kdhtan

OK salon owners I need a little bit of help, please.

I did a search but couldn't find asnwers to my questions.

I just had an employee ask me for a raise for the first time. I'm not exactly sure how to handle this. I don't know if she really deserves a raise.

How do you guys go about evaluating your employees to decide whether or not to give them a raise?

And if you give them a raise how much do you give them? I've heard of some places doing a 2% raise or $0.50 a year or every six months.

Can you guys please help me out here!!!

caribbean tan man

what does she get now?
how long has she been there?
what makes her not deserve a raise?
what do you feel she needs to do to deserve a raise?
if she dosent deserve a raise then why is she still employed?

i gave my employee $1 for the 1st raise. you could also increase her comission or implement it if it aint already.

.50 a year is insulting to say the least. low pay brings low quality workers. which possibly could be the reason your employee dosent deserve a raise.

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tangirl23

It totally depends on what responsibilities she is given and if she always does them thoroughly and if she goes above and beyond to make your store better.

Every six months, I do performance reviews with all my employees. And if he/she has been doing consistantly well, we would negotiate a small raise or some kind of bonus in addition to his/her regular commission.

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kdhtan

thanks for the good ideas guys! It helps getting some feedback from others!!

WendyJo

I don't think .50 a year is insulting to an 18 year old. Sure, it would be to someone middle-aged, but to a high school or college student that is working for barely above minimum wage, I don't think they would be insulted. If they're only making $7.00 an hour a 5% increasde would be .35. A lot of large corporations give 5% raises each year.

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neubie

I don't think .50 cent raise is insulting. How much sales does she bring into your salon?

kdhtan

glad to see some of you don't think .50 cent is too little to be insulting, that was what I was leaning towards!

top250tansyou

I give raises in .50 increments. I have a business to run take the .50 or leave it. The first raise i give you is being on commission, so i really usually get by without giving a real raise for a year.

Carribbean Island Tan

I pay 7 and did not give raises for 2 years now. Sell lotion and get your 5 bucks comission.

dcjjp2

I usually hire $1 less (mind you I start mine at $8 here) than I intend on paying sales staff (usually $9-$10 here.) After working 60 days of working support only, (to master that) they are trained on the sales end and their pay goes up $1 and they are able to collect commission.

From there it usually will go up about $1.00 yearly or tweaking their commission to a higher percentage if they really sell well.

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