CupcakeTheCat
Member
Hello, I have just started my first proper job in a clinic/salon and as much as I like the people and my co-workers I can't stand the owners. It is going to be a month that I've worked there and I have not exchanged more than a sentence with them. The place is owned by a couple and as far as I understand the husband takes care of the business side of everything yet he has completely ignored me the couple times that he has showed up at the clinic. I don't know how much I am getting paid, no contract has been signed, no one has even asked me for my bank details. I've asked around and some of the other girls don't have contracts either. When one of them asked about it before the owner just laughed it off. But it's not only the staff that are not taken care off. The machines they use are bought off eBay for complete pennies compared to proper branded ones, no proper staff training has been given to anyone and as far as I understand none of the therapists know the correct way to perform treatments so each to it differently. Not only that but I've not seen any of the therapists wash their hands before treatment, and the machines are just wiped off with a tissue, not cleaned after each use. There is not a range of skincare to use as the toner will be one brand, the moisturiser another and the mask bought from boots! Just last week one therapist performed a massage using baby oil as we did not have a message oil. Some of the therapists seem shady as well. There are stories of a lady working here that did not even have a qualification but was employed because she was the owners friend. There's another girl that is planning to start working that has only finished a waxing course and thinks that makes her qualified for all the treatments. I really don't know if I'm overreacting as this is my first job in a clinic but in beauty school we were trained to a higher standard than this and working alongside people who are barely qualified makes me feel like I am wasting my qualifications. Would like some input on this from people. Should I stay here or should I start looking for a new job?