FINALLY TELLING YOU ABOUT THE WORST SALON I WORKED AT AFTER BEAUTY SCHOOL | TOXIC SALON HORROR STORY
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2023
- Sharing one of the worst experiences in my beauty career so far. Learn from my story, and don't put up with this kind of stuff! There are so many wonderful salons out there with owners that truly care about their employees and clients. Don't get stuck at a shitty place like I did.
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Even though I do not work in the beauty industry.. I enjoy listening to your stories and the lessons 😊
Yes, I do too!!
Same here! I just enjoy her stories, listening to her perspectives, and getting fashion tips. 😂
Me too 😅
Same!
We need a series on horrible bosses because omg, the things we do when we are young. This is exactly why we need people sharing their experiences and help on how to deal with this.
I'm glad you wanted to learn all hair types. I'm white and have curly hair. I've gone to salons where the stylists don't know what to do with my hair. One time when I came in for a trim, the lady asked if I wanted a blow out. I said no, I wanted it curly, so she had me leave the salon with wet hair, no product.... Another place, I wanted it shaped up, and explained that I still wanted my hair long (i was getting married about 6 months later). The lady had me stand up to cut my hair and it dried curly ABOVE MY SHOULDERS. She took way too much off, I wanted to cry.
‘Scrubbing these busted toenails’ 😂 girl I’m sorry but that had me dying🤣 but as always, thanks for the story time and for your openness and sharing the lessons you learned! Appreciate you💕💕
Giiiirrrllll. I live in the ABE area, and I really have a feeling I worked at this salon about 3 years after you. I lasted ONE WEEK. As an esthetician. I could not even deal. Everything you’ve said hits the freakin nail on the head 😂
Hahaha it’s definitely a possibility!
I had a similar experience in my first salon. Commission only and 3 haircuts during a 10 hour shift if I got lucky. I worked Saturdays and Sundays all summer, stuck in the break room while my friends were out enjoying the weather. Salons need to wake up and realize that they need to do more than just provide a chair if they want to retain stylists. You can't pay someone pennies and expect them to stay. And let people take time off!
SAME! was working 65 hrs a week and barely making 300-400 a week. She didn’t like giving me time off till a year after I would just say “ I’m NOT coming in today. See you tomorrow “
I became the only stylist there and when I left she closed down shortly after.
They gave me 3 clients in my last salon over 1 month.
Certain things remind me of the salon I'm at now...
Makes me so frustrated
I'm glad you're happy where you're at now , inspires me that things get better ❤️
Can’t wait to hear this story but I just have to say, you are glowing!! Your skin is flawless 😍
Ahh thank you so much!
Drop the routine girrrr❤
So sorry to hear that :( I've heard so many storytimes like these and makes me wonder why some people act so "high school" mean
Especially as grown women! It's embarrassing.
@@styledbysamvay Ugh seriously! That's so annoying
You got a job without experience. In Beverly Hills, I had to assist for 2 yrs and I was never guaranteed a chair.
All salons when you’re starting out are crap. Lessons learned and now you know better. Thank goodness you didn’t stay there forever. You know what I’m talking about. The lifers. 😢 They are usually the owners bestie. Loser and not to be trusted. Wow! I do not miss the industry.
Completely unrelated career but dealt with the same working with older woman. I'd literally cry before my shift lol
Yessss living for these storytimes! Keep them coming😍
When I tell you I’m so thankful for these videos and your consistency in uploads!!! Your videos are a highlight to my week! 🫶🫶🫶
i can’t wait to listen to this. i left a comment on a dif video of yours about this super toxic salon i used to work at straight out of cos school. i was expecting fast pace and high stress environment but nothing like what i encountered. i’m glad you didn’t let your bad experience deter you and you found better for yourself!
Lots of people call themselves Christian as a mask. She definitely wasn't a Christian.
hi Sam this video made me cry. I felt so sorry you had to be treated that way and go through all that.
interesting though. I like these sit down videos. you are so mature, I do not know any other youtuber I have watched like you.
My first job in healthcare was kind of like this in the sense that it looked good from the outside and it was a small clinic that had more seasoned staff that I could “learn from”. Mentoring is what I said I wanted, meanwhile within the first month I worked there all of the more seasoned staff that were to be mentoring me quit and then a therapist moved and they transferred me to an office where I was by myself without any assistants or front desk help. I was trying to treat patients, answer phones, and verify insurance benefits. 😭it was terrible I lasted 6 months, I was literally crying in my car after ever shift. It’s better to properly support your employees and treat people like people instead of like disposable goods. Also her daughter definitely groomed you to make you feel comfortable enough to take the job. They probably planned to rope you in as soon as she found out you were in cosmetology school.
