Groomer trainee, not sure if I’m being treated unfairly

[yoshichicka]

Hello, I just need some help deciphering if I’m being treated unfairly at my job.

Started at a shop in Ohio almost a year ago, June 27th at $10 an hour. Was given a raise to $11 after ninety days. And am now being told I won’t get $12 until I can do 6 dogs a day in between the hours of 9-5. I’m trying really hard to do this without doing a bad job on the groom. I just don’t see how this is fair when some dogs come in with behavior issues or a matted tail or ears that take an extra half an hour to demat. This is getting hard to live off of but I love the job.

Also I’m being told I won’t get groomers pay which is $14 an hour plus 50% commission until I can do all akc cuts without supervision but was never told which cuts. I can’t imagine it’d be all of them as we don’t even get all of them in the shop..

I don’t know, I just thought I’d be making a living wage after putting near a year into a job..

 

[sheiriam]

@yoshichicka No, you're not being treated fairly at all. They are using you.

 

[thegiant]

@yoshichicka Do you work for a corporation or a private salon? If you work for a corporation, you should contact your district level manager and confirm the steps to your training align with the company's outline for training.

If you work private, find a new salon lmao. Which is also an answer if you work corporate.

 

[ammex95]

@yoshichicka No you aren’t being treated fairly. Find a salon that appreciates your dedication

 

[eulalia]

@yoshichicka Sounds like you're being ripped off. 6 a day starting out is alot. You should go slow when you're starting out. Find another shop.

 

[hymnsong05]

@yoshichicka Damn. Even corporate salons aren't that bad. Find a new salon

 

[stylez]

@hymnsong05 I work corporate and get treated wayyy better than that

 

[hymnsong05]

@stylez Same. I thought I had it bad

 

[joshisajosh]

@yoshichicka You should be getting the $14 an hour plus 50% commission no matter how many grooms you can do in a day. If you’re doing the grooms you should get the groomers pay. Time to start looking elsewhere

 

[rickt65]

@yoshichicka Six dogs a day is crazy, even good groomers near me only manage eight with a bather, and they've been grooming for like 30 years. Definitely look for somewhere else, they're taking advantage

 

[kymphony]

@yoshichicka You aren’t being treated right at all. And the pay sucks.

I left a corporate shop, because as a trainee, I was paid $7.25 an hour, for almost a year, doing half of all of the other groomer’s jobs! I became pregnant, was put into the certification program. and then they only paid groomers $10/hr + 50% commission of the money you made OVER the $850 weekly quota.

Needless to say, I quit. I found work elsewhere making 50%. Made 3x as much money. And now I’m on my own with an LLC.

You do what you need to do. Maybe stick it out until you get your grooming certificate? Then hightail it out, if you have your own equipment.

Good luck

 

[mutambo]

@yoshichicka Wtf. I was making $12/hr plus 10% commission when I could only do 3 dogs a day. I then moved to 35% once I could do 4 a day, and it went up every time I bought myself a new tool. I was making commission by 6 months into grooming.

Find a salon that will pay you fairly.

 

[mike1234]

@yoshichicka If you're being asked to do groomers work, you should be getting "groomers pay". Period.

The only reason you should know how to do all akc cuts without supervision is if you're being certified. I've been grooming for 9+ years and will still ask my coworkers more experienced in certain breeds how to best complete a cut. Unless, by without supervision, they mean you can pull out Notes from the Grooming Table (or another similar book) and then execute the groom on your own. But that's not the same as knowing an akc standard cut, to me. I would word that as being able to complete any groom without direct supervision.

 

[levanthai]

@yoshichicka Very few people can do "all akc cuts" without supervision. Very few groomers can even manage a show groom properly. You are being treated unfairly.

 

[matthias]

@yoshichicka Take your time, learn the skill, then leave and find a different job when you're up to 6. There are jobs everywhere for a skilled groomer.

 

[excpomelo]

@yoshichicka That’s awful. I’ve been grooming 14 years and I do 7 dogs a day WITH a bather. I would never expect a baby groomer to push themselves to do that much. That’s how accidents happen and it’s a good way to burn someone out really quick. Also you should be making 50% commission if you are doing full haircuts imo.

 

[jerfjerf]

@yoshichicka What part of Ohio are you in? (I'm also in Ohio)