jurate
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Ive been keeping a bit quiet here lately as ive had a lot to think about.
I think ive put myself in an awkward situation, where i feel im stuck in this ruthless circle that is actually destroying me , ill try to make it short, but heres the story:
I started in this industry in 2011. I was really, really lucky that i secured myself a room at the salon just before i even finished college. The initial agreement was 30/70 split with me providing all my products. It got changed to 40/60 split before i even had my first client. To which i agreed anyway as i was desperate to start. It worked great at first considering i had my full time job and this was just a little extra . I was very keen to learn everything so i didnt mind helping the salon owner with everthing - i set up her facebook, email, i wrote her promotuonal emails, set up her client database, did her books, cashed till, helped her design her website, i constantly kept my eye on new trends and informed her off them, i kept training in new treatments, helped her promote the salon any way possible, i didnt min working from 9 am to 1 am on my days off, basically i gave up my life for the salon that is not mine. It worked well while i wasnt too busy.
Fast forward to 2014, im booked up morning to late night, ive quit my full time job to pursue carreer in beauty, ive become an educator as well. Ive covered everything single bit thats required to run a salon i didnt mind looking after it when the owner was on holidays, shes been on four of them over last year , and she still charged me full rent for that time that she was away.
My problem is i have no full time job to fall back to, ive separated from my husband, i live and pay good rent for my apartment, which is obviously my problem, however, its gone to a point where she is somehow taking almost 50% off all of my earnings, still demads me to do all the extra stuff for the salon, even wash clients hair to help hairdresser when shes busy, she expects me to sweep floors and open up the salon cause shes not bothered to turn up to work before 12 pm when we are supposed to start at 10 am.. ive gotten so busy that the percent i pay (the way she deducts it off me now is my earned amount- electricity (2-4 euro for an hour!!!) - card payment fee if paid by card - vat - the agreed 40%). Its gotten to a point where the more i make the more things she finds to deduct money off me for. Im booked flat out, i work with no breaks for up to 13-14 hour days and sometimes i have to choose wether i should be buying toothpaste or toilet paper ... I can barely afford petrol to go to work!
The amounts i pay her and 50% higher than her WHOLE salons rent, im constantly out of stock because i cant afford it ..
The last straw was when i was on another 13 hour day and she came into my treatment roomand started giving out about me being useless to my client lying on a couch and having her treatment done!!
I know its time for me to move on, ive done some research and a lot of the rooms that are up for rent are at least 8 times less than i pay now but.. ive no savings, i ran out of all the money i had put aside, which means i wouldnt have money for deposot should i need to pay it... Obviously, i have a good client base , ive made my name in the area i work in and it hurts so bad when people praise me and then im stuck in this whole situation.
Ive tried to talk to the owner, however she completely ignores me, whenever i ask for anything reduced she just blanks me, i feel so resentful to that place even though i love my job so much. If it wasnt for the few mobile clients i have i would never even manage to make ends meet. Im self employed so obviously im not entitled to any support and am so busy that i qouldnt have time for any part time job.
Its scary, cause i am afraid to loose clients when i move on, but ive bitten the bullet and have arranged a viewing for one treatment room that is 7/8 times less than what i pay now so am hoping that if i really have to i will manage to borrow money for my deposit for it and will grow from there. I just hate admitting defeat, but this whole situation is destroying my life and i honestly cant take it any more. It was my own fault that the situation has become what it is simply, because ive done too much from day 1 , however my jntentions were to learn thinga, not to become a slave - this is how i feel at the moment.
The funny thing is that i am the only person that brings in money to the salon. And the day when i leave the owner will be loosing up to 1500 euro a month - thats her rent, electricity and haordressers wages paid for ... But she does not seem to appreciate or understand me ...
Am so sorry for such a long rant but even as i type this ive a pounding headache thinking it all through and just needed to vent and maybe some of you will have a wise wprd of advice xxx
Ive been keeping a bit quiet here lately as ive had a lot to think about.
