been self employed for 18 years, and will never work on anybody else's clock as a barber. Never appreciated just expected to work through lunch and no exact quiting time.

I joined this team as a stylist before I got promoted to manager. I loved the job in general. The clients were amazing and I learned a lot about inventory, interviewing, and dealing with problems such as a customer complaint. I learned as a manager you have a lot of responsibility and you learn a new respect for being dedicated and being on time. Which was the hardest part having a young family and when girls were a no show it was up to me to cover. I enjoyed being interactive with clients and employees and always learning something new. Unfortantely this was the owners first business and they were unable to keep up with finaces, causing most of us to quiet before they closed the doors.

Rate of pay may vary depending on experience.   Hourly base pay or 40% commission, which ever is greater.  Steady flow of customers. Closed on Sunday .  The challenge is poor management within the store.  Micro managing at times.   You may bud heads with a co-worker, some disrespect of sarcasm/mocking from, certain coworkers.  The manager needs coaching.  The owners are nice and generous.  High turnover in staff, which isn't great for business.    I just wish for that 1 coworker, to not act like a bully, by ordering people around, sarcasms, profanity spoken,  and trying to be little people by also, getting others to follow.  It makes the workplace environment hostile.   

This job does not pay enough. They do not care about their stylist safety or happiness. They allow a toxic environment, extremely unprofessional behavior and can not maintained basic work necessities. You absolutely can make so much more money in any other salon. The company has low goals for the salons which creates a lazy work environment. They hire very questionable people with shady backgrounds which ends up causing conflict and a unsafe work environment. I wouldn’t recommend this job to any one in the hair industry. I can not express how disappointed I am in the company owners and how they handle business. 

Worked for this company for many years. I love what I do, but the owners get pushy and want you to do more and more and more. Lack of being present in the work place is non-existent by them as well, things that need to be taken care of at the store is like fighting tooth and nail to get done. Need product, have to wait. If ran right and had owners that were involved things may of been different. Plus you have employees who want to do things they want or just use other people as an excuse not to do something that is required or needing to be done.

Working at knockout was very interesting. The employees and the clientele was awesome. I enjoyed working for knockouts. I got promoted to assistant manager very quickly. Unfortunately I got injured and it was hard for me to perform shortly had to leave due to my injury. I will say it is a great place to work. The only thing I did not like about knockouts is that you pretty much there your whole day. Which Can be very irritating when you have a family to go home too if only it was an eight hour shift job would be great. Other than that it’s an amazing company to work for.

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