spanishbeauty
Well-Known Member
I would happily pay £1.55 for my staff to be in, coats off, tea drunk, and ready to commence setting up at 8.45 for their first client at 9.
However they would fly in the door at 8.45, stick the kettle on, have a fag, one of them would stick the waxpots on while a junior was sent out to get breakfasts. I aint paying for that. Reality is always somewhat different to the theory.
Our rule is if you start clients at 9, you are in and ready to start by 9. If you wanna drink tea etc, get in earlier. We don't keep clients waiting.
Quite honestly, I wouldnt employ anyone who begrudged 15 minutes of time. My staff get free hair and beauty, they leave early when there are no clients, they get products at cost, free legal helplines, free training, paid far more than min wage, a cracking comission system,taken out twice a year, marketing backup, and an extremely well equipped salon. They aint treated bad.
If one of them said they wanted 5 mions extra pay to be in at 5 to 9 rather than 9, I would not employ such a person.
Absolutely make you right persianista.
Begrudged is exactly the word for some employees!!
I'm sure it must seem like salon owners take the p*ss out of employees sometimes but if any employee has ever once previously worked for themselves and had all the running costs of a salon and the stress of paying bills, stock, accounts, WAGES, making sure everything runs smoothly, making sure clients are pleased and happy with the services and products they receive by coming to us so that they are repeat clients, so that.......there is a job available and enough work available for said employees.......otherwise, as the saying goes, if you want a job done properly do it yourself - we would all be working as solo self employed beauty/hair therapists. Because I certainly wouldn't want to employ anyone who didn't want to be part of a team. I gave my main BT a full paid day off for Monday so she could have a long weekend cos she works so hard, and she runs up gives me a hug says thank you. I had also handed her her extra hour money for the month, as well as extra tips from me for all the wedding work we've done so far this month.I look after her because she doesn't expect to be paid by the minute if she has to stay 10 mins behind, because at the end of the day the salon is giving her a job that she loves and a nice environment to work in and clients that tip her, and benefits from me for the good job that she does, such as free treatments, tips over busy periods, cost price products...etc etc!! I even gave her a lift home so she wouldn't miss the last bus home.....Jesus Christ, maybe some of you have evil bosses but im certainly not one of them and I do not want my employees to feel 'exploited'!!