I was in the same situation it was horrible that salon was my first job out of hair school and since I am an extreme people pleaser I gave a lot, showed how motivated I was and serious about the job but there where no thank you plus the pay check was ridiculous. Ended up fainting du to overworking myself. I left over a year ago and couldn't be happier about that. I'm in a much better workplace now! thank you for sharing this with us I feel less alone 🥲 love your content ❤
I mean I’m a Christian but even I switch my music up 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 im done
Thank you for sharing your experience 😊❤ I really enjoyed this video from beginning to end
Hi I’m a fellow hair stylist as well, I appreciate this video so much thanks Sam! Also your skin looks so glowy and fresh! ❤😊
Sam, you remind me so much of my sister. She was a hairdresser for about 10 years and she was so friggin good, but I think her boss just took advantage of her for years!
I won’t name the salon of course but I went over the reviews and their responses and holy moly!!! I’ve never seen such horrible customer service. They blamed the client in almost every circumstance for the bad review. WOW you dodged a bullet with that one 😅
I’m an esthetician and the spa I work at is very harmonious, no drama. Can’t wait to hear this work tea hehe
i’m so glad you back telling storytimes😭
I love the tea, Sam! 🍵
I have a story to tell, myself. It was all of the same traits as your salon, but to make it worse I was booth rent and was illegally evicted because I wasn't into the drama. The owner was so young and she wanted to put her friend in my seat.
Sounds about right lol
Nothing better than a cup of coffee and a story time ❤
Some of the worst hair salons are run by independent contractors. On Saturday, only one independent contractor shows up late & uses an old ash blond, then lies that it is a honey blond. Parking is a joke. Good video.
Your skin is flawless!! Need a skincare routine asap please!
Thank you! I've shared in a few vlogs recently. I literally just use the Nivea cream in the blue jar. That's the secret!!
Omg that place sounds like a nightmare, you can't even go to a funeral?? That's crazy. I'm glad you didn't let it discourage you from working as a hairstylist
I worked at a couple salons in college and just out of college and hands down the worst experiences of my working life. I’ve worked with plenty of women in other jobs before and since then and never experienced such cattiness, rudeness, mean girl behavior as I did in salons. I went to cosmetology school right from high school then I did college, and I am so glad I didn’t stick with cosmetology cause I wouldn’t want to deal with that anymore.
im literally so excited to watch this
Ahhh I love the whole podcast vibes of this video!!!
I just love the ending to this story ❤❤❤
Can't relate to this so much being a hairstylist and working at different salons! Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤
Gurl, your skin is absolutely gorgeous. Would you ever do a skin care routine vid? Id love to know your ways lol.
The way I remember when you worked here so clearly. This place was wild
Hi! How are you! Haven’t watched in a while. Looking forward to watching this video! ❤
Holy. Shit. Did we work for the same people!? Jk I’m in Iowa but WOW - literally the same exact experience at two different salons for me before I found my salon home. One boss was “super religious,” wouldn’t allow breaks, overbooked us, underpaid us (we even contact workforce development and reported her), I lived half an hour away & was forced to stay late / come in during terrible Iowa weather & had to accept clients even at closing time. She didn’t want to work, I had Christmas Eve with my son because he went to his dads Christmas Day that year & I had to work a full day while she had it off because, “that’s just the way the cookie crumbles,” forced to clean and reclean vs learn anything new - left that salon for a lesser of two evils; yet that one also did shady shit with my pay, I was the only one who worked while she was never there; the rule book grew from one page to a literal binder; changes in dress code last minute, I remember she got a new, huge Michael Kors (at the time was as fancy as you could get in our area) handbag while the same week I fed my son a hot dog bun & pbj for lunch because we didn’t have food.
FUCK THEM. It’s such a sad, COMMON problem in our field. So many “bosses” take advantage of people & it’s truly sickening.
your complexion looks so glowy and gorgeous!
The lunch break and so many people quitting not staying for long reminded me of my last job 😂 I was a hostess at this restaurant everything was alright manageable except the people/customers lol. Anyways I love hearing your stories!
yasss podcast styleeee
loved the "scrub broken toenails" as an esthetician/nail tech lol Sounds like this salon needs a visit from Tabitha Takes Over...was a great video p.s. love your nails shape and color....cheers :)
Omg YES!! I used to think that all the time when I was still there lol! I'd love to see her rip that place apart.
