Never coming back - Anonymous employee Sephora Employee Review

3.0
Nov 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company is moving fast and expects you to move twenty times the speed of normal. This allows you to gain tons of exposure to many departments in a short space of time. Free products Occasional sponsored lunch

Cons

Upper level management is a joke. Only friends get promoted within departments and the rest get left to be forgotten about. Gossiping around every corner and not enough meaningful work getting done. All work is sugar coated to make the company not appear like it’s failing. Pay is not competitive in the slightest. Easily $10-$15k under market value.

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