Anonbo
Member
hello all, ive been a watcher of this website for a while now but never posted but it seems you all give good advice so here goes..
ive owned a salon for 3 years and basically ive had enough, i opened it with an old friend who was a hairdresser we fell out after a year and i brought her out as she couldnt afford to buy me out. I was ment to be an invisible partner just really helping her with money to open. Anyway two years on, my phone doesnt stop going with salon (staff drama), i get no thanks, no respect, i get lied to, stolen from, back stabbed and i think im ready to give up. im not sure if its my fault for being no good at manageing/owning a salon or maybe its the people i have who work there, or maybe its both.
they seem only out for themselves, ive never met such a bunch of selfish people, they are constantly not able to come in/ stay all day due to argument with bf, baby sitter problem or the dog needs letting out, clients often get cancelled because of this and then call me to complain and no one but me seems to care, they all argue and bitch and try get each other in trouble or they stick together and cause me problems.
ive recently had issues you wouldnt believe so i got rid of alot of staff, my new lot seemed great (1 month in salon) and now today they all text me with in an hour of each other saying they cant seem to do the hours they said they could, im really short staffed now and turning away work.. if they all change the hours to what they now want then i end up 2 days with no staff except a receptionist and no one working after 5pm!! (were ment to be open till 9pm 5 days a week and we have the clients to fill this time) its a really busy salon offering pretty much everything, we have a good reputation and i enjoy it except for the staff constant problems, every day i have issues, its so tiring. i go away in dec on holiday and i dread it because i know me not being there will just be more problematic when i return.
is it normal that one seems to care about helping out the salon or owner or even each other? i do so much for these people in and out of work and no one ever does anything or even say thanks, i cant sack them as i cant seem to replace them, its taken months to find this new lot. im just so stressed i dont no what to do.
i came from another industry and own other companies that dont have these issues with staff, is hair/beauty this way inclinde? or have i created the monsters?
ive owned a salon for 3 years and basically ive had enough, i opened it with an old friend who was a hairdresser we fell out after a year and i brought her out as she couldnt afford to buy me out. I was ment to be an invisible partner just really helping her with money to open. Anyway two years on, my phone doesnt stop going with salon (staff drama), i get no thanks, no respect, i get lied to, stolen from, back stabbed and i think im ready to give up. im not sure if its my fault for being no good at manageing/owning a salon or maybe its the people i have who work there, or maybe its both.
they seem only out for themselves, ive never met such a bunch of selfish people, they are constantly not able to come in/ stay all day due to argument with bf, baby sitter problem or the dog needs letting out, clients often get cancelled because of this and then call me to complain and no one but me seems to care, they all argue and bitch and try get each other in trouble or they stick together and cause me problems.
ive recently had issues you wouldnt believe so i got rid of alot of staff, my new lot seemed great (1 month in salon) and now today they all text me with in an hour of each other saying they cant seem to do the hours they said they could, im really short staffed now and turning away work.. if they all change the hours to what they now want then i end up 2 days with no staff except a receptionist and no one working after 5pm!! (were ment to be open till 9pm 5 days a week and we have the clients to fill this time) its a really busy salon offering pretty much everything, we have a good reputation and i enjoy it except for the staff constant problems, every day i have issues, its so tiring. i go away in dec on holiday and i dread it because i know me not being there will just be more problematic when i return.
is it normal that one seems to care about helping out the salon or owner or even each other? i do so much for these people in and out of work and no one ever does anything or even say thanks, i cant sack them as i cant seem to replace them, its taken months to find this new lot. im just so stressed i dont no what to do.
i came from another industry and own other companies that dont have these issues with staff, is hair/beauty this way inclinde? or have i created the monsters?