I'm not even going to give details, but I had a job I loved once and then got two new supervisors who were so horrible to me that I ended up deeply depressed and almost gave up on my career goals altogether. Luckily, after leaving that job, I found my current position and love it. But the management really affects how a job goes
Thank you Sam for this video. It brought so many memories of a salon I worked at. I lasted only a month since I ended up getting covid. Before that I remember telling them I had all the symptoms and wasn’t feeling good they made me still come to work then coming to find out I had covid. Then I would be the one to open the salon by myself a week later after just starting at the job I’ll had a this things to do and let me tell you I was able to do laundry, clean each station, change barbeside, shampoo area etc all before opening time. Literally even if there was nothing to do they would want me to be cleaning the clean floor if I have too in order to not be standing watching them do hair. I was hungry to learn. Anyways once I came back to work from having covid I was like I can work every day except Saturday it doesn’t matter the time and she was like sorry hope things change in the near future but you have to be here on Saturday if you want to continue working here. I was like thank you for the opportunity I think I’ll have to pass on this. Mind you during covid I was hospitalized was truly so sick had even oxygen that’s how bad I was no one from my work ever checked on me to see how I was doing.
Hi Sam !!! it’s me again! Just finished watching another one of your vlogs… I wanted to mention that I so love them, they are so relaxing and inspiring, also I wanted to congratulate you for your podcast… I’m also in love with it!! I feel like you and I could be friends.. we have so many things in common and your personality is very similar to mine… it might be bcs we are both Geminis, 😜 anyways don’t stop vlogging and podcasting please… and posting things like how you do your hair and stuff… I love how you keep everything so real in your vlogs!!! Thank you for inspiring women like me!!
I remember I tried to schedule my lunch break one day to make sure I could join in on a FaceTime call to at least talk to my best friend at her baby shower. (She’s in a different province so her mom set it up as a surprise) my boss deleted it from the schedule 🙃
I'm currently having a panic attack bc I got in an argument with my bosses today just for simply sticking up for myself. So this is bringing me comfort that I'm not the only one. Sorry you had to go through this it's so hard and draining working somewhere so toxic 😞
I'm so glad I found this video bc I'm going through some of this stuff at the moment. I left my last salon which was a franchise place. I loved working there but there was so much drama and the boss was like you described... Always talking behind people's back, talks to people like she was better than them, held me back from doing color so she could do all the color services, but then claimed she would rather be doing cuts bc there's more money to make... All that kind of stuff.
Came to a different salon. They said they get walk ins but, not like I'm used to. So, I thought okay, cool they still get them, I have potential to get clients since I don't have any. Well, been here for 4 months and only gained 2 clients. I'm part time and only getting $10/hour and barely any tips. The salon is like you said, very old school, everyone except myself and another girl are 50 or close to it. Everything is kept by paper and pencil, no computer except the small, cheap ass cash register. They all have their clientele and I literally sit on my ass doing nothing all day while Id actually RATHER be working on clients and using the 20k I spent on school and gaining more experience and education.
I thought I was the only one who went thru these things but, I hope you found a salon that fits you and your needs and wants as a stylist ❤
Girl this video made me laugh so hard😂😂😂
One thing about working in service is as tough as customer service is it's your very own side that'll break you down. Good job leaving as quickly as you did
Nahhh I clicked cuz I thought it was a nail tech experience, this is WILDDDDD!!! I bet the commute was the best part of the day sheeshh
You're such a nice person. I hate people being ugly to u. I would love you to work in my salon if you lived near me. I'd hire you in a heartbeat!
Oh I worked for a salon who scheduled me to work 3 weeks at a time without a day off. Then one day off. Unfortunately where I live it’s legal as long as you get time to sleep and eat between shifts
I'm almost POSITIVE I know which salon you're talking about & I had a terrible experience 😂
Also came to comment about your GLOW! Can you do a grwm in the next vlog of what you use??
Girl skincare?! What is on your face you look so glowy and beautiful 😍
Yikes - what a dreadful establishment on every level. You know what bugged me the most about your story? The fact that the owner played the same CD over, and over, and over again. I would have lasted two days!! Glad you find your people and your own space.
Lol it's like she was TRYING to drive all of the employees insane on purpose
I have been working as a receptionist at different salons for awhile now. When I started I notice what some owners like to do. I remember this owner didn’t like giving breaks to anyone and would have us book back to back and tell the Technicians they were running behind etc.. Pay was always under the table and it was just horrible till this day I can’t believe I worked in those conditions for a year. Had no life.
