About Phorest
What is Phorest?
Phorest, also written Phorest Salon Software, makes software for hair salons, beauty salons, spas and medspa (aesthetic) clinics. Its careers page describes the company as "We're the life force behind 155,000+ professionals working in salons, spas and clinics worldwide", and its adverts say its "all-in-one software and AI-driven tools help them manage bookings, take payments, market their services, grow their client base and get the best from their teams". The about page lists the product reach as "from custom salon apps, online bookings and stock control through to ecommerce and payments". The company's story starts with its founder and CEO Ronan Perceval, who was working reception in a busy Dublin salon and built a text-reminder tool to cut no-shows. The careers page says "Our journey began in 2002", while the company's B Corp page says "Since Phorest was founded in 2003"; press coverage of the company gives 2003. The careers page puts the team at "we’re a team of nearly 500 and growing". Phorest says it became a Certified B Corporation in May 2026 and that "25% of Phorest is owned by our employees." For funding, the Irish Times carried on 16 June 2018 the headline "Phorest software raises €20m from US investment firm" (the investor named is Susquehanna Growth Equity), and Silicon Republic, in an article of 7 March 2022 (updated 8 March 2022), reported "Phorest books $12m in growth funding for salon software" (the article names CIBC Innovation Banking as the source).
Where will I work?
Phorest is remote first. Its careers page says "In 2020 we moved to working remotely." and "In Ireland and the UK, everyone works from home by default, with the option to use our Dublin office if they’re local." Its benefits summary adds "Fully remote, hybrid or in-office - it’s your choice." and offers "Up to 6 weeks working from anywhere each year". The Phorest head office is at 66 / 67 Strand Street Great, Dublin 1 (contact page), and the company also lists offices in Leatherhead (UK), Philadelphia, Montreal, Fortitude Valley (Australia), Cologne and Helsinki. On 13 November 2026 the Teamtailor board listed 28 adverts: 14 vacancies open to Ireland and the UK, 3 in Australia, 7 in the US and Canada, 2 in Germany and 2 standing talent-community entries. Of the 16 adverts that carry the flexible-hours wording described below, the 15 in scope here (the 16th is a 3-month contract advert) are tagged Fully Remote on 7 and Hybrid on 8. Only one of them, People Operations Partner, states an office day: "availability to be in our Dublin office one day a week". Hiring is limited by country: the Strategic Success Manager advert says "At this time, we are only accepting applications from candidates based in Ireland and the UK." The adverts name specific countries (Ireland and the UK, Australia, the US, Canada, Germany) rather than hiring worldwide.
What is the Phorest team like?
The careers page lists six reasons people stay, among them "Sound people, no ego" and a trust-and-ownership line: "We trust our people to do their best for our customers and for Phorest." Developing staff is called a core value: "Developing our people (growing our timber) is a core value of Phorest culture." The B Corp page says "50% of our management team are women, and our mean gender pay gap sits at just 4%", and "25% of Phorest is owned by our employees." Teams are spread across countries, and the careers page says "we all get together a couple of times a year for our famous Gatherings". Staff stories on the careers site describe how the company went remote in 2020 ("Within a month or two, the role became fully remote as Phorest adapted to the pandemic."). The open adverts on 13 November 2026 cover Development, Product, Marketing, Customer Experience, Operations, People, Partnerships, Sales and a German-language DACH team. Some adverts mention building new teams or playbooks, for example the Engineering Manager role to "build and lead a brand-new engineering team from the ground up". The pages fetched do not describe the interview steps, so this profile does not either.
Work-Life Balance
The company-level statement is on the careers page, under "Flexibility that works": "Flexibility isn’t just about where you work." "We trust our people to manage their own time, so school drop-offs and medical appointments are never a problem." "Find the rhythm that works for work and home together." The adverts for Ireland and the UK repeat a flexi-time line in their closing paragraph: "For this position, flexi-time and working from home is possible." "We are also open to remote work." On the 13 November 2026 board, 13 of the 14 vacancies open to Ireland and the UK carry that line, across Customer Experience, Development, Marketing, Product and People. The 14th, Director of Engineering, says "you'll have the flexibility to shape your working day around what works for you, your life and your team". All 3 Australian vacancies carry the flexi-time line too, but none of the 7 US and Canadian adverts or 2 German adverts does: their closing paragraphs describe local benefits and say nothing about working hours, and the careers page notes that "The details vary slightly by country; your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through what applies where you're based." No page or advert states core hours or a weekly hours figure, so this profile assumes a standard full-time week. One in-scope advert, Senior Security Enablement Engineer, asks the engineer to contribute to "the on-call rota, providing security coverage for incidents as they arise", and the Product Marketing Manager (Australia) advert says "Working during Australian business hours" and mentions "the flexibility to occasionally overlap with European/US hours". The in-scope adverts contain no shift, weekend or overtime wording. Leave: the careers page lists "Generous annual leave, company paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, women's health leave, time off for moving house and mini sabbaticals for long service milestones." It gives no annual-leave day count for Ireland or the UK.
Perks and Benefits
- Private health insurance, two paid Wellness Days each year and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
- A free online GP service (Ireland and UK adverts)
- Pension matching, share options and income protection; the adverts add an Employee Share Purchase Scheme and Life Assurance
- Company-paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave; the adverts list Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Benefits
- 2 weeks leave for Fertility Treatment, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause (Ireland and UK adverts)
- 3 moving days when you move house
- Mini sabbaticals for long service milestones
- Up to 6 weeks working from anywhere each year
- Dedicated Learning Days every year, mentoring program and career coaching
- Regular team gatherings a couple of times a year
- Bike to work scheme and tax saver transport tickets (Ireland and UK adverts)