low pay, unreasonable demands, and lack of work life balance - Assistant Manager Sally Beauty Employee Review

2.0
10 Dec 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

• 30% employee discount • paid vacation and sick time

Cons

• the business requires you to be on call 24/7 • the pay for an assistant manager, no matter your experience, is extremely low (only $1 above minimum wage) • ever growing workload and demand • encouraged to never call out/use sick time • no work life balance • extreme micromanaging from higher ups

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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