I've discussed education levels on curly hair with multiple hairstylists. It's extremely nerve wrecking when going to a new hairstylist because many aren't used to or don't know how to work with curly hair. The two Mexican hairstylists I've been to I trust because our hair is thick and they have family members with curls. Still, one of them doesn't even have a diffuser. Unfortunately, I had to find another one in my college town twice. The first one has curly hair and as a white woman knows how to detangle thick hair. She's on maternity leave so the second one I went to I asked if she did curly hair while in the chair. She said she does hair curlier than mine which is 3a. The way she detangled my hair was in a huge section after freshly balyaging and bleaching it. She asked if it was normally that tangled and I said no I usually detangle in sections as my neck was stiff and my head was moving. After that, she sort of took my advice and had a bit of an easier time. Also, she broke my hair after asking what I was nervous about and responding with "I just don't want my hair to break."
OMG did we work in the same salon?? I’m all the way in FL but been there done that, you should make this a whole series I’m down to be involved 😂😂
I’m in the Cleveland area, in the span of 5 years, I have worked at 6 different salons. Each was equally as terrible and abusive and unethical. This industry has a shoot ton of toxicity- especially the boomer-owned salons. I’m independent now and I’ve never been happier!
salons are so messy w the pay 😭 idk i never wanna do that again especially the family /self owned 😭
I hope that salon sees this. Sounds like they are awful business owners and cruel people in general
Omg Sam, this could be my story too! Right after graduation, (my second salon) I worked for a lady that loved to use Groupon to get people in the door and we had to do pedicures! She thought it was a great way for us to get them in our chair but that’s not how it went. They just wanted their $15 pedi! I’m still traumatized! Lol
I pray things get better for me😞 first salon first year as a nail tech and I'm mistreated constantly just bc I'm not a renter. It's so disheartening.
Wow that is awful I’m glad u left u are a great hairstylist I wish u we’re my hairstylist 😊
How do you feel about salons not allowing stylists to have access to their books? 😅 I’ve come across this a few times now
That’s how it was at this particular salon, and it was very frustrating. I think every stylist should have control of their own schedule and the services they do.
this sounds like every dominican salon I've ever been to lol I love my people but we are not the best business owners 😅
I’ve been at the salon I’m at right now since 2016 so 7 years… I booth rent. There’s 6 of us. Mean girl energy since the min I stepped foot in the place. Never got better.
I’ve had sucky work places similar to this.
Sam I live in Scranton Pa And there’s some hispanic Hair salon’s that are sooo sketchy your Story reminds me of this places here not license at all 90’s looking salon’s not very sanitary I’m Hispanic and i won’t go there 😅also they rent chairs and there always random lady’s there.
Lol I guess those salons are everywhere!
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was this the same salon that you mentioned working at in one of your earlier storytimes talking about the mother wanting you to trim her baby’s hair? 😂 That was hilarious.
Lmao yes!
I laughed a little to much at “ busted toe nails “ 😅🤣
Yes I work in a salon, there motto was if you cannot do a hair cut in 15 minutes you should not be in the business. Oh my God I left after that ! And went to a great salon.
Did we? Did we work at the same salon? LOL literally almost identical expeirence to you at my first salon out of beauty school!
You need your own salon Sam. You would help so many people. ❤️❤️
I meant to ask you which are your top 3 fragrances from Dossier. I ordered Ambery Saffron but it smells too musky. What would you recommend I try?
i had such a similar experience it was terrible!
My first salon destroyed my passion and hunger for hair. After 9 months being there, during cos school up to when I got behind the chair, i was burnt. Out. ALREADY. And I have not done hair since because it was so traumatizing and anxiety inducing. They were money hungry monsters that took complete advantage of new stylists, gave them deadlines, gave them quotas and “if you dont have someone in your chair, do you really want to be in this profession? Do you really WANT it?” When I was BRAND NEW, 3 months fresh from beauty school. They have a high turnover rate and i have spoke to many girls from the aftermath of that salon who left and said that salon destroyed their passion and made them quit hair. They didnt do anything illegal from my point of view, even though there are rumors that they do some illegal money activity (i could definitely see them doing from the character of one of the owners who is a complete cee u next tuesday) it was BAD. How did you keep your passion?, because i am a year and a half out and still traumatized. Luckily I as well had a bachelors degree i could fall back on….but i feel like a failure😞
I didn't stay that long because I could tell being there was making me second guess the industry I was in. After I left, I found another salon that provided me with support, encouragement, and tons of education. THAT is what helped me fall back in love with doing hair and reignited my passion for hair. Don't let one bad experience throw you off course. Remember why you entered this field in the first place. Find a salon that will treat you with respect and help you flourish.
