Avoid, Especially for the MC role - Merchandise Coordinator Sephora Employee Review

1.0
Feb 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free products, Brand Events, and Meeting Brand Founders

Cons

Where to begin, for starters you’re promised training and then months go by and you’ve barely been trained at all. Sephora has a mean girl culture in it’s merchandising department, the gossip is endless, the dirty looks and whispering are provided on a daily basis. You can report things to HR but nothing gets resolved, you’re told “it’s like this everywhere.” Management is fake and they don’t become concerned about bullying until you report it to HR and then they try to be your “friend.” Also, the MC role is HOURLY, don’t count on recieveing overtime, it is so hard to get all the work done because your days are cut in half by meetings, setting up lunches, etc. How well you’re liked determines how you do here, it’s a draining popularity contest.

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Pros

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