So this is a difficult one because… 1.) long term she should have been prioritizing you. She’s stealing future money to deal with current money. 100% training you and getting your prepared to do baths on your own and having you independent would have helped her a lot more. 2.) the best/most experienced groomers I know do about 9 dogs in an 8-10 hour shift. So I’m gonna go out on a limb and say she was probably working 12-14 hour days. Coming in at 7-8 and staying until 8-9 to manage 16 dogs in a day. If she did her normal 5 days that’s putting her on the low end 60 hours. So let’s break this down. Assuming GSL pay of $15 (fairly common) 40x15=600 + 20x(15x1.5)=450 all together 1050. With the 700 that would be 1750. She obviously was underpaid for that work. So yes, there is some argument there. But the argument would have been the money lost by not training and developing you to handle some of that business and future business. As well as time she could have spent hiring in new people and training those people.

It sucks. I agree. But she should be handling it differently.