LSADAME
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For anyone working at a spa... How much time do they give you for soaking off and then reapply gel polish which includes the dry manicure and hand massage after.
For those who are booth rental/self employed/ mobile how much do YOU give yourself to do soak off and reapply? I've been a liscensed manicurist since 1986. For most of that time I was self employed and did mostly acrylics. I'm very meticulous about my work. I assumed my clients appreciated that because they have followed me to numerous locations. The owner decided to retire and I was going through a divorce and needed a guaranteed paycheck. I've now been working as an employee at a day spa since 2012. I built up a clientele very fast. I decided I needed to make more money and wanted to find a place where I could do acrylics . When I gave my notice at the spa, to my surprise they offered me more money and said they would find a way to bring in acrylics. I was going to leave twice and again they bargained with me. The issues they've had in the past with other manicurists wth inexperience and the smell. The acrylics never happened. So I brought up the hard gels. I use and LOVE Young Nails! To get to the point is I've had a problem keeping on schedule. It started July2015 when I was having some serious female issues. It was finally resolved Jan 2016 when I had a complete hysterectomy. Although physically I felt ready my head was not...I've had a hard time focusing and all of a sudden I get anxiety when there are too many people in the room. It's been tough but I have to work. I said I needed more time with certain clients so they asked me to make a list. Some are harder than others and I have a hard time sending a client away when I feel it's not up to my standards just because I MUST stay on time. The list was no more than 10 clients. Granted I understand why time is important because they may have other services after... but if you're promoting excellent customer service, isn't me doing my best work part of that. I say my work is my business card. They have only scheduled 2 clients out of the 10 or so. Since I've had my 3rd and final warning ( which I refused to sign ) the next time I run late I'm warned that I will get fired. In the meantime I have had to do 3 redos that other nail techs that I work with just in this 1 week alone . The work that is being sent out the door for the money the clients pay all because the techs are focused on the time. My biggest issue of time is mostly when I'm doing the soak off gels. I'm in the process of looking for a new place to work and hope to walk away on my terms instead of being fired. Never in my life have I been let go. I'd love to hear feedback on the amount of time you or your employers give you to do quality work. Please please please give me some insight.
For those who are booth rental/self employed/ mobile how much do YOU give yourself to do soak off and reapply? I've been a liscensed manicurist since 1986. For most of that time I was self employed and did mostly acrylics. I'm very meticulous about my work. I assumed my clients appreciated that because they have followed me to numerous locations. The owner decided to retire and I was going through a divorce and needed a guaranteed paycheck. I've now been working as an employee at a day spa since 2012. I built up a clientele very fast. I decided I needed to make more money and wanted to find a place where I could do acrylics . When I gave my notice at the spa, to my surprise they offered me more money and said they would find a way to bring in acrylics. I was going to leave twice and again they bargained with me. The issues they've had in the past with other manicurists wth inexperience and the smell. The acrylics never happened. So I brought up the hard gels. I use and LOVE Young Nails! To get to the point is I've had a problem keeping on schedule. It started July2015 when I was having some serious female issues. It was finally resolved Jan 2016 when I had a complete hysterectomy. Although physically I felt ready my head was not...I've had a hard time focusing and all of a sudden I get anxiety when there are too many people in the room. It's been tough but I have to work. I said I needed more time with certain clients so they asked me to make a list. Some are harder than others and I have a hard time sending a client away when I feel it's not up to my standards just because I MUST stay on time. The list was no more than 10 clients. Granted I understand why time is important because they may have other services after... but if you're promoting excellent customer service, isn't me doing my best work part of that. I say my work is my business card. They have only scheduled 2 clients out of the 10 or so. Since I've had my 3rd and final warning ( which I refused to sign ) the next time I run late I'm warned that I will get fired. In the meantime I have had to do 3 redos that other nail techs that I work with just in this 1 week alone . The work that is being sent out the door for the money the clients pay all because the techs are focused on the time. My biggest issue of time is mostly when I'm doing the soak off gels. I'm in the process of looking for a new place to work and hope to walk away on my terms instead of being fired. Never in my life have I been let go. I'd love to hear feedback on the amount of time you or your employers give you to do quality work. Please please please give me some insight.