I think ive put myself in an awkward situation, where i feel im stuck in this ruthless circle that is actually destroying me , ill try to make it short, but heres the story:
I started in this industry in 2011. I was really, really lucky that i secured myself a room at the salon just before i even finished college. The initial agreement was 30/70 split with me providing all my products. It got changed to 40/60 split before i even had my first client. To which i agreed anyway as i was desperate to start. It worked great at first considering i had my full time job and this was just a little extra . I was very keen to learn everything so i didnt mind helping the salon owner with everthing - i set up her facebook, email, i wrote her promotuonal emails, set up her client database, did her books, cashed till, helped her design her website, i constantly kept my eye on new trends and informed her off them, i kept training in new treatments, helped her promote the salon any way possible, i didnt min working from 9 am to 1 am on my days off, basically i gave up my life for the salon that is not mine. It worked well while i wasnt too busy.
Fast forward to 2014, im booked up morning to late night, ive quit my full time job to pursue carreer in beauty, ive become an educator as well. Ive covered everything single bit thats required to run a salon i didnt mind looking after it when the owner was on holidays, shes been on four of them over last year , and she still charged me full rent for that time that she was away.
My problem is i have no full time job to fall back to, ive separated from my husband, i live and pay good rent for my apartment, which is obviously my problem, however, its gone to a point where she is somehow taking almost 50% off all of my earnings, still demads me to do all the extra stuff for the salon, even wash clients hair to help hairdresser when shes busy, she expects me to sweep floors and open up the salon cause shes not bothered to turn up to work before 12 pm when we are supposed to start at 10 am.. ive gotten so busy that the percent i pay (the way she deducts it off me now is my earned amount- electricity (2-4 euro for an hour!!!) - card payment fee if paid by card - vat - the agreed 40%). Its gotten to a point where the more i make the more things she finds to deduct money off me for. Im booked flat out, i work with no breaks for up to 13-14 hour days and sometimes i have to choose wether i should be buying toothpaste or toilet paper ... I can barely afford petrol to go to work!
The amounts i pay her and 50% higher than her WHOLE salons rent, im constantly out of stock because i cant afford it ..
The last straw was when i was on another 13 hour day and she came into my treatment roomand started giving out about me being useless to my client lying on a couch and having her treatment done!!
I know its time for me to move on, ive done some research and a lot of the rooms that are up for rent are at least 8 times less than i pay now but.. ive no savings, i ran out of all the money i had put aside, which means i wouldnt have money for deposot should i need to pay it... Obviously, i have a good client base , ive made my name in the area i work in and it hurts so bad when people praise me and then im stuck in this whole situation.
Ive tried to talk to the owner, however she completely ignores me, whenever i ask for anything reduced she just blanks me, i feel so resentful to that place even though i love my job so much. If it wasnt for the few mobile clients i have i would never even manage to make ends meet. Im self employed so obviously im not entitled to any support and am so busy that i qouldnt have time for any part time job.
Its scary, cause i am afraid to loose clients when i move on, but ive bitten the bullet and have arranged a viewing for one treatment room that is 7/8 times less than what i pay now so am hoping that if i really have to i will manage to borrow money for my deposit for it and will grow from there. I just hate admitting defeat, but this whole situation is destroying my life and i honestly cant take it any more. It was my own fault that the situation has become what it is simply, because ive done too much from day 1 , however my jntentions were to learn thinga, not to become a slave - this is how i feel at the moment.
The funny thing is that i am the only person that brings in money to the salon. And the day when i leave the owner will be loosing up to 1500 euro a month - thats her rent, electricity and haordressers wages paid for ... But she does not seem to appreciate or understand me ...
Am so sorry for such a long rant but even as i type this ive a pounding headache thinking it all through and just needed to vent and maybe some of you will have a wise wprd of advice xxx