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I've been working here for a year and a half. It's a money hungry corporation.

They careless about me. All they care about is numbers and how much retail I sell. My coworkers are *** alcoholics, potheads and cokeheads. The only reason I work there because I have bills and rent to pay.

I really love doing hair and been doing it for four years now. I know I could work at another salon but it's hard building your clientele. And just getting commission from other salon is not going to pay for my rent. It's nice to have the walk-ins that come in.

Thats the awesome part. Haircuts are 15.95. I think I only really get 3.00 for each haircut considering I only get 8.25 an hour. And when people don't tip, it really sucks.

I really relay on that.

But whatever,

REGIS SUCKS.

Location: Justice, Illinois

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Guest

Alll you will read here is true never work for this company. I am currently out on disability and they have harassed. They are trying to get me to quit.

Guest

Anyone hear of not telling loyal clients where the stylist went if they quit and moved salons??

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I had that happen to me. The salon refused to tell me where the stylist went so I got out the phonebook and called every salon in the city until I found her. Luckily, I found her after only 10 or so calls...

Guest

It does suck try $7.25 an hour. And, what the *** is up with having to have combo sells?

I wind up purchasing a product for the customer just to keep the *** combo numbers up! Or, salon is beyond slow. When stylist make commission it might equal out to 8 dollars an hour. I work to be around people.

But, I think that is about to stop!

I get nasty grams from the manager that makes all of 8 bucks an hour. I have never been so stressed for sooooooo little of money before.

Guest

All of these testimonies are completely true. I've worked for this company the better part of a decade, and have seen things that'd make your eyes spin round in your head.

The Regis I work for had chairs packed back to back, all that estrogen in a confined space ain't pretty. Girls would gang up and talk *** in front of customers. Theft was rampant. Our DM was more concerned about freaking Plan-o-grams and Goal Books than how the location was performing or if the employees were happy.

All our manager did was shampoo/roller sets, good luck if you were a young hire and needed advice or opinion on anything else that wasn't a permed bubble or outdated updo. Four years in, I transferred one city over, to a newer salon, in a more upscale mall, with a marketing more towards younger and edgier clientele. All that really meant was younger hires, 9/10 times right outta school, that would treat their first hair job with laziness, hang out in cliques, and carry their high school mentality to work with them. The manager here was at least relevant and up to date, which was appreciated...too bad she and a few other employees charged clients under the table and pocketed the money.

When she was let go and replaced by a GOOD manager who was impartial and mature, and actually cared about her staff, Regis was more than content to limit her ordering budget so supplies were always scant, and make her work 24/7 when we were short staffed. I worked extra hours just because I felt bad for her being forced to essentially live at the shop to fill the shifts. Did they try to restaff or help find/transfer new hires? Of course not.

Not to mention, 4 years in THAT salon, and I get a phone call on my DAY OFF that corporate is closing our location. We had THREE DAYS to: notify appointments and prebooked regulars, complete transfer paperwork, pack the salon OURSELVES, and pack OUR stuff! Ridiculous, I love a good surprise as much as the next jolly ho, but not THAT kind! And it gets better...I get transferred BACK to my original salon, where I started, it is now every bit as dead as the original run, except DEADER.

The difference now is, since the walk-in traffic is virtually nonexistent, most of the volatile employees left or were canned by the company itself for not meeting impossible quotas, so now it's even more of a ghost town. Now THIS location is short staffed, and the current manager(miracles happen, the stodgy former one left) was crying tears of joy we transferred to help HER out. Company doesn't even take care of their managers, and barely pays them more than the regular stylists. The worst part is, both times I was transferred, I had earned the highest promotions available in my duration(50% and top prices, both times)...only for them to START ME OVER EACH TIME as a new stylist in the computers/paperwork.

How insulting, for a hairdresser of 11 years, and a regular clientele, who mentors younger stylists. No one deserves to struggle to make ends meet with this amount of experience and proficiency. It's humiliating to be the busiest one at your salon TWICE, and still have to live with your parents because you don't get paid enough to afford even an economy apartment. No joke.

I was prebooked for weeks, MONTHS even on weekends, and my paycheck was, tops, $600-700 bimonthly. That's $300 a week, thank god for good tippers. I bust my *** to barely take home slightly more than minimum wage. The harder you work, the more taxes they just take out, and the higher they raise your goals.

They cheap out every opportunity they get. Appliances are ancient and always malfunctioning, we're the only stores in every single location with no wi-fi, we still have FM radio that hardly works, and it took them FIVE YEARS to replace our circa-1995 computers and paper appointment books. It literally is a depressing place to work. I have just given up on being paid what I deserve, and ever balancing out what I spent on that fancy piece of paper that took a year and 5 digits to earn.

A disenfranchised former employee put it best upon leaving-"Regis is like a pimp. They throw you out on the corner and say lotsa luck, but chew your *** out when you don't make them enough money to leave you alone. They hustle you, they work you to the bone. Tired of it.

