alot of things-
makeup is my life, my passion, my heart and soul. I pretty much live for makeup. doing peoples makeup, doing my own, leanring new things about makeup, hoarding it, trying new makeup.... it just makes me happy. The only thing about makeup that doesn't make me happy? Selling it. Especially when i know the products are reeeally that great quality (i find the eyeshadows have too much white base- and alot of the mattes are very hard pressed, not pigmented enough for me. I'm also not a fan of the foundations, or the lip products. or the skincare... the aerosol sunscreen is ok). What bothers me most about selling it is that i feel clinique as a company doesn't care if the customer is suited to the product or vice versa- they just want me to hardsell the product and make their sales targets.
I like to think I'm a nice person- but as hard as i try, keeping out of the bitching instore is really hard. anything i say can get twisted to mean something else. It sucks- i may as well be back in high school.
My shifts kept getting changed at like a days notice, which really shat me cos i often had plans. IM A BUSY WOMAN DAMN YOU.
I felt that most of the work (eg. restocking, cleaning the counter, cleaning testers and checking if they were full, tidying and rearranging cupboards, calling customers etc) fell on me- and my CM was just doing the figures. Fair? I don't think so. She tries to make it look of by giving me the extra sales so i get commission. I've gotten commission once- but it doesn't make up for the fact that im doing all the actual manual labour.
The uniform/dress code. This is pretty easy to explain. Me before clinique: 12 piercings in my ears alone, short multicoloured hair, loads of brightly coloured eye and lip makeup, nails loooong and painted a different colour every day, loud necklaces, low cut tops (not skanky, but like tank tops and stuff)
Me after clinique: tamed dark brown hair(usually in a ponytail or bun until i cut it off), two ear piercings (the rest all closed up before i could save them, after being 'talked to' by a trainer.) boring neutral eye the same day after day. same neutral lipstick every day. Tshirts not allowed to be lower than your collarbone. nails must be 'sports length' and only clear nailpolish is permitted, or a sheer pink. no visible necklaces, no rings unless it's a weding/engagement ring. Preferably only silver jewelry (i had to paint my lapis lazuli plugs silver- NOT HAPPY), onyl bangles/bracelets permitted were clinique issue, heels no higher than 2 inches... i feel like "hey, why don't they just suck any form of self expression out of their employees! or better yet, employ robots!"
I don't feel that my pay was fair for the work i was doing and my level of skill- but then who does get paid fairly?
alot of the people i work with don't seem to take me seriously because of my age (I am only 18)
You get the point.
what DID i like? wicked discounts, doing formal/ any kind of makeovers, occasionally getting freebies, getting commission was nice, some of the girls i worked with were nice... uuhhmmm.... The mascaras are also nice.
