Terrible pay set up and made to work not on the clock - Licensed Massage Therapist ISM SPA Employee Review

1.0
Feb 19, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

My spa manager and coworkers we great. Good learning experience in an upscale environment. The products were nice to work with.

Cons

-You worked at scheduled times, but could not clock in unless there was a guest. You were made to clock out after your service but were pressured to stay in case there was a walk-in. -You were paid hourly, but again, you had to clock out all the time. You were also paid PART of the mandatory gratuity on the guests bill so the guests would never leave a tip. -The spa was so slow so you could never make enough to survive. -Even if you were scheduled to work full-time, you couldn't work enough hours to hit full-time consistently so you couldn't get insurance. -You needed a doctor's note to call out for any reason. -The best part... They made you clock out at the end of your shift, but made you take down the laundry WHILE YOU WERE NOT ON THE CLOCK. I did this many days. It was a pretty ridiculous. I saw so many of my coworkers leave, including myself, because it wasn't sustainable and the company really didn't care about the employees. I know now they've changed the work setup so I don't know how it is now.

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5.0
Mar 28, 2023
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Pros

Female owned, great leadership and training.

Cons

Turnover at the time was a bit high

1.0
Feb 17, 2014
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Recommend
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Pros

All their properties are very elegant and decorated beautifully. They offer to their full time employees health insurance.

Cons

The pay is offensive to our profession. They only pay you an hourly rate.(The base is lower than Massage Envy). You can get a little more money if you can con a guest into spending even more money. Although you will get a tip as it is included in the final bill, but they keep a portion of it. As for the health insurance you only can get it if you work 30 hours a week consistently. So even if you are available to them full time you can't get benefits without the hours. Speaking of the full time hours, when I was hired they told me I would get full time hours and this is true but unless you have appointments you are not allowed to be on the time clock. You give them all these hours and you have to be available within an hour call so you can't work somewhere else. And they pay you so little that you can't make a living without having another job. They ask you to be available for weekends and holidays. No big deal that's normal but when they say holidays they mean the actual days (Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day) and this is something they don't tell you. This is just the start of the miscommunication they give you. They act like they care for their employees but they only care about money. (At least be honest about it like all the other corporations.)

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