I'm not a five dollar trick, I have standards." I know another girl who works for the Mastercuts across the mall(another fine Regis product) and is 40 years old and has to live with her ex, in his mother's trailer. So if you're a Regis employee, my heart goes out to you, we're all in that struggle. If you're a prospective employee, GET OUT or have a back-up plan, this is where hopes go to DIE. And if you're a curious patron, please give us another try.

Your last unpleasant visit probably has to do with a disgruntled, severely underpaid stylist. Not all of us are bad, and despite our stresses, can do our work with a smile on our face because we LOVE what we do. Money was never a reason for me to choose my career, I genuinely live to see something as simple as a hair color or cut changing someone's entire disposition. That smile makes up for my lackluster pay.

But definitely, if you frequent a chain salon, and you love your stylist, keep them handy AND TIP well, that's our livelihood, and the only one our company can't totally confiscate. Some people think we gouge patrons to line our pockets, but you're sadly mistaken.

That $40 haircut? We see about $16 of it.

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All I can say is that you are absolutely 100% all the way correct with every word. I am trying to work just three days for religious reasons.

I am one of JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, and I prefer to be in my ministry. I just started selling Paparazzi jewelry and make more money in a one day hustle than in that salon. They are wanting me to stay until they get fully staffed.

It is a high volume salon with good tips but you still working just to pay bills and buy gas to get there. I WANT OUT AND CAN'T EVEN GET IT

Guest

I totally agree with everyone on here! I have never worked for a more greedy *** company in my life!

I've worked at regis for almost 2 years now and still don't make enough money to pay my bills. They expect you to work your *** off and get nothing for it! How about they stop wasting money on new marketing tools like digital picture frames(that I'm sure aren't cheap especially when u have 20 per salon) or "billion dollar brows"(that everyone knew wasn't going to make money for the salon when we already charge 15$ for a wax ppl aren't going to pay 20$ or 25$ for it) and pay employees what they deserve! And then on top of already not getting paid enough they do sales every other month and put coupons on their website for customers to use...we suffer not the the company!

I have a big enough clientelle that I don't get many walk ins(they go to the newer stylists) but not big enough to make good money so when u take 20% off of all my regular colors it hurts my pay! Regis seems like all they care about is doing favors for customers but not employees...maybe one day they will realize that employess make your company.

The only reason I'm still there's is because I can't find another(not salon) job! I feel bad for people going to cosmetology school cuz regis owns everything and they are a sh**ty place to work for!

Guest

@ kutn up I'm with you I'm a manager for smart style and we are mistreated as well i can tell you some stuff that will blow your mind!

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New exporter...who gave 8 1/2 stressful years.

Guest

Ive had my scheduale changed 4 times in a week,and was writtien up for calling in sick then showing up late after a schedule mix up. scolded in front of customers and made to work with some one who continues to belittle me after bringing it to the attention of my managers. i have no patience for this work enviornment, good luck to

Guest

I HATE MATRIX HAIR COLOR. We have so many complaints at my salon from clients, they break out in hives, and cough uncontrollably...regis has lost me, my mother, and sister-in-law as clients because of that color, the fumes are terrible. I hope Regis smartens up and goes back to what they had...those colors were beautiful and i never smelled ammonia.

Guest

I work for Regis Corp and have never felt more disrespected and uncared for in my life. Let's not mention the fact that pricing is ridiculous, the fact you only receive 8% retail if you make 300 or over only and if you make service commission.

This place is a ripoff and i can't wait to move on....the worst part is they have changed their color product and it is HORRIFIC...clients beware, MATRIX has taken over for WELLA and it has a horrible level of ammonia, and flat gross colors. DO NOT GET COLOR DONE AT REGIS SALON, MATRIX WILL DRY OUT YOUR HAIR...I'm so disappointed in this money hungry debauchary...CHANGE COLOR BACK TO WELLA AND MAKE YOUR EMPLOYEES HAPPY...AFTER ALL-WE MAKE YOU MONEY!!!!!

Guest

Smart Style employees: I'm thinking about having an employment law attorney look at how we are recruited, what we are told at the onset of how the pay system works, in contrast to how it really works. I feel alot of wage and employment laws are being broken.

The numbers dont add up. hmm class action law suite?

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I'm a smart style employee and I agree. I'm down let me know.

Guest
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Need to start a union for hairstylist.

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There is a union within Regis. Itโ€™s Teamsters local 773. You all should join.(610) 434-****

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reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-500739

This company should be boycotted by all hairstylists of this country.They exploit and mistreat employees to the max and get away with it. they take our talents and pay little and hope we never notice because the lash is to our backs.

Guest

Regis Corporate salons are a great place to get a start and develope your skills. However, your time working there is limited, there is no job security, your not treated fairly, individualism and creativity are not rewarded.

Cosmetology is art and passion... not robotic shift work!

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