Comments on: Commitment phobia http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia Online marketing for spas, salons and massage therapists Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ruth Cox http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia#comment-13548 Ruth Cox Thu, 24 May 2007 19:35:32 +0000 http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia#comment-13548 When you operation has the clientele, sales and employment benefits that demonstrate a high level of commitment to our employees. We make the commitment by hiring them as EMPLOYEES, not independent contractors or booth renters. Check out our employment page on the website. The real challenge is sourcing high-quality licensed employees! The schools tell prospective students that they are going to graduate and "make $60 per hour" doing massage, hair or other services. There seems to be little to no education on net vs. gross and how to generate a profit. Even one of your posts describing the franchising and development of the industry with Massage Envy and others resulted in a practitioner protesting that this was "bad" because they deserved a certain income. I'll enthusiastically agree that employee development is a critical element in busines success, but as the career choice is made, an understanding of busines development and economics is just as critical. The turnover in the industry is as much about unrealistic attitudes about what it takes to perform these jobs and net income expectations than the employers. When you operation has the clientele, sales and employment benefits that demonstrate a high level of commitment to our employees. We make the commitment by hiring them as EMPLOYEES, not independent contractors or booth renters. Check out our employment page on the website.

The real challenge is sourcing high-quality licensed employees! The schools tell prospective students that they are going to graduate and "make $60 per hour" doing massage, hair or other services. There seems to be little to no education on net vs. gross and how to generate a profit. Even one of your posts describing the franchising and development of the industry with Massage Envy and others resulted in a practitioner protesting that this was "bad" because they deserved a certain income.

I'll enthusiastically agree that employee development is a critical element in busines success, but as the career choice is made, an understanding of busines development and economics is just as critical. The turnover in the industry is as much about unrealistic attitudes about what it takes to perform these jobs and net income expectations than the employers.

]]> By: Skip Williams http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia#comment-13380 Skip Williams Sun, 20 May 2007 21:00:43 +0000 http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia#comment-13380 Dear Mary Beth, Thank you for your concurrence and support, I hope that you will work with me and others to really change the existing business model in our Spas today that work against commitment, team, fairness, and profit. Keep up the good work and never lose sight of the misson… Best Wishes & Healthy Profits Skip Williams Dear Mary Beth,

Thank you for your concurrence and support, I hope that you will work with me and others to really change the existing business model in our Spas today that work against commitment, team, fairness, and profit.

Keep up the good work and never lose sight of the misson…

Best Wishes & Healthy Profits
Skip Williams

]]> By: Mary Beth Jordan http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia#comment-13353 Mary Beth Jordan Sat, 19 May 2007 19:51:41 +0000 http://www.spaboomblog.com/2007/commitment-phobia#comment-13353 How true! I often felt stabbed in the back by people I thought were ungrateful staff members. Then I realized that I was so afraid that therapists would leave and take clients with them (which they did) that I never followed through on the things that would show how much I cared for them and how interested I was that they did well for their own sake. Talk about a hard and expensive lesson! How true! I often felt stabbed in the back by people I thought were ungrateful staff members. Then I realized that I was so afraid that therapists would leave and take clients with them (which they did) that I never followed through on the things that would show how much I cared for them and how interested I was that they did well for their own sake. Talk about a hard and expensive lesson!

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