Hi everyone
Looking for some advice from you guys with more salon experience.
I’ve been working in a small nail salon for almost 6 months (my first ever salon job, so have basically no idea of how the industry works still) on a commission basis 40:60. Owner provides everything. She’s given me a hideous uniform to wear, which I do because it’s her salon so fine. She manages the diary although I have built up a good client base since being there and she’s passed on some of her clients to me also.
I work 3 days a week as I was looking for better life balance for my family. However the days I do work I’m working 10 hours + sometimes til 9.30 at night as she wants the salon open 9-9 7 days a week. She’s asked me to do more days but I’ve refused. When some of the clients have asked why I don’t work certain days she’s told them “she has childcare issues”. This really annoyed me!
She takes all payments and pays me each week my 40% but when I break this down to the hours I work I’m not even making minimum wage! But I’m told I need to learn to work faster to take more clients each day and my contract states “there may be gaps between assignments” so essentially you’re self employed it’s not my problem if you don’t work every hour of your ten hour day!
I’ve got so much faster recently and I’m managing salon speed finally but most days I don’t get a decent break, so don’t eat don’t even get to have a drink. I left crying last night after a particularly gruelling 10 hour day feeling something just isn’t right. I looked after her salon while she went away for two weeks and she barely even said thank you when she came back because shed went into another of her moody periods. I don’t think any of our clients would suspect I’m self employed with the way she speaks to me, she’s very much my boss and she’s in charge. Of prices, timings, products, how I do everything!
I suspect she’s treating me as an employee but having me self employed to get round ni contributions etc.
What should I do? I like her products and have been enjoying the job. She’s spent time training me really well and I’m grateful for that when I was fresh out of my course but recently I feel a bit down about the whole thing. I shouldn’t have to work this hard for £70 a day. I should be on a proper payroll right?
thanks for helping me x
Looking for some advice from you guys with more salon experience.
I’ve been working in a small nail salon for almost 6 months (my first ever salon job, so have basically no idea of how the industry works still) on a commission basis 40:60. Owner provides everything. She’s given me a hideous uniform to wear, which I do because it’s her salon so fine. She manages the diary although I have built up a good client base since being there and she’s passed on some of her clients to me also.
I work 3 days a week as I was looking for better life balance for my family. However the days I do work I’m working 10 hours + sometimes til 9.30 at night as she wants the salon open 9-9 7 days a week. She’s asked me to do more days but I’ve refused. When some of the clients have asked why I don’t work certain days she’s told them “she has childcare issues”. This really annoyed me!
She takes all payments and pays me each week my 40% but when I break this down to the hours I work I’m not even making minimum wage! But I’m told I need to learn to work faster to take more clients each day and my contract states “there may be gaps between assignments” so essentially you’re self employed it’s not my problem if you don’t work every hour of your ten hour day!
I’ve got so much faster recently and I’m managing salon speed finally but most days I don’t get a decent break, so don’t eat don’t even get to have a drink. I left crying last night after a particularly gruelling 10 hour day feeling something just isn’t right. I looked after her salon while she went away for two weeks and she barely even said thank you when she came back because shed went into another of her moody periods. I don’t think any of our clients would suspect I’m self employed with the way she speaks to me, she’s very much my boss and she’s in charge. Of prices, timings, products, how I do everything!
I suspect she’s treating me as an employee but having me self employed to get round ni contributions etc.
What should I do? I like her products and have been enjoying the job. She’s spent time training me really well and I’m grateful for that when I was fresh out of my course but recently I feel a bit down about the whole thing. I shouldn’t have to work this hard for £70 a day. I should be on a proper payroll right?
thanks for helping me x
