more employer gripes
Most employers are getting better at understanding the massage industry/business. It is after all a business. But this type of business has different nuances compared to say car washing business. Here are some more gripes I see from employers/companies that do on call massage.
**Most of our work is announced through email. I think it's very unprofessional that most employers can never use the feature called blind carbon copy. This feature hides all the massage therapist's email addresses. This keeps people from spamming others. We all know that if we have a list of emails, a lot of people are tempted to spread those lame emails saying that if you send this out to 15 people, you will be lucky. I have told many employers to do this and they still don't take the few moments to do it. It's just one line underneath cc.
**Payment: time and time again... employers that subcontract massage therapists never follow up on payment. They just assume that we don't have bills to pay and they keep us hanging on forever to get a paycheck. They make up excuses like the company has not paid me yet, and I can't give you money till I get paid, ect. Well, here is what I think about that. I did the work, I set up the time to work for your company. I deserve to get paid even if you have not been paid yet. You should take it out of your personal account if the payment is late. If you say payment is in two weeks, be sure it's in two weeks.
**complications: I feel that most companies make you do too much in order to just "get on the list" of massage calls. I feel that I shouldn't have to fill out so much paperwork, do a background check, spend all this money on business cards, ect.. and once I jump through all these hoops, I don't ever get a phone call. That shows you the company spends more time talking the talk instead of spending that energy finding clients for massage.
**employer anger/emotional out bursts: I feel that so many employers get people on call to do massage. They they forget what the term on call means. It means they call a list of people and see if someone is available for massage. This doesn't give the employer a means to get angry at any one massage therapist who turns down work at any given time. This is a joint business. You need us as much as we need you. If we can't do the job, we are being honest with you. This doesn't mean we don't ever want to take a job ever again. This is why we do on call. To have a flexible schedule. I feel too many employers get emotionally attached at someone who turns down work and tries to "punish" them. Call them again for another job. It's that simple. There are many advantages for employers to keep on call staff happy. If we were employed by you guys to stay in the area, you would waste more money with us there when there is no business. There would be more electricity being used, water, towels and supplies being used. We actually save you money by coming in when we are on call. Please remember that.
**Most of our work is announced through email. I think it's very unprofessional that most employers can never use the feature called blind carbon copy. This feature hides all the massage therapist's email addresses. This keeps people from spamming others. We all know that if we have a list of emails, a lot of people are tempted to spread those lame emails saying that if you send this out to 15 people, you will be lucky. I have told many employers to do this and they still don't take the few moments to do it. It's just one line underneath cc.
**Payment: time and time again... employers that subcontract massage therapists never follow up on payment. They just assume that we don't have bills to pay and they keep us hanging on forever to get a paycheck. They make up excuses like the company has not paid me yet, and I can't give you money till I get paid, ect. Well, here is what I think about that. I did the work, I set up the time to work for your company. I deserve to get paid even if you have not been paid yet. You should take it out of your personal account if the payment is late. If you say payment is in two weeks, be sure it's in two weeks.
**complications: I feel that most companies make you do too much in order to just "get on the list" of massage calls. I feel that I shouldn't have to fill out so much paperwork, do a background check, spend all this money on business cards, ect.. and once I jump through all these hoops, I don't ever get a phone call. That shows you the company spends more time talking the talk instead of spending that energy finding clients for massage.
**employer anger/emotional out bursts: I feel that so many employers get people on call to do massage. They they forget what the term on call means. It means they call a list of people and see if someone is available for massage. This doesn't give the employer a means to get angry at any one massage therapist who turns down work at any given time. This is a joint business. You need us as much as we need you. If we can't do the job, we are being honest with you. This doesn't mean we don't ever want to take a job ever again. This is why we do on call. To have a flexible schedule. I feel too many employers get emotionally attached at someone who turns down work and tries to "punish" them. Call them again for another job. It's that simple. There are many advantages for employers to keep on call staff happy. If we were employed by you guys to stay in the area, you would waste more money with us there when there is no business. There would be more electricity being used, water, towels and supplies being used. We actually save you money by coming in when we are on call. Please remember that.