After my salon being open for 6 months I am about to hand over a contract to my nail tech. This hasn't been done before now as she is an old friend (mistake 1) and I thought we had a mutual understanding (mistake 2).
She is basically self employed ie. i pay her cash for what she has done and she sorts her tax etc out. But, i presumed this meant she would be in the salon during opening times and generally work for me between those hours, wrong!
We seem to be coming from 2 different places, her idea of how she should carry on is not what i deem suitable. If she hasnt got any clients for a few hours she disapears to town or a friends and waltzes back in when she feels. I have asked her to not do certain things and she just laughs it off as if i am being picky. She talks about subjects with her clients that i dont think are fiting in a proff salon, while being overheard by other clients, and when i have spoken to her she just tells me that she cant change who she is like it or lump it............so i am lumping it!!
I know all of the above makes me sound a bit of a pushover, but in everyday life i am far from that, the control just seems to have run away from me.
I am going to quote her hours of employment, uniform requirements, pay structure, and a list of salon rules (and i mean everything) I am also going to state that clients belong to the salon and not to the tech, as she has a habit of ignoring the fact I am free on the days her client has asked for, and squishing them in much later on in the week just so she can do them, which is not the best service for the client ( am i right to do this or should the tech own the client? whatcha think?)
I would love to hear what you have in your contracts or what you have put in your techs contracts, or basically anything you think i should include or leave out. I will give it her monday and let her read through it and let you know the outcome.
Sorry this thread is so long winded and thanks in advance for any help you give xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
She is basically self employed ie. i pay her cash for what she has done and she sorts her tax etc out. But, i presumed this meant she would be in the salon during opening times and generally work for me between those hours, wrong!
We seem to be coming from 2 different places, her idea of how she should carry on is not what i deem suitable. If she hasnt got any clients for a few hours she disapears to town or a friends and waltzes back in when she feels. I have asked her to not do certain things and she just laughs it off as if i am being picky. She talks about subjects with her clients that i dont think are fiting in a proff salon, while being overheard by other clients, and when i have spoken to her she just tells me that she cant change who she is like it or lump it............so i am lumping it!!
I know all of the above makes me sound a bit of a pushover, but in everyday life i am far from that, the control just seems to have run away from me.
I am going to quote her hours of employment, uniform requirements, pay structure, and a list of salon rules (and i mean everything) I am also going to state that clients belong to the salon and not to the tech, as she has a habit of ignoring the fact I am free on the days her client has asked for, and squishing them in much later on in the week just so she can do them, which is not the best service for the client ( am i right to do this or should the tech own the client? whatcha think?)
I would love to hear what you have in your contracts or what you have put in your techs contracts, or basically anything you think i should include or leave out. I will give it her monday and let her read through it and let you know the outcome.
Sorry this thread is so long winded and thanks in advance for any help you give xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx