Just reading this post made me shake my head saying, "Never. Never ever never ever ever never would I work for a place that controlled me like that." Ha! Just goes to show you how you get spoiled being your own boss!
To each his own, and I do realize that many people need bennies - that's cool, but to try to control where I work after, HA! I laugh at that. BF On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Lisa Speidel <[email protected]> wrote: > Chloe, > I have been working for the JCP salon for 12 years now. It is an excellent > way to start out, but be aware, it is corporate. You will not have a > choice of product to use. You use what they have, and ONLY what they have. > You supply your metal implements and your Acrylic Brush. They supply > everything else. If something is not in stock that you need, you learn to > make do. You need to make production quotas, if you do not, you are written > up. The plus side is that they offer benefits, even to part timers. They > do the advertising for you. they offer training for the hairstylists. You > charge the prices they set. You also have to go through training as normal > store associates do. Videos for HazMat, how to learn register, loyalty, > etc....Also, watch out if there is a contract you have to sign that you > cannot work within a certain radius when you do decide to leave.. I forget > what mine was I signed it so long ago. If you do build clientele, decide to > leave, you cannot work within a certain area and most likely will not be > able to retain all of your clients because they will not travel that far. > Saturday mornings and afternoon are way busier that night. Sundays have > always been good to me when I worked them. If you have any questions, you > can email me privately, [email protected] if you wish. > > Have a good day, > Lisa > > > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:42:29 -0700 > > Subject: NailTech:: JC Penny Salon > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Good Afternoon Techs, > > > > I am new to the San Antonio area and need to build up my clientele. > > And in the mean time I have a 9 to 5 to pay the bills. Has anyone ever > > worked at a JC Penny Salon? I considering it because it is commission > > and because it is the type of environment that I am use to. Plus I > > won't have to pay booth rent. I have been in contact with the manager > > and she sounds like someone that I would work for. Secondly I know > > that the percentage is 50. I would be working there only on Saturday > > and Sunday to start? Alot of the salons in the San Antonio area are > > asking booth rent of about 50-100 a week and starting out I know that > > I cannot afford that. I was also considering trying to negotiate the > > percentage down since I have alot of new product, minx, gel polish and > > a ton of nail polish and emblishments. > > Any comments or experiences would be nice to hear. > > > > Chloe > > > > -- > > 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]<nailtech%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > > > -- > 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]<nailtech%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- 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.