This is me too… I graduated in 2020 and haven’t done hair since early 2021. Traumatized by the first salon I worked at. It totally shut me down from the industry. 😬
If you need a reason to keep doing these videos: I litterally changed my mind and decided not to do cosmetology because of the @$$hole clients... now I WANT to do it more than ever. Something about you sharing these experiences makes me want to take on these challenges instead of being afraid of them. I want to take these lessons and apply them instead of run from these possible situations
I'm in the UK, things are different here 2 years free training and paid £35 a week for 37 hour a week or was haven't been in the trade now for alot of years. it was a conveyor belt in every salon I worked in over 20 plus years. Very rarely got to eat lunch, wee etc. I liked my customers so would stay later then instead of it being my choice it was expected. In the end it was I didn't care about the work just when I'd get home. Where I lived there was only a few posh salons where you could colour or cut ( no beauty unless you trained separately) so you get the pic, full head foils in 3/4 of an hour an hour if lucky, with fine sections, cut and blow dry in-between if unlucky another lot of full head foils, alot of times no toner time. I just couldn't do the work I wanted. As for the work colleagues it was awful, I had alot of mental health issues it and I was told by some I had no idea what depression was, I could do a series of story times on it if I had a channel. Looking back I just do t know how I didn't just jump in the river. Really enjoyed this Sam❤️
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Wow that's crazy
I completely agree that you are so beautiful and your skin looks incredible and glowy and perfect!!! I love hearing all the tea from these stories. I’m training to be a makeup artist so luckily I haven’t had to deal with any crazy experiences yet but I know it will definitely happen sometime lmao. I laughed so hard when you were like “I have several pages of notes” 😂 love you and your videos, babe!
Ps. Completely understand about being able to call yourself a pro when you didn’t yet have experience on other hair types. That’s how I feel about makeup because there are just SO many white people around my area and I want experience on every skin tone and skin type I can get before I call myself a professional! I want to be able to do the makeup of anyone who sits in my chair and make them look amazing. I can definitely relate to that feeling of wanting to learn and practice as much as possible to gain as much knowledge and skills as I can!
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This sounds so similar to my first salon LOL
Busted toenails 😂
Howwww did you get your skin so BEAUTIFUL 😍 or what make up do you use
Thank you! I put a thick layer of Nivea cream (the one in the blue jar) on my face every night, and that has made my skin really plump and glowy. I think I'm wearing the Make Up Forever HD Skin foundation here.
Where did you get your shelving unit??
Ikea
I am absolutely traumatized from a bad salon experience. I haven’t went back to hair since. It’s been 8 months or so.
No receptionist constantly running around like a chicken with my head cut off making barely anything for the work I’m doing. Toxic catty environment. Making me work and not paying me. Giving me grief for me grandfather dying and me having to go to the funeral… giving me grief for having to take a day off because I was IN THE ER.
Oh yeah I wasn’t allowed to touch my schedule and they overbooked me so badly that I was having panic attacks while people are walking out after screaming at me.
Had to stay super late too. They would accept anyone at any time basically even if it was a huge project with hair all matted up and nasty.
Oh wow, that sounds like an absolutely chaotic and nerve wracking work environment. I’m sorry you had to deal with that crap, you deserve better and to be appreciated and respected. Take your time with recovering and go back when you’re good and ready!
The further I get into this video the more I feel I worked at this salon..
Why does this sound like the old Salon I worked at? I'm a nail tech and the salon owner went off on me in front of customers before. Tell me to walk her through doing a full set of nails and gel application. I did and I did it all correctly. She was quiet and walked away. She gave me her clients when she had something to do. Her clients liked how I did her nails, then she got upset that they kept booking with me and moved the appointment to her. She was so toxic. Still is. Now I have a job I love. The managers here so much better!
This video was honestly really inspiring ❤
“I live 600 miles away” 😂
Lol literally though!
Is your podcast coming back?
I'm from Ohio and I swear u were at the first salon I worked in after cosmetology school lol ...that's scary because that means there are more out there! Lol yea ur experience was very similar to mine lol 😮❤
I’m not in the hair industry but I have worked with several women who were the same way!! 😟
You said "busted toenails" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (also a cosmetologist)
girl...skin care routine, asap! I need to know.
Literally that's it! I cleanse and just apply the cream in a thick layer before bed.
What blush are you wearing??
Rare beauty liquid blush
I have a story like this about a horrible salon that i want to tell, you would take email submissions?
This is why I could never be a hair stylist. I love the creativity and artistry that goes into doing hair and makeup. I respect the talent and knowledge of all hair dressers. I just could never do the drama and politics of being in a salon with catty young women, isn’t my vibe at all.
THIS BOUT TO BE GOOD