New Hire Takes Employer's Clientele and Opens a New Salon One Block Away

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Sienna Varady
Jan 6, 2024 5:00 PM EST

The business world is not always kind. Individuals are not ashamed to take your ideas to increase their chances of success and fame, nor are they scared to tread on each other to get a little extra cash.

In the story below, a driven hair salon owner chooses to provide her new hires with the best training she can afford. She would pay for master classes and generally go above and beyond to make sure her employees are skilled in both hair and beauty. However, the new hire chose to leave the salon after just one year and continued to rob OP of all of her clients. And as if things couldn't get any worse, it appears that the new employee had this cunning strategy in place from the very start. Don't worry though, OP made sure the gal didn't escape unscathed… So, if you're interested in learning more about what transpired, how OP handled this heartbreaking news, and what happened to the 'new hire', read the story below! And when you've finished browsing, don't forget to read the story about the daughter who cuts off communications with her horrible father here!

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    "She took client info from my booking system!"
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    Sending all the worst clients to former employee...
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    I have a tiny salon and over the yrs tried hiring. My first employee i had to fire after 4months because it was not working out, we remained friends beyond her employment for a while. My next employee was PT & switched careers and we remain friends
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    (we knew it was temporary as she was in college for something else), and the third was FT and was with me for a yr. Anyone i hired i got to know first really well, or so i thought... the FT stylist i had only had experience with blowouts and we had
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    communicated for a year+ on IG before she came to work with me. I treated her as a friend & equal although she was not. I paid her very very well, a pay structure not common in my industry (most bosses are out for
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    themselves, but no i broke even in the pay structure i had as i am not greedy). I paid her to attend classes and sent her to celeb classes as well as blocked out a day and took paying clients as models -so lost $- to train her on
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    haircuts as she came to me with zero confidence and every haircut she was doing was lopsided. Well i feel proud in my ability to have been such a great mentor right? Because in just a yr later, on my birthday week, she planned her out. A backstabbing, a betrayal.
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    She treated me like as if i was the typical horrible bosses out there when i have always made it a point im not them. Every meeting i would bring up how she feels she wants to be independent and that i would help her when she feels the time comes. So instead
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    she waited until my birthday to have a hissy fit as her way to quit and be out, but not before stupidly slandering me to my stylist friends who know me better. Come to have found out she was plotting- she stole client info from my booking system and
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    her 1 client approached her to fund her opening a salon a block away. While also pretending to be my friend and gave me a birthday gift right before. Saw it all on my security cameras when that came out was when i thought to look as
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    i dont helicopter the security system. One new client she never even met even told me she reached out to her and was p sed about her drama - like YIKES so unprofessional- Her "salon" opens tomorrow. This weekend i had a weird guy reach
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    out to me and hasnt stopped texting about a housecall which i dont offer. But like bizarre things like asking about the capes i use and if he could come be santa at my salon in decemeber, weird s t. I may have forwarded her number to him thats my plan!
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    Forward her all the worst and weirdest clients i find! But also should i show up to her "grand opening" tomorrow with the birthday gift she gave me, broken in a wrapped box and be like "omg im so happy for you! Congrats!" To rattle her? ee D D
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    Winter Difference_85. 12 hr. ago Should you show up to her grand opening? No. It's a great idea to pass on your worst clients, but keep your pettiness on the down-low.
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    You could warn all your clients that your database has been compromised by a former employee. Apologise for the theft of their data and promise to take steps to avoid it happening again. (In Europe both you and she
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    might be in serious legal trouble for such a breach.) Ask your clients to let you know if they are approached by someone who maybe using stolen data.
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    If anyone asks about her, just tell them exactly what her terms of employment were - no more. (You could tell them you feel let down by her criminal behaviour.) You are the better person. Keep it that way.
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    OkeyDokey654. 9 hr. ago She might be spreading lies about you, so I'd communicate with all your clients assuring them you're still in business at your same location and with the same contact info.
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    Excellent Ad1132 10 hr. ago They don't have glitter bombs where you live? I would have one delivered real early on the day that her shop opens.
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    marblefree 8 hr. ago She won't be successful if she's never run a business. I would definitely sue her over theft of client information though. It isn't petty, it's a way to recoup some of your losses.
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    NobleWolf1 8 hr. ago I had an employee pull that same thing, but in a graphic design studio. Only one client went with him, and that one was very little. Others didn't like what he had done. After that, New employees
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    always had to sign a no piracy agreement. Sort of like a non compete, but those weren't legal in Colorado. Basically, a no piracy type agreement says they can't do work for any of my clients for so many years.
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    LitBit_618 11 hr. ago I would be petty and show up with a huge floral arrangement and just gush with positivity! "I am JUST SO HAPPY for you!!! Let me know if you ever need anything!"
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    No-Cryptographer3435 · 8 hr. ago You have to make time to sue her for stealing the client list. All you have to do is report it to authorities. They will do the rest.
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