Should i stay or should i go ???

[jennawilton]

hi guys im stuck in a rutt.. i own my own succesfull beauty salon in mansfield with 2 staff who are brill but ive been getting really bored lately im doing the a1 assesors course cause i would love to teach and ive applied for a 3 day teaching job which 90% ill get.. but my problem is do i keep the salon on with the girls but all the clients allways want me and don't like to get moved over to someone else or do i let the salon out to someone and rent a table back off them or do i leave the salon completly and rent in a different salon.. the salon costs a lot to run on a weekly basis so for money wise i would be better off leaving but i don't wanna let my girls down and get rid...

please someone help me??

jenna lou x x x

 

[Anne Roberts]

Personally, I would absolutely love to own a salon. Yes, I know that rent etc makes it very expensive but you're already up and running.

Would it be possible for you to cherry pick you clients (the ones you like doing) and appoint a salon manager? That way, if the teaching doesn't pan out you havn't burnt your bridges.

Hope you find a solution.

Anne

 

[pips]

hi guys im stuck in a rutt.. i own my own succesfull beauty salon in mansfield with 2 staff who are brill but ive been getting really bored lately im doing the a1 assesors course cause i would love to teach and ive applied for a 3 day teaching job which 90% ill get.. but my problem is do i keep the salon on with the girls but all the clients allways want me and don't like to get moved over to someone else or do i let the salon out to someone and rent a table back off them or do i leave the salon completly and rent in a different salon.. the salon costs a lot to run on a weekly basis so for money wise i would be better off leaving but i don't wanna let my girls down and get rid...

please someone help me??

jenna lou x x x

Can you make your text a little bigger and a darker colour chick, my eye sight aint what it use to be and i find it a strain to read.

As for your dilema, i would keep my options open for a while, keep the salon going, appoint a manager and see how it goes in teaching. (appoints one of your girls as stand in manager to over see the running if they are capable)

If teaching does not do it for you, you then have the salon to fall back on.

Its up and running and im persuming you have a good client base?

I had the same problem regarding clients wanting a certain person but when that person left and it was me or no one they had to come to me and you know what? I actually got complimented that my treatments were far better and it gave me a real boost. (not saying that your girls are better than you just giving my story)

Besides what does it matter if they do become used to and acustomed to your girls treatments, your salon will tick over nicely, the till will be ringing and you have the best of both worlds.

Tough choice but i know what i would do. Good luck :hug:

 

[Lady Mac]

When we had our salons, I had customers who thought I was the only one that could do their nails. When we opened our education academy, I cut my hours to three days in the salon and two days teaching. If a customer wanted me to do their on a day I wasn't in the salon, they were usually happy enough to 'try' one of the other girls. They would usually be pleasantly surprised that the other tech could do their nails just as well (and sometimes better) as I could. Sometimes they would end up going to the other tech permanently. As the training got busier I ended up only doing 2 days in the salon.

I still had the customers who would only let me do their nails. I then fell pregnant and obviously had to leave the salon for a while. The die hard clients knew at this point that they would have to go to somebody else or not have their nails done. They all went to the other girls and were quite happy with the service they got.

I was like yourself at this point and was fed up with salon life. After my maternity leave was up, I made the decision not to go back into the salon and to concentrate on the training and distribution. My customers by this time were quite happy with the nail tech they had and I think they suspected that I wasn't coming back anyway. If I told them at the beginning that I was leaving, they would have panicked and we would have probably lost some of them. Doing it gradually meant that the transition for them was very smooth. It also meant that we were able to keep the salon going along side the academy and had a very good income from both.

I think you should try something like this without giving up the salon straight away. You may not enjoy teaching. If you still have the salon then you have something to go back to. I think the idea of appointing one of your techs as salon manager is a great idea.

Hope this helps and good luck.

 

[Elaine143a]

What about solving both problems at once and opening your own academy - that's what I did. I do 2 days at salon teaching and working and the rest of the days working. I employ staff to teach as well as me so we all get different experiences. Hope this makes sense - pm me for further info.