MissLou
Well-Known Member
Hello geeks,
As above i don't know what this is i just need to type and air my thoughts. Please feel free to air your views, opinions, advice or if you think i'm a looney that's escaped from the looney bin!!!!
First of all, I am becoming very frustrated that as a young single hard working women i can still not and probably never will be able to buy my own house. I'm stuck living somewhere that drives me up the wall! But its the best rent, best location i could find and central to all my work, I pay over the odds for what i get but its the cheapest. I looked today at what you need to do for first time buying, its clarified that for me its never going to happen, even if i move back home theres no way i can afford to save thousands of pounds for deposit let alone all of the fees they put on top,how do people do it??!?!?! there's no reward now for hard working ppl who just want to get on in life, its so frustrating, but i cannot do anything about this….That was just a lead up to my main…..vent/question/rant??….lol
I have for the last year worked 2 jobs, i am part time mobile hairdresser and part time salon based, i love the salon i love my mobile, i choose to do this 1) i have guaranteed income form the salon so i don't have to panic over bills 2)i can keep up with trends, training and speed working in a salon
3) i get to still work with other stylists and have some social time with them
4) i like to have variation in my work, doing either of them full time i'm not keen on.
In the week i had a review, I'm not happy. My salon manager knows my private business where as my big boss does not because if they did i would be sacked right away due to possible poaching, which will never happen i wont go into those reasons now. So the boss has told me after being there for 3 months, because i am not making them £2000 a month i am to go work in another location 2 days a week giving me an extra day a week, this has totally screwed me over! I have no say in this, if i refuse i walk, I now have no time to fit everything in around it, some weeks now can be a struggle but i manage it and now this is making it almost impossible. Im really angry because these bosses don't seem to give ppl a chance now to build up and build there column, mine is building very well, my regulars are improving etc etc as they will over time. So cut a longer story short, i've been thinking things over in my mind on my own and i think i have come to the decision that salon and private work just aren't going to work for me anymore, as hard as i try they just conflict each other, so I think i'm going to go full time self employed again.
I want to do this slowly and be prepared to go back on lower earnings to start with while i build again but as a bonus i have already a few. It's a shame with the salon, but in my experience, i have no say, my opinions don't seem to count, I will never earn them enough, theres no gratitude, the list could go on. So my plan is to work out how much i currently earn from privates, re build my website, twitter page, fb page, get everything set up in place and ready, get all my paper work in order, get really prepared, build up my stock while i have an income from the salon job and then in say 3 months time, go for it!
I have the advantage of care homes and a few private clients to keep me going until i can build up…….I just don't see any light at the end of the tunnel for salon work anymore, its just been one massive ball ache!!! (not that i have balls lol)
Going back to the whole house buying thing, i know i'm never going to be able to do that but i know now i certainly won't be able to earn anything comfortable on a salon wage, i hope if i go self employed i can earn double the salon which at the end of the day i need to live like everyone else, im getting fed up of putting in the hours and earning hardly anything! my friends are all on at least £10 an hour and thats for unskilled jobs mon-fri 9-5 with an hour lunch!!-:Z angry face, with my privates currently i can earn double in a day than my salon wage (im 28 and on minimum wage-how do they expect us to live?!?!) i'm not afraid of hard work, i like hard work but i want to see results and be able to live like everyone else and not scrimp and save and bumble along anymore.
If anyone thinks im crazy or has been in a similar situation and has done this, please tell me your ventures, as i said i don't know if this is venting or asking for help, i just need to tell someone as ppl around me never understand what i'm saying with my work, they just oh just stay at the salon or just do this, never helpful and i feel at this time i need some neutral points.
So geeks thanks for reading and fire away anything you want to say to me
thanks hugs and kisses xxxxxx
As above i don't know what this is i just need to type and air my thoughts. Please feel free to air your views, opinions, advice or if you think i'm a looney that's escaped from the looney bin!!!!
First of all, I am becoming very frustrated that as a young single hard working women i can still not and probably never will be able to buy my own house. I'm stuck living somewhere that drives me up the wall! But its the best rent, best location i could find and central to all my work, I pay over the odds for what i get but its the cheapest. I looked today at what you need to do for first time buying, its clarified that for me its never going to happen, even if i move back home theres no way i can afford to save thousands of pounds for deposit let alone all of the fees they put on top,how do people do it??!?!?! there's no reward now for hard working ppl who just want to get on in life, its so frustrating, but i cannot do anything about this….That was just a lead up to my main…..vent/question/rant??….lol
I have for the last year worked 2 jobs, i am part time mobile hairdresser and part time salon based, i love the salon i love my mobile, i choose to do this 1) i have guaranteed income form the salon so i don't have to panic over bills 2)i can keep up with trends, training and speed working in a salon
3) i get to still work with other stylists and have some social time with them
4) i like to have variation in my work, doing either of them full time i'm not keen on.
In the week i had a review, I'm not happy. My salon manager knows my private business where as my big boss does not because if they did i would be sacked right away due to possible poaching, which will never happen i wont go into those reasons now. So the boss has told me after being there for 3 months, because i am not making them £2000 a month i am to go work in another location 2 days a week giving me an extra day a week, this has totally screwed me over! I have no say in this, if i refuse i walk, I now have no time to fit everything in around it, some weeks now can be a struggle but i manage it and now this is making it almost impossible. Im really angry because these bosses don't seem to give ppl a chance now to build up and build there column, mine is building very well, my regulars are improving etc etc as they will over time. So cut a longer story short, i've been thinking things over in my mind on my own and i think i have come to the decision that salon and private work just aren't going to work for me anymore, as hard as i try they just conflict each other, so I think i'm going to go full time self employed again.
I want to do this slowly and be prepared to go back on lower earnings to start with while i build again but as a bonus i have already a few. It's a shame with the salon, but in my experience, i have no say, my opinions don't seem to count, I will never earn them enough, theres no gratitude, the list could go on. So my plan is to work out how much i currently earn from privates, re build my website, twitter page, fb page, get everything set up in place and ready, get all my paper work in order, get really prepared, build up my stock while i have an income from the salon job and then in say 3 months time, go for it!
I have the advantage of care homes and a few private clients to keep me going until i can build up…….I just don't see any light at the end of the tunnel for salon work anymore, its just been one massive ball ache!!! (not that i have balls lol)
Going back to the whole house buying thing, i know i'm never going to be able to do that but i know now i certainly won't be able to earn anything comfortable on a salon wage, i hope if i go self employed i can earn double the salon which at the end of the day i need to live like everyone else, im getting fed up of putting in the hours and earning hardly anything! my friends are all on at least £10 an hour and thats for unskilled jobs mon-fri 9-5 with an hour lunch!!-:Z angry face, with my privates currently i can earn double in a day than my salon wage (im 28 and on minimum wage-how do they expect us to live?!?!) i'm not afraid of hard work, i like hard work but i want to see results and be able to live like everyone else and not scrimp and save and bumble along anymore.
If anyone thinks im crazy or has been in a similar situation and has done this, please tell me your ventures, as i said i don't know if this is venting or asking for help, i just need to tell someone as ppl around me never understand what i'm saying with my work, they just oh just stay at the salon or just do this, never helpful and i feel at this time i need some neutral points.
So geeks thanks for reading and fire away anything you want to say to me
thanks hugs and kisses xxxxxx