barber/stylist

hair stylist

barber

salon manager

receptionist

Roosters Mens Grooming Center

What is the best part of working at the company?
The customers were very kind upstanding people who were loyal and generous. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The owner of the company was very uninvolved and not at all supportive of the employees. He was very negative and discouraging of incentives, training and benefits to help retain employees.  He refuses to keep a manager in the store shirking responsibility and passing it in to lower paid employees.  He was absent, and ultimately fired me because of a family medical emergency to save some money. Perhaps because he's had a failing model for years. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The daily culture was one of constant need and depravity. The employees do the best they can to please the costumers amidst this lack of provision and direction. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Opening happens often with one person alone on shift.  People call out regularly (monthly) and the others run the shift as best they can, having to turn away customers often because there aren't enough staff on the shift. Phone calls went unanswered.

The job was okay, mostly answering phones, running errands, and some light housekeeping. If anything needs done that doesnt fall directly to management, its your job to take care of it every time. The coworkers and manager were nice but were a little catty and stressed out most of the time (it's a salon so it's to be expected). They switched over to new owners back in January who didn't seem to know what they were doing. They seem to have the idea that because the business was a success, it could just run itself with very little help or money involved. We would ask for specific products that we needed and they would buy us something completely different because of money or some other reason. They switch over to a new payroll, tipping, and scheduling system that's online  and seems good but if they read any of the the instructions, they would see it's not really efficient or great at all.

Assistant manager is awesome, deserves actual management position.

The manager has no business managing.  She rarely works.  Won't help the shop by taking walk ins when busy because "she already has her clientele and just can't handle it".  She will leave after cutting her 4-6 clients a day on a busy Saturday or Sunday.  She will pick on you if she wants you to quit.  She will constantly change the schedule on certain employees and won't tell them until a few days prior.  Have a work issue? Don't bother going to her about it.  If she disagrees with your complaint, she will argue until she gets the last word, and if she can see she's not going to be able to "win" (because heaven forbid being professional and talking things out with the employee) she will go into breakdown mode, cry, and usually storm off into the office, or out of the shop. She comes off as very friendly, bubbly, and outgoing at first, almost too good to be true.  Don't think you haven't been warned.  

That being said, the clients are awesome, and all the other employees.  Owners are great people as well.

Resonsible for pleasing customers, schedule appointments,cleaning stations,stocking towels,making sure everything in salon was clean,greeting customers,keeping track of our money for customers for the day.I leaned that most important part of my job was listening to customers and making sure that when they walked out of the shop ther haircut,color and style was what they asked for.I loved my co-workers ther was no drama in shop they were fun to work with.The most enjoyable part of my job was my customers keeping them coming back as my regulars, I knew i was doing my job well. The hardest part of my job ther was none,I enjoy what I do.I always learned alot by listening and not being afraid to ask questions,the more knowledge u get in this buisness the more you will succeed and please your customers.

income to be quite unstable, which was a significant concern. The tips were disappointingly small, adding to the financial unpredictability. A major issue I faced was with the booking system – it seemed like they were constantly playing around with it, which was frustrating and disruptive.

Additionally, the management style was quite dated. There was a lot of micromanaging, which made it challenging to feel autonomous or valued as an employee. This old-fashioned approach to managing didn't really sit well with me.

Overall, it was an okay place to work, but if you're looking for a job where you can make good money, this might not be the right fit. From my experience, I believe there are likely better opportunities out there that offer more stability and a modern work environment."

I've been at Roosters for several years. The shop is busy, but is primarily appointment based so my day is well structured. Shop has good mix of regular clientele, but new guests are finding us all the time due to our great reviews and easy to access location. Management is great. Easily accessible. Quality haircuts are stressed over speed. Tips are great and compensation structure is fair. No drama in the shop. High end men's clientele. Work hard, play hard attitude. Hardest part of job is turning down clienteles over phone or that walk in without appointments when we are fully booked. Most enjoyable part of job is forming relationships with clients and becoming friends with my co-workers. We all seems to take pride in working for Roosters.

What is the best part of working at the company?
the atmosphere is professional, clean, & relaxed.  everyone cares so much about the clients & shop’s reputation. I highly recommend!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
if you’re great at time management, there really aren’t any reasons to be stressed out. staying on point with timing so the appointments run smoothly is essential. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
it’s a team, so everyone works together to make the clients #1 and at the same time, each person is celebrated for their individuality.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
it’s fun! show up on time, showcase your talents, laugh a lot, make great money, go home, repeat.

I have worked for this company in 2 different states and my experiences with both are completely different.  My review is strictly for the location in Irvine. This franchisee only pays you a flat hourly base and NO service commission. Completely unfair and unheard of in the hair industry. Can you imagine having back to back haircuts in an 8 hour shift and only making $13 an hour plus tips when you can work at almost any other salon or barbershop and make that PLUS 40% commission and up? If you value your profession stay FAR away from this place and any other shop that only wants to pay you a low hourly base.

Management was unfair - did not share walk-in clients.  They did not share well - towels needed for clients where not dispersed evenly to stylist and barbers (she kept her own stash of nice new towels for herself and had her own towel steamer bin with personal fragrance - she labeled the bin broken so we would not use those towels).  If you have disability they did not accommodate - in the beginning she said they do not rush you here and give breaks.  After two weeks, they pulled me to the back and requested I speed up and keep my cutting to a 30 minutes and kids cut to 15 minutes.  Expected to help do the receptionist job - fold towels and fill steamer bin and answer phones and check out clients.  DO NOT WORK AT THIS LOCATION OR ANY ROOSTER'S.

Easy work, not very stressful, flexible hours. Pros are you get to basically be your own boss and the work isn't hard. Cons are you don't get any benefits as a contract employee and there are no opportunities to advance. The more you work and make yourself available to the clients, the more you'll make. Tips are pretty good because of the prices of the haircuts. Some weeks are busier than others so the pay isn't consistent every week, but that's not the companies fault. The boss is easy to reach if you have questions or concerns. Overall I really enjoyed working for this company and would definitely recommend it to other people.

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