One door closes, one swings wider...
...one just kind of hangs there on a rusty hinge.
Well today is my last day at the Medical Center. They decided not to renew my contract citing lack of "blossoming" as cause, and I have to agree with them, business has certainly not blossomed here over this year. At best I've had 2 regular clients (granted they come once or twice a week) and its barely worth the drive for just one client session a day. I felt something was going on in the background for a few months - ever since they unceremoniously moved my work space to a back corner room out of sight and mind from the front desk and waiting room.
Still, it feels ironic that after all the dead time at the first of the year when I just sat around twiddling my thumbs - when I finally get two solid clients and they are coming once and twice a week - they can me.
They aren't even sure they will keep a second massage room or hire a third MT. If they don't have anymore business than this then I can see their point.
The office informed me of their decision before Christmas but I didn't tell my regular clients til afterwards. They wouldn't even say goodbye to me because we thought I might be able to work with them on an as needed basis, but without a contract I can't work here and the place decided not to renew my contract so there you go.
My clients were visibly upset and one teared up and even told me she loved me. They both have my contact info so maybe that's not the end for those two relationships - client or not. The practice manager even suggested they could see me elsewhere (has to be somewhere that takes medicare) which I thought was both nice and odd. Why suggest a client that visits 75+ times a year follow an outgoing care provider?
With the school wanting me to work more and the spa just not living up to my needs and hopes, it looks like the experimental year of 4 jobs is drawing to a close. I still have a few regulars for my private business and I have the school.
I have a decent letter of recommendation from them and my last check. I'm chilling here on the wifi and slowly packing up my wares from the treatment room. This was a cool place with some cool folks (not all, mind you) and it has been a learning experience for sure. I'll miss the dough, sparse as it was but even one more shift at school or one more out-call a week and I can make up for my avg weekly take here, so I shall just let that motivate me to make it happen.
I am not thrilled by this turn of events, but I am not shocked, neither am I defeated.
Well today is my last day at the Medical Center. They decided not to renew my contract citing lack of "blossoming" as cause, and I have to agree with them, business has certainly not blossomed here over this year. At best I've had 2 regular clients (granted they come once or twice a week) and its barely worth the drive for just one client session a day. I felt something was going on in the background for a few months - ever since they unceremoniously moved my work space to a back corner room out of sight and mind from the front desk and waiting room.
Still, it feels ironic that after all the dead time at the first of the year when I just sat around twiddling my thumbs - when I finally get two solid clients and they are coming once and twice a week - they can me.
They aren't even sure they will keep a second massage room or hire a third MT. If they don't have anymore business than this then I can see their point.
The office informed me of their decision before Christmas but I didn't tell my regular clients til afterwards. They wouldn't even say goodbye to me because we thought I might be able to work with them on an as needed basis, but without a contract I can't work here and the place decided not to renew my contract so there you go.
My clients were visibly upset and one teared up and even told me she loved me. They both have my contact info so maybe that's not the end for those two relationships - client or not. The practice manager even suggested they could see me elsewhere (has to be somewhere that takes medicare) which I thought was both nice and odd. Why suggest a client that visits 75+ times a year follow an outgoing care provider?
With the school wanting me to work more and the spa just not living up to my needs and hopes, it looks like the experimental year of 4 jobs is drawing to a close. I still have a few regulars for my private business and I have the school.
I have a decent letter of recommendation from them and my last check. I'm chilling here on the wifi and slowly packing up my wares from the treatment room. This was a cool place with some cool folks (not all, mind you) and it has been a learning experience for sure. I'll miss the dough, sparse as it was but even one more shift at school or one more out-call a week and I can make up for my avg weekly take here, so I shall just let that motivate me to make it happen.
I am not thrilled by this turn of events, but I am not shocked, neither am I defeated.