Massage Therapist Quits, Owner Has Husband Step In To Intimidate Her

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    Font - Posted by u/Bangarangdarling 9 hours ago n I quit and my boss is withholding my check and had her husband cuss me out Trying to make this as short as possible, I work in the spa-industry as a massage therapist. The spa I was at is a little mom-and-pop kind of place. I have nothing but positive reviews as a therapist, including from the owner of the business herself who saw me frequently. When I say this place cuts corners--Boy, do I mean it cuts corners. Owner made all of the independent
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    Font - All of this, but I'll honestly say it hasn't been terrible working there. I've had my freedom to do basically whatever even though it's semi-embarrassing to see clients in a place with these conditions and have it reflect badly on me. I could always make it work before by bringing in my own things and doing a lot for myself (buying my own business cards with the spa's information on them, advertising for myself, buying my own sheets for the room, etc) however this all came to a head a few
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    Font - The email was a letter basically telling us how much money she spends on the spa and how it is in serious danger of closing because we do not see enough clients. She was implementing a new requirement of us having to be there open to close every day the spa was open with no exceptions in case there were walk-in clients to see. To be clear, we all work by commission and do not make money just sitting around hoping a client comes in. We are very off the beaten path and business is slow. A w
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    Font - Needless to say, I was stunned and asked to speak with her regarding this and was met with obfuscation and telling me that *I* would need to come to *her* sometime off the clock if I wanted to see her. Naturally, this didn't happen. I decided that I would take the option I could live with in her ultimatum and leave- -a decision made for me even quicker after seeing her passive aggressive note written on my check that week when I didn't meet her $1,200 goal. I couldn't take it anymore. I e
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    Font - All of this culminates in her having me speak with her husband who cusses me out on the phone, calls me unprofessional, threatens to smear my character, and who I now have to see in the morning to even have a chance of getting my final check. They also believe it is fair to deduct the two upcoming appointments I had on my books that are now cancelled because I cost them that money even though the clients weren't even seen and can easily be rescheduled with the massage therapist in spa who
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    Font - Isabelle Gouda - 8 hr. ago Mr and Mrs Psycho are going to be in for a shock when all the other staff quit too. The spa will be closed by December because of her incompetence and disrespect of hard working employees and contractors. She will of course blame all of you and learn nothing from this experience, people like her never do. A good business owner would have called a meeting where everyone would be encouraged to come up with ideas, promotions etc... to drum up business. Then again a
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    Font - NatashOverWorld 7 hr. ago Sounds like a woman who's afraid of the law and confrontation, and her husband a 'hard' man that likes to bully women. Call the legal board. Watch them start crying. And probably have their 'business' closed down.
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    Font - kcswirl 3 hr. ago An exit interview is for an employee. You were technically, by law, a 1099 contractor. They cannot dictate your schedule or withhold any due payments to you. The labor board might have an issue with them if they somehow came into possession of that email

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