Great post Diana.:) Shannon Kuharik
----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Bonn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:22 PM Subject: NailTech:: salon owners/Questions for everyone AND Diana B & Karen H > > Michelle hit it on the head!!!!!!!! the below response is what I > posted on the BT boards > > Ah, Quinn, this is a mess, a friend and your "boss" and a "landlord" > all wrapped in one. > > Sounds like she is not trying to "screw" anyone, she is an owner that > is uneducated and ill informed in running a salon with boothrenters. > She is scared to death that her boothrenters will leave and take the > clients with them and leave her with no income. But as you pointed > out, the client will follow the nail tech/stylist, not the salon. > Unless the consumer is unhappy with their current service, they will > follow their tech. She needs to understand this. > > This owner is old school, this is the way it used to be, salon owners > hoarding customers records. As we have grown as an industry, owners > realize that they can't keep the clients, it is the client's choice. > > A good salon owner understands this very difficult balance. A good > salon owner will keep the boothrenters happy and give them their > freedom so they never want to leave. They have to loose the control > issues. > > I have no problem with the cleaning, a schedule should be posted with > what needs to be done. That should be put in a contract. > > I have a very big problem with her controlling the clients and > controlling how much money you should make by making the appointments > which I know you understand. And your statement that she books the > new clients with who she wants is wrong, of course she shouldn't be > doing this because of the boothrenter situation, but also should be > done on a rotation situation, not who is her favorite person at the > moment. > > There is nothing in our Indiana State Law/Rules (Cosmetology Laws) > that discuss boothrenters or employees. This is an IRS issues, and > the Department of Indiana Revune Issue. > > You don't want to be the bad guy, I know what you are saying, but > Quinn, if you don't do something, you will get more and more > frustrated and this will get worse. You are losing money. The more > she controls boothrenters the more likely she will lose everyone. > This is not good for you,your co workers or her. > > Since she is a freind of yours, I would take her quietly aside and > give her papers on describing a boothrenter, I have included the link > from the IRS so she can read and understand it. You know the old > saying, don't kill the messenger and this could be rough. I know this > will be hard, but unless you do something it will get worse. > > You HAVE the choice of of leaving this alone, discussing this with > her and give her a chance or find another location. It is what you > want to deal with. > > A boothrenting salon can be very successful if salon owners will lose > the control issues. Besides I don't think these salon owners > understand that it just takes one boothrenter, just one, that screws > up and doesn't pay taxes. The boothrenter gets caught and the > boothrenter panics and says, "hey, the salon owner did this and that > and blah blah, the owner should have paid my taxes"!! Wham, the salon > owner then is audited and has to pay these back taxes because of > control issues. > > Why would salon owners want to live with this fear? > > I am in a great salon, best salon owners in the world. We are all > boothrenters, and very happy. They leave us alone, they support us, > and we have a kick butt contract. Maybe it is because the owners wife > works for the Labor Department and understands the diff. between an > employee and a boothrenter. They understand that their income depends > on our freedom. I will ask permission to reprint the contract so your > owner will understand what it takes to have a successful salon. Good > Luck Quinn. Hope I have helped a little. Diana Bonn > > <http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html>http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
