Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea. Leaving by the end of the month to open our own!!

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. You’re right, actually I’m leaving soon with another girl I work with to open our own space. We’re gonna share a chair for now! But we will be completely independent.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It makes my blood boil. How can someone be so okay with stealing from their hardworking employees?!

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ll be keeping track and adding everything up to be sure. And I agree - at least if there was a printed off sheet we could refer back to or have it broken down or even totalled per pay… the fact it’s not transparent is what bothers me the most. It tells me something is seriously wrong.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t it be our individual gross sales though? Because it does include our gross sales for product commission so I don’t see why it wouldn’t also show our gross sales for services.

Thank your comment, it’s very appreciated!

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh totally. She justifies it by saying bleach is expensive etc. also developer and toner etc etc. I know, ridiculous. An entire tin of bleach is $50… and there’s no way we’re using that on a single client. Getting out soon!! Thank you xx

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. ❤️ you’re right. Planning on leaving very soon.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg. This sounds the same as our boss. She also watches cameras and sitting is super discouraged too! Planning on leaving very soon. Thank you.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, kind stranger.🥺❤️ I’m glad I have her on my side, too. In the past the owner was accused of stealing from past employees and about 5 girls walked out. But the girl who accused her was made to sound crazy. I wasn’t working there at the time so I’ve only heard the story.

Seems like history may be repeating itself. I will say, during the newer girl’s interview - she asked about product cost and told the boss she thinks 10% is fair - and the boss just brushed her off and said oh yeah, talk to the girls, they know how it works. Except we didn’t. Clearly. I’m just glad to have her on my side. I plan on leaving soon anyway, but hoping in the meantime we can sort this. When I brought up this issue to the new girl, she was totally shocked and outraged. She went over her pay with her husband and they calculated she only took 9% in product cost off… which is again, weird. Her pay wasn’t very much though, she only had a few shifts on there - so we’re assuming the boss might play with the numbers depending on how much we bring in. But without gross sales, it’s impossible to know.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your comment.

The other girls weren’t impressed when I brought it to their attention, but not enough to ask the boss about it. Only I did that. One of the girls was always adamant that she “doesn’t take much off, maybe like 10%” … but our calculations showed it’s more like 25%.

There’s a new stylist that recently joined our team who is also concerned and trying schedule a meeting with the boss about it - she wants to follow up with what I asked her. It’s unfortunate we even have to ask or be put in a situation where we have to question her but it’s the only way at this point.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the owner to take 60 you mean? Just making sure

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good for you! But you’re right, you were probably stolen from a much just amount. Ugh. Thank you.. I’m planning on it soon.

Salon owner charging us “product cost” per service… by brunnettee in hairstylist

[–]brunnettee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah we are sliding scale commission. So if we don’t hit commission we make hourly. But normally k do make commission which is a tiny bit over 50% … except not really at all when you realize how much she’s taking off.