Job Description
Tipping - How much to Tip your Hair Stylist
Treat this just like you tip a waiter at a restaurant. I.e. if you get good service then tip good if bad then tip as appropriate. Here are some guidelines:
Don't ever tip $1 for a haircut that's insulting!
Crappy Haircut - whatever you want Average Haircut - Tip $5 and above Great Haircut - $7 and above
Pros
Well if you are a people person this is a great job because you can meet people every 20 minutes. First off there is a big difference between working for Supercuts and for working at most smaller Hair Boutiques that you see.
Pay 1) Supercuts you get a salary that is fixed. You don't rent a chair, ie. you don't have a specific chair but share with all the other Hair Stylists. You can make more money by increasing your productivity. You increase your productivity by essentially increasing your customers per hour. So how fast can you cut good hair.
You do not Rent a Chair 2)In most boutiques you rent a chair from the boutique owner and pay them a monthly rent for the chair. So if you give 1 haircut or give 1000 haircuts you pay the same amount to the boutique owner. You are basically your own boss, so you can work alot or work little. If there are more than one hair stylist working, walk-in's are taken on a round robin basis.
Flexibility 3) If you want flexibility you better choose Supercuts because at most hair boutiques your chair is yours for certain hours. Most other hair stylists will not trade you hours as their clients come in at those times.
Relaxing 4) This job is pretty low stress.
Cons
The worst thing about this job is the bad customers. Occasionally you will get a bad customer. The most common thing that happens is some guy will come in and be like "give me the brad pitt haircut" and he has curly hair. Nu uh, that is so not gong to work, but he still has it in his mind to cut it like that.
Or a woman will come in and ask for the Meg Ryan haircut from Sleepless in Seattle and she has a fro. Once again not going to work.
and cruddy tips....don't get me started.
Company Size
500-1000 employees
Pay Range
$30,001-$40,000
Years in Job
5-10
Education
Cosmetology School - 1600 hours (approx. 9 months)
City
San Francisco
State
CA
