Hi guys!
My salon has been opened for over a year, I also have a baby boy of just over a year (didn't plan that very well, I know)
Anyway, I am a working boss and work part time at the end of the week. I have a therapist who has worked for me from the start and I can trust her to run my salon when I'm not there. I have some small gripes, mainly about her needing a little push out her comfort zone but that's it.
I have another therapist on a trial and on a 0 hour contract but I have given her regular hours because I know she has bills to pay etc but every opportunity she gets she squeezes every last 30mins out me. So at the end of the day if she finishes her client at closing time and still has to clear up she puts that on her time sheet. She also dilly dallys her last clients to make them run on for that extra half hour. I never did that when I was employed. I came in 20mins early to get organised and stayed till the last client went and just got paid the basic hours.
Am I asking too much or is this the way it goes now? All my working life my bosses were good to me by allowing me to go home if it's quiet etc so I would never put extra hours down.
My therapists also get free treatments in the salon (within reason)
I am also struggling with confidence because I feel like I'm still a worker rather than a boss. I find it hard telling them off. Sometimes I wish it was just little old me again.
I have been toying with the idea of giving my 1st therapist a more senior position possibly moving to more of a managerial position but can anyone tell me how much of the business a manager needs to know? Do I teach her the ins and outs of the books or do I just give her budget figures to stick to?
My salon has been opened for over a year, I also have a baby boy of just over a year (didn't plan that very well, I know)
Anyway, I am a working boss and work part time at the end of the week. I have a therapist who has worked for me from the start and I can trust her to run my salon when I'm not there. I have some small gripes, mainly about her needing a little push out her comfort zone but that's it.
I have another therapist on a trial and on a 0 hour contract but I have given her regular hours because I know she has bills to pay etc but every opportunity she gets she squeezes every last 30mins out me. So at the end of the day if she finishes her client at closing time and still has to clear up she puts that on her time sheet. She also dilly dallys her last clients to make them run on for that extra half hour. I never did that when I was employed. I came in 20mins early to get organised and stayed till the last client went and just got paid the basic hours.
Am I asking too much or is this the way it goes now? All my working life my bosses were good to me by allowing me to go home if it's quiet etc so I would never put extra hours down.
My therapists also get free treatments in the salon (within reason)
I am also struggling with confidence because I feel like I'm still a worker rather than a boss. I find it hard telling them off. Sometimes I wish it was just little old me again.
I have been toying with the idea of giving my 1st therapist a more senior position possibly moving to more of a managerial position but can anyone tell me how much of the business a manager needs to know? Do I teach her the ins and outs of the books or do I just give her budget figures to stick to?