loulou2017
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I need advice or any ideas sorry its a long one.. I have built up a village beauty salon which has two rooms, it was a grotty shop before so lots of effort gone into it had it ten years and we are so busy and built up a great loyal client base and i was making enough money that I was happy to cope with all the cons of running it. I have always found it very stressful ( doesn't it make you laugh when clients say you must b so relax i think to myself I'm not the one on the massage bed!!!!!)and I don't think people realise the extra hours i put in leaflet dropping cleaning popping in on a Sunday to do jobs that need doing bookwork etc..i do all the cleaning myself cover holidays worry about staff being sick or leaving etc..
Anyway i have now had my first baby he is 4months and i love being a mummy but now I'm working three days a week doing treatments and I'm so unhappy i feel very stressed whilst I'm at work as i can see jobs that need doing and then when I'm away i feel stressed as you never switch off... I'm also now using our personal savings to fund the salon every week as on the days I'm not there earning by the time i have paid two therapist and reception there is nothing left. the over head are the same but taking a lot less. Good therapists are like gold dust as live in the country side so not easy to find staff.
i don't want to b stressed and low i would rather earn less and b happy i also don't want to work full time which i feel the salon needs to survive.
i have the opportunity to do beauty at home as we are building an extension atm it would have its own front door... i love this idea i feel a lot less stress and overheads and no more staff stress and i would only need a few clients to follow as only want to fill three days. i have 2 years left on my lease but my reception lady has said to me a while again she would like to invest in the business so i was wondering if she would buy it from me on the condition i take my own personal client the ones i have done forever how would i approach her as if she said no that cat is out of the bag that I'm unhappy. i also feel is it just the grass is greener and should i stick with it as i have worked my butt offt o get it were it is. thanks for reading really appreciate any advice xxx
Anyway i have now had my first baby he is 4months and i love being a mummy but now I'm working three days a week doing treatments and I'm so unhappy i feel very stressed whilst I'm at work as i can see jobs that need doing and then when I'm away i feel stressed as you never switch off... I'm also now using our personal savings to fund the salon every week as on the days I'm not there earning by the time i have paid two therapist and reception there is nothing left. the over head are the same but taking a lot less. Good therapists are like gold dust as live in the country side so not easy to find staff.
i don't want to b stressed and low i would rather earn less and b happy i also don't want to work full time which i feel the salon needs to survive.
i have the opportunity to do beauty at home as we are building an extension atm it would have its own front door... i love this idea i feel a lot less stress and overheads and no more staff stress and i would only need a few clients to follow as only want to fill three days. i have 2 years left on my lease but my reception lady has said to me a while again she would like to invest in the business so i was wondering if she would buy it from me on the condition i take my own personal client the ones i have done forever how would i approach her as if she said no that cat is out of the bag that I'm unhappy. i also feel is it just the grass is greener and should i stick with it as i have worked my butt offt o get it were it is. thanks for reading really appreciate any advice xxx