Toxic culture, high turnover - Employee Glowbar Employee Review

1.0
20 July 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Most people in stores really care about each other and what they do each day. Company has a positive outside reputation and looks good on your resume. Training is great and you learn a lot about the industry.

Cons

Culture of manipulation and favoritism, no matter how "great" you are you will be the subject of gossip at the corporate level guaranteed. H.R. creates fake awards to look like they support employees but does no meaningful work. Owner only cares about building her social media following and stalking employee's online behavior/personal lives. All of the good people who genuinely cared have left or are leaving soon.

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5.0
3 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Very friendly staff Very Clean Lots of employee perks Good hours Easy

Cons

I didn’t really have any, i enjoyed working here.

3.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong and unique brand concept - I was a member myself before working here and truly believed in the mission. Great place to learn a lot of different modalities. Although because of this, they rush through training, so you need to be able to keep up the pace and learn quickly in order to pass.

Cons

Pay is abysmal. No real incentives to sell product or bonus. Keep in mind that Glowbar attracts clients on a budget so majority of clients are not tipping the standard/suggested 18% gratuity. I did not like that the studio guides were not estheticians/licensed pros themselves because majority of them did not seem to understand how to properly ask for gratuity at checkout and because of this, the estheticians paychecks had to suffer. I worked at multiple stores and each had a completely different vibe based on the management. I'm a somewhat seasoned esthetician so a place like this was hard to work for where they micromanage every little thing that you do.

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