Comments on: Building a Better Beauty Industry Together https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/01/building-a-better-beauty.html Backstabbing, bitchfits, and Botox...there's no business like the beauty business. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Tina Alberino https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/01/building-a-better-beauty.html#comment-35295 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:25:41 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=85#comment-35295 In reply to marchelle.

“People are addicted to cycles of abuse that look like “independence” and “flexibility”.”

AMEN TO THIS! I swear, I got chills when I read that. I couldn’t have said it better myself! We have the same problem in Florida. Employees will sit in an interview, scoffing at our compensation and insisting they’re better off misclassified on commission. I keep a printed article I wrote to hand off to them because I’m sick of trying to explain basic math (and the simple logic behind my desire to NOT become a target of state and federal authorities).

Thankfully, things are turning around. I’m finding more professionals are informed than uninformed lately. We’re getting somewhere, it’s just taking a long time, lol.

]]> By: marchelle https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/01/building-a-better-beauty.html#comment-35292 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:29:14 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=85#comment-35292 Tina, I appreciate your integrity.
As a mother, employee based salon owner (yes, hourly wages, workers comp, benefits, the whole nine yards people) and now second career in technology I can say it blows my mind how employees will almost ask for me to do things Illegally. I am in California so things have changed over the past ten years.
I have one employee that begs for the days of Hourly vs Comission even though her annual wages were more as an hourly employee! People are addicted to cycles of abuse that look like “independence” and “flexibility”. Even when the reality is RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM on a W2. That said, I will continue growing, educating, using a labor attorney, reading your blog to stay sane. i appreciate your work and this post.

]]> By: Tina https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/01/building-a-better-beauty.html#comment-4096 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:38:41 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=85#comment-4096 In reply to Bailee.

That should absolutely be included in your rent. $5 per service is ridiculous. I’d refuse to agree to that. I’m not sure if that’s legal or not, but it’s certainly not acceptable. If you’re on a written lease, the owner can’t spring charges on you like that.

]]> By: Bailee https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/01/building-a-better-beauty.html#comment-4094 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:24:52 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=85#comment-4094 I am a booth renter, I do stylists things…including pedicures. I pay rent for my station weekly and recently was asked to pay $5 per pedicure for electricity and water….is that legal? Shouldn’t that be included in my weekly rent already? I need an outsiders opinion/help!!!! PLEASE& thank you!

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