Salon Owners Are Not Greedy
There seems to be a growing contempt, misunderstanding, and jealousy towards pharmaceuticals, oil companies, financial institutions, Wall Street, rich people, or anybody who is successful, and surprisingly salon owners throughout the United States.
I was recently reading some chat rooms comments where hairdressers were commenting on their salons and owners.
I was alarmed by the degree of animosity, misunderstandings, and negative attitudes towards salon owners and managers towards their efforts to grow their business and improve profits.
Some of the comments from some hairdressers: Salon owners are greedy, why they should keep half of everything I make, they drive fancy cars, they don’t appreciate my hard work and the list goes on and on. Where and why are these attitudes formed? Was it in beauty school, gossip in the backrooms of our salons? Jealousy towards salon owners? Lack of understanding each other’s needs is a major challenge facing salon owners. I can assure you that most salon owners are not rich.
Many hairdressers just do not have an understanding of what it takes to run a business.
There seems to be a wide gap in understanding why salons need to improve profits, maintain business growth, teamwork, and business stability.
Perhaps a class at the beauty school level on what it takes to own your own business would help change some of these attitudes. These types of attitudes towards salon owners are one of the leading causes of staff turnover. When turnover occurs everyone loses. How can we expect to raise prices, advertise for more customers, maintain job security, create a positive and professional salon environment, and improve our standard of living in this negative atmosphere?
It is my wish that hairdressers will gain a better understanding of the heavy duties and responsibilities salon owners face daily. It is also my wish that salon owners become better leaders in helping their team reach higher levels of excellence —personally, professionally, and financially. We are all in this together.
I have yet to meet a salon owner that wants to see his team fail. You may not have the perfect boss at times, but then you may not be the perfect employee at times, all of us must work together and raise our standard of living for ourselves and our families. A house divided will never survive.
Salon owners should be applauded for the following:
Salon Owners Create Jobs — in today’s tough economy we should be thankful we have jobs. Many risk time and money to provide a better life for themselves and their team with the courage to risk in many cases their life savings.
Salon Owners Make Sacrifices — many owners sacrifice time with their families, usually the first to work and the last to leave. Their business is always on their mind. Their hard work and sacrifices benefit you and provide you with a job and an opportunity to reach higher levels of excellence.
Spend Money and Time on Advertising — salon owners are always working hard to attract more customers, which is very costly and time-consuming.
Provide Mentoring and Guidance — most salon owners share their vast experience and skills in helping you grow your career. Many offer guidance, moral support and ongoing mentoring.
Education and Training: Most top salons invest in educating and training their team.
A Positive and Professional Salon Environment. — Many work hard to create a fun and positive team environment.
Struggle to Make a Profit — without profits there is no money to advertise or promote salon for more customers. If the salon fails— no job security
Risk of Losing Clients — while young starters gain experience in meeting high job market and consumer demands, learning by trial and error is risky and costly. Negative word of mouth advertising affects the entire team.
Salon owners face financial risks — if the business fails
Provide Opportunities — allows hairdressers the opportunity to grow their talent and careers
Owners Must Maintain Business Stability— many owners have to work hard to overcome staff turnover, to maintain job stability for their team.
Let us join together to take our profession to a higher level, and try with an open mind to understand each other’s needs.
Someday some of you will own your own salons and realize how difficult it is to own a successful and profitable business.
I do hope this blog post will help hairdressers gain a better understanding of why a business needs to make a profit. It is not a dirty